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Cookies are delicious, but unbaked dough is unsafe for a number of reasons.
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Tasting cookie dough is hazardous for new reasons

Flour and some other grain-based foods have also been linked to foodborne illness outbreaks

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Do you ever taste cookie dough? Licking the mixing spoon or pinching a chunk of batter from the bowl can be tempting. If you said “yes, I taste raw cookie dough,” give yourself a pat on the back for your honesty. Now I need to tell you to avoid the temptation of tasting raw doughs
CFIA flubs food failure followup
Beef cattle, Livestock

CFIA flubs food failure followup

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Canada’s auditor general has identified weaknesses in how the Canadian Food Inspection Agency manages recalls of contaminated foods and its followups with processors to prevent further incidents. “While illnesses were contained in the recalls we examined, I am not confident that the system will always yield similar results,” Auditor General Michael Ferguson said in his
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School Lunches Not Making The Grade?

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Is everyone bored with school lunches already? Lunches don’t have to be monotonous, and sandwiches can remain safe and retain their shape with the right container. Consider making and freezing sandwiches ahead of time. Try varying the type of bread and fillings you use, but don’t go overboard with your sandwich- making assembly line. You
Country Crossroads

How Clean Is Clean Enough?

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We live in a fairly sanitized world with all sorts of anti-bacterial products available to consumers. In fact, some medical researchers have questioned whether we might be a little too clean. Antibacterial products are linked by some researchers to the development of “superbugs” resistant to antibiotics. The products kill the normal bacteria in our environment,
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Health And Safety Gift Ideas

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Here are a few possibilities for health-and safety-promoting gifts that won’t break your budget. Most of these ideas are from $10 to $20. Food thermometer: These internal temperature-measuring devices are easy to use and don’t take up a lot of drawer space. Only five per cent of cooks regularly use a thermometer, although many people
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Ohio Livestock Vote Simply Devilish

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If idle hands are the devil’s workshop, idle thoughts are, what, the product of a devil’s advocate? Maybe, but one election result from early November leaves plenty of room for thought, idle or otherwise. On Nov. 3, Ohio voters overwhelmingly approved Issue 2, a statehouse-directed ballot initiative to create a “Livestock Care Standards Board.” The
Beef cattle, Livestock

Market Access Secretariat Ready

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“There haven’t been the resources available to go and attack the world.” – TED HANEY, CBEF Anewly created federal agency to develop new foreign markets for Canadian agricultural products should be fully operational by September 30. The Agricultural Market Access Secretariat (AMAS) expects to have staff hired by September 15 amid high expectations for new
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EU To Tackle Breakfast Cereals Cancer Risk

The European Union will try to set maximum levels of a potentially cancerous chemical after several countries recalled breakfast cereals that contain it on the packaging, the EU executive said March 5. Several EU countries, including Belgium, Germany, Greece, Portugal and Spain, are believed to be affected but the problem is not seen as serious,
Beef cattle, Opinion

Food irradiation’s time has come

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Irradiation shouldn’t replace good manufacturing practices but can be an important step in the right direction. Well, it’s been quite a summer. Who would have thought just a few months ago that food safety would be front and centre as a federal election issue, or that obscure people who work for universities would suddenly emerge

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