The Best, Most Disgusting Reporting On Food Safety

Safety of Beef Processing Method Is Questioned [3], The New York Times, December 2009A look at the development of Beef Product Inc.’s “novel” method of meat production that later became known as the infamous "pink slime." Reporter Michael Moss won a Pulitzer Prize [4] for his investigations into contaminated beef.

Our Dwindling Food Variety [5], National Geographic, July 2011Our dwindling food variety, in a stride-stopping infographic.Contributed by @kleinmatic [6]

What the USDA Doesn't Want You to Know About Antibiotics and Factory Farms [7], Mother Jones, July 2011The U.S. Department of Agriculture appears to have repeatedly removed a report by a USDA-contracted researcher that summarized recent academic work, from “reputed, scientific, peer-reviewed, and scholarly journals," on possible links between antibiotic-resistant infections and factory farm animals. Mother Jones got a permanent PDF of the researcher’s report, dubbing it the “document the USDA doesn’t want you to see.”Contributed by @foodinteg

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