Food Safety

Antibiotic-Resistant Bugs Turn Up Again In Turkey Meat

Wed, 01 May 2013 07:19:00 +0000

Consumer groups are stepping up pressure on animal producers and their practice of giving antibiotics to healthy animals to prevent disease. In two new reports, the groups say they're worried that the preventive use of antibiotics is contributing to the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which get harder to treat in humans and animals over time.

This week, Consumer Reports released a report looking at bacteria on turkey meat that are resistant to medicines used for humans.

Nervous Parents In One Country Clear Supermarket Shelves In Another

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:13:00 +0000

Liyan Chen, a grad student in New York, was chatting online recently with her cousin in China.

"He said, 'I want Abbott milk powder,' " Chen told me. " 'I want you to buy it and ship it back.' "

Her cousin wanted her to buy three boxes of Abbott baby formula, sold under the brand name Similac, and ship it to him in China. She did some research and found out the shipping alone could cost $80.

In Meat Tests, More Evidence Of Human Illness Tied To Farm Antibiotics

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:04:00 +0000

Are the antibiotics the livestock industry uses on animals responsible for antibiotic-resistant infections in people? Bacteria are notoriously hard to follow from farm to fork, but more pieces of the puzzle are coming together that suggest the answer is yes.

Earlier this year, government researchers published data on tests conducted on supermarket meat samples gathered in 2011 by the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System.

First, You Growl: When Your Dog's Food Is Recalled For Salmonella

Nancy Shute — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:40:00 +0000

Ashley Chaifetz is getting a Ph.D.

Bands Aren't The Only Things That Incubate At Music Festivals

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:45:00 +0000

Coachella, the massive outdoor music festival that kicks off this weekend in Indio, Calif., has become an "incubator" not just for new bands, but for rising food entrepreneurs, according to a story in the San Jose Mercury News earlier this week.

We here at The Salt couldn't help but chuckle at the use of the word "incubator" to describe the Coachella food scene.