Tuesdays links on Thursday

(Yes, I forgot to post them again.)

  • “From January to June 2009, at least 69 people from 29 states have gotten sick with E. coli O157:H7.  Many of them confessed to eating Nestlé’s raw cookie dough.” [Marion Nestle]
  • Fooducate’s 11 Quick Facts about Phosphoric Acid (Yes, that Chemical in Coca Cola) reminds me of Meghan’s recent post about Coca Cola titled “Coke Makes People Fat”. I read the update today, in which she printed an email response that she received from the Public Affairs Manager from Coca-Cola Canada defending the drink. I guess their PR people monitor mentions of their company online. It’s the right PR strategy. It’s what we do in government. (Media monitoring and now new media monitoring – blogs, Twitter, Facebook etc. -  thanks to me.)
  • No thanks to bland, mutant strawberries: Letters in Saturday’s Toronto Star respond to their strawberry story from the previous Saturday. Reading the first letter, I felt like telling her to go see Food Inc., or to stay away from it. It would break her heart. See video of original story here:

  • New national (Canadian) standards for organic food take effect today (June 30). [CBC]

Regular links for Thursday.

Food alerts from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency:

  • ALLERGY ALERT: Undeclared milk in So Good brand Creamy Vanilla Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert.  *This product has been distributed in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. There has been one reported reaction associated with the consumption of this product.
  • HEALTH HAZARD ALERT – Various foods containing pistachios recalled by SETTON PISTACHIO of TERRA BELLA INC., may contain Salmonella bacteria
  • Meghan on greens and chlorophyll. Join her cleanse challenge on April 19 and give your digestive system a rest. [Making Love in the Kitchen]
  • Force kids to eat lunch at school, trustees told [Toronto Star]. I understand the spirit of it but don’t agree.
  • Michael Ruhlman talks to the Globe and Mail about his new book, Ratio. [Globe and Mail]
  • A Dozen Things to Know About the Dubious Food Coloring Called Yellow #5 [Fooducate]
  • SO not passover-friendly: baked pasta perfection. [The Appetizer]
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