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		<title>Organic doesn&#8217;t always mean safer or better</title>
		<link>http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/07/03/organic-doesnt-always-mean-safer-or-better/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some don&#8217;t want to hear this, but organic food isn&#8217;t always more pure or more tasty, even when sporting the USDA Organic label, a label that usually means a premium price.
A couple excellent articles have addressed the disconnect between reality and consumer perception &#8212; none better than a Wednesday piece in the Los Angeles Times, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHO: Swine flu a pandemic now</title>
		<link>http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/06/11/swine-flu-a-pandemic-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ellaella</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The World Health Organization has raised the swine flu alert to its highest level, a pandemic. It&#8217;s the first such declaration in more than 40 years.
WHO Director General Margaret Chan said, “We are at the earliest days of a global pandemic.” The new H1N1 strain is spreading easily from one person to another, and from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First US swine flu death confirmed</title>
		<link>http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/04/29/first-us-swine-flu-death-confirmed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ellaella</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Federal health officials this morning reported the first confirmed US death from swine flu. The victim was a 23-month-old Mexican child in Texas. The number of American reported cases has grown from 50 to at least 64 nearly 100 in 10 states by mid-afternoon (see link above) and three more countries &#8212; Britain, New Zealand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swine flu and pork</title>
		<link>http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/04/28/swine-flu-and-pork/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ellaella</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The number of US swine flu cases has doubled to 50 this morning. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says pork remains safe to eat during the outbreak as long as it&#8217;s properly cooked. According to the CDC&#8217;s fact sheet on swine flu:
Swine influenza viruses are not transmitted by food. You can not get swine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pistachio recall widens</title>
		<link>http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/04/02/pistachio-recall-widens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The potential salmonella contamination of pistachios has prompted Frito-Lay to recall 1.75 ounce packages of unshelled pistachios with sell-by dates between July 14, 2009 and December 29, 2009. It&#8217;s also calling back pistachios sold in Canada under the Munchies brand. Those packages carry sell by dates between August 4, 2009 and December 15, 2009.
The pistachios [...]]]></description>
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