Antibiotic tainted beef illegally sold for human consumption

(NaturalNews) The conventional U.S. food supply is no stranger to chemicals, pesticides, growth hormones and antibiotics. But a Michigan dairy has violated what minimal restrictions do exist concerning these additives by illegally selling antibiotic-ridden dairy cows to be processed for human consumption over the last eight years. Scenic View Dairy of Hamilton, Mich., is currently the subject of a complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on behalf of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for selling beef that tested positive for illegal levels of neomycin, penicillin and sulfadimethoxine. The FDA is seeking a permanent injunction against the dairy for ignoring multiple warnings about the tainted meat. According to reports, the FDA has warned Scenic View Dairy at least eight times since 2001 about unsafe levels of antibiotics in its beef, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has sent more than 11 letters concerning the issue as well. But the defendants have ignored all such warnings given…

‘Grade A’ on eggs doesn’t mean what you think it means

(NaturalNews) The “Grade A” seal on supermarket egg cartons means that the eggs inside are safe and of the highest quality, right? According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) shield of approval is actually little more than a marketing ploy with no guarantee of safety. Contrary to popular belief, the USDA does not even regulate the safety of eggs. USDA “graders” merely observe eggs at egg packing plants to make sure they are of the proper size and color, and ensure that their shells are intact. That is it. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is tasked with ensuring the quality and safety of eggs, but based on recent inspections prompted by the massive egg recall, the agency has clearly failed to do its job in this area. The USDA, on the other hand, merely helps market the idea that American food is safe, both here and abroad. According…

Cinnamon Reduces Risk Of Diabetes, Heart Disease

August 27th, 2010 Natural News By: Jonathon Benson A recent study headed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has identified a link between cinnamon intake and reduced risk of diabetes and heart disease. According to the research, water-soluble cinnamon extract, which is high in antioxidants, helps to decrease glucose levels in the blood

Sherrod to sue blogger who released video clip

CNN | Former Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod said Thursday she will pursue a lawsuit against conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart.

Obama Losing Whites?

July 23, 2010 WorldNetDaily By: Pat Buchanan On Monday, the Department of Agriculture demanded the resignation of Shirley Sherrod over a two-minute videotape where she appeared to describe to a cheering crowd of the Georgia NAACP how she denied assistance to a poor white farmer about to lose his land. Declaring itself “appalled” at this “shameful”

Whole Foods Market to require organic certification on all health and beauty products

(NaturalNews) Natural foods retailer Whole Foods Market will soon require that all health and beauty products it carries that claim to be organic, be certified by either the Agriculture Department’s National Organic Program, or NSF International, an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based nonprofit certifier. In leiu of the lack of federal oversight of “organic” personal care products, Whole Foods is taking a voluntary next step to improve the quality of products in this category. It is becoming widely known that personal care products that say they are organic are not necessarily so. Products can say they contain “organic ingredients” or even contain the word “organic” in their name brand, but these terms can be deceptive. Many of these products still contain many of the same artificial and petroleum-derived ingredients that most conventional personal care products do. And companies get away with this because the laws concerning organics in personal care products are lax. A clear and concise definition of what is “natural” and “organic” has yet…

Chokeberry Extracts Helps Maintain Proper Weight

July 8, 2010 Natural News By: Ethan A. Huff Researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently released the results of a study which found that the chokeberry, a Native American fruit also known as Aronia, assists in regulating proper weight and helps balance out blood glucose levels. Native to eastern North America, chokeberry

US opposes honest labeling of GMO foods

(NaturalNews) The official U.S. position on genetically-modified organisms, also known as GMs or GMOs, is that there is no difference between them and natural organisms. Crafted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA), the position set forth to the Codex Alimentarius Committee on the issue goes even further to suggest that no country should be able to require mandatory GMO labeling on food items, even though science shows that GMOs act differently in the body than do natural organisms and are a threat to health. A group of over 80 food processors, farmers and consumer organizations has sent an official letter to Michael Taylor, deputy commission at the FDA, and Kathleen Merrigan, deputy secretary of agriculture at the USDA, protesting the official U.S. position, citing the fact that it creates “significant problems” for all U.S. food producers that wish to label their products as being GMO-free. Not only is there no mandatory labeling of products sold in the U.S. that…

Obama’s USDA to deceive Americans over GM crops

(NaturalNews) The Obama administration’s Department of Agriculture (USDA) is attempting to downplay the risks of genetically modified alfalfa, a crop previously banned by numerous federal courts. In 2007, a federal court rejected the Bush USDA’s approval of alfalfa plants genetically engineered for resistance to the Monsanto herbicide Roundup. The court ruled that the USDA had not properly considered the risks posed by the crop. These risks included the possibility that the genetically modified (GM) crops could swap genetic material with related species, thus contaminating neighboring fields or producing non-agricultural “super weeds.” Monsanto continues to appeal the decision, even though the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against it twice. The case is now pending consideration by the Supreme Court. Alfalfa is the first perennial crop to be genetically modified. Because it does not die after a year but can regenerate itself from even its roots, the risk of genetic contamination is higher than even that from GM annual crops, which have already…

Human dispersants: Let’s try tossing BP executives into the Gulf of Mexico

(NaturalNews) The Gulf of Mexico oil catastrophe, now in its 35th day, has struck land, coating tourist beaches, marshes and shorelines with a greasy black filth that metaphorically represents the corporate greed that now dominates the U.S. economy. We are all awash in the dark slime of corporations gone bad, and now we’re paying the price for allowing these companies to dominate our media, our government and our entire economy. You might think government regulators could have prevented all this, but that’s hardly the case. This disaster isn’t merely about a government regulation failure; it’s about what happens when you let corporations rule Washington. Reporters threatened with arrest by U.S. Coast Guard under orders from BP British Petroleum has been steamrolling both the federal government and the press over this oil catastrophe in the Gulf. For starters, the U.S. Coast Guard is now threatening to arrest journalists who try to cover the story by invoking “BP rules” that forbid journalists from conducting investigative journalism. (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/18/national…

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