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New Federal Food Safety Regulations Won't Impact Small Farmsnew

Locavores may have raised their hackles last week when reading that the Obama administration released a series of new proposals to regulate a number of foods, including eggs, poultry and beef. But farms with fewer than 3,000 laying hens would be exempt from the new rules on salmonella testing and refrigeration. The exception reflects small farms' reduced operation scale and the uneven costs these would levy on them.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Melissa Batchelor Warnke  |  07-22-2009  |  Food+Drink

Something's Fishynew

Well, that "organic salmon" label does stand for at least one thing: increased profit margins.
INDY Week  |  David Auerbach  |  06-01-2006  |  Food+Drink

So Prozac Depresses Kids? Let Them Eat Dopenew

If kids are having suicidal thoughts after taking antidepressants, it might very well be that they are not taking enough of them, not mixing them with hard alcohol, and not knowing enough to chase the crashes with valium or vicodin or even, in a pinch, a whole bottle of Ibuprofen.
New York Press  |  Matt Taibbi  |  09-24-2004  |  Comedy

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