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The FDA’s Trans Fats Ban: Public Good vs. Easy Formulations vs. Making Profits

The FDA’s Trans Fats Ban: Public Good vs. Easy Formulations vs. Making Profits

The FDA has given us three years to come up with something other than Trans Fats in food, having taken the GRAS label (‘generally recognized as safe’) from it. This has been a long time coming as partially hydrogenated oils, which make up a significant 

Now This is Scary: Superbug Resistant to Last-Resort Antibiotics Makes Way to Food Chain

Now This is Scary: Superbug Resistant to Last-Resort Antibiotics Makes Way to Food Chain

The zombie apocalypse doesn’t need to happen to end civilization. A few of these superbugs swimming around in everyday food would though. If you’ve read this article: Antibiotic resistance will mean the end of just about everything as we know it (Salon.com) based on the