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    Pizza is a Vegetable, Says Congress

    NOVEMBER 21, 2011 8:02AM

    By Frank Michels


    Topics: food, school lunches, congress, politics, lobbyists, usda

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 1984 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Food Safety Reform: Good Start or Non-Starter?

    DECEMBER 2, 2010 8:26AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: food safety, d-iowa, senator tom harkin, “senate passes sweeping law on food safety”, opencongress.org, new york times, public health, food regulation, food and drug administration, fda, u.s. department of agriculture, usda, with oklahoma senator tom coburn, minnesota organic milk or “m.o.m.s” brand, michael hartmann farm raw milk recall, food safety modernization act, senate bill s.510, pca peanut paste recall, king nut peanut butter recall, food-borne disease, salmonella, e. coli, minnesota department of health, university of minnesota, center for infectious disease research and policy, dr. michael osterholm, by cathy wurzer, food safety reform, u.s. senate, regulation, politics, business

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    • 12 Ratings
    • 4344 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    Why We Lurch from Disaster to Disaster & How to Fix It

    MAY 20, 2010 8:53AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: epic fail, public policy, business, e. coli. politics, usda, upper big branch mine disaster, war in iraq, george w. bush, massey energy chairman don blankenship, drill baby drill, rush limbaugh, exxon valdez, brian b. o’neill, mississippi governor haley barbour, citizens united decision, 501(c)4s, richard shelby, market talk blog, paul vigna, joyce appleby, government regulation, charlie savage, luke mitchell, transocean, halliburton, bp america, three mile island, bp deepwater horizon oil disaster, ideological rigidity, technology will fix it, short-term perspectives, short memories, political capture, regulatory capture, reactive government, man-made disaster, 911, gulf oil spill, economic meltdown, hurricane katrina, war on terror, disasters

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    • 16 Ratings
    • 2912 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    The F.D.A Wants To Supersize Serving Sizes- Should We Care?

    FEBRUARY 8, 2010 9:09AM

    By Linda Shiue


    Topics: serving size, nutrition labeling, supersize me, food/drink, nutrition, public health, usda, fda

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    • 25 Ratings
    • 7045 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    Here’s My Vote for an Investigative Journalism Pulitzer

    DECEMBER 3, 2009 9:13AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: business, food/drink, health, pulitzer prize for explanatory reporting 2010, public health, pulitzer prize, 2010 pulitzer prize, investigative journalism, new york times, michael moss, “e. coli path shows flaws in beef inspection”, stephanie smith, american chef’s selection angus beef patties, cargill, usda, u.s.d.a., brett chambers, cargill meat solutions corporation, anatomy of a burger, american meat institute, e. coli o15:h7, e. coli, o15:h7, nicole johnson, kirsten gillibrand, food safety, beef recall, ground beef safety, government regulation, ben garvin

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    • 6 Ratings
    • 1163 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Who’s shaping decisions about the school lunch program?

    MARCH 2, 2009 10:02AM

    By Dr. Ayala


    Topics: nutrition, food, schools, usda, lunch, junk food, health, eating, family, parenting, obesity, healthy living

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