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Lettuce not have diarrhea. Strengthen and fund produce inspection regulations.
Consumer ReportsUPDATE: Given the lack of details provided by Taylor Farms, Consumer Reports' experts advise consumers in these states to discard all iceberg lettuce. https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-recalls/taylor-farms-pulls-mexican-lettuce-linked-to-cyclospora-para-a7871344748/?EXTKEY=YSOCIAL_BS
every food recall brings us closer to the american dream of replacing the produce section in grocery stores with an expanded smoke & vape shop
FDA Announces Recall of More Than 19 Million Eggs for Potential Salmonella ContaminationThe U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a recall of more than 1.5 million dozens of white shell and brown cage-free eggs that may be contaminated with Salmonella. The recalled eggs com...www.allrecipes.com
Much of the U.S. economy is now based on A.I. — or, more specifically, expectations that A.I. will pay off very big in the near future. But it’s becoming a house of cards. We're facing a five-alarm fire that you need to know about. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-crash-of-2026
Reposting again for the people in the back: Our food supply is becoming increasingly less safe. Because ensuring food safety is a Thing. That. Government. Does.
ProPublicaIn recent years, FDA inspectors have uncovered disturbing lapses in facilities producing food bound for American supermarkets. Under the second Trump administration, inspections became their lowest since 2011, excluding the pandemic. (Published Nov. 2025)
This just in: Lindsay Graham's ghost seen loitering in front of this house in York, England.
Dave GilbertFound this gate in York. It had a standard lock, plus a padlock and a chain holding it shut. It was very very securely closed. The only thing on the other side is a blank wall. The only conclusion I can make is that this is a magic portal to hell.
"Make America Healthy Again." https://www.npr.org/2026/07/23/nx-s1-5896280/snap-ed-healthy-eating-cuts-maha
The White House pushes healthy eating. It cut a landmark nutrition education programNutrition advocates and public health experts are mystified by the decision to eliminate SNAP-Ed, given the Trump adminiwww.npr.org
Repost @mickydolenz: This month in 1967, @themonkees released “Pleasant Valley Sunday.” Written by the extraordinary Gerry Goffin and Carole King, the song reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 11 in the U.K. And somehow, it still feels just as much fun to sing all these years later.
This excellent @pbs.org @americanexperience.bsky.social program, "The Poison Squad," tells the story of one government scientist who fought to make our food safe. Now we have to fight again. www.pbs.org/wgbh/america...
The Poison Squad | American Experience | PBSThe Poison Squad tells the story of government chemist Dr. Harvey Wiley who, determined to banish these dangerous substances from dinner tables, took on the powerful food manufacturers and their allie...www.pbs.orgWe have forgotten the hard fought battles of the early 20th century to pass and enforce food purity and safety laws--Battles against powerful ag and food processing interests that, apparently, we must now re-fight.
The New YorkerThe cyclospora outbreak lays bare our underfunded and overwhelmed public-health system. www.newyorker.com/culture/prog...
