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POPSUS approves Animal Clones as Food "The FDA based their decision on an incomplete and flawed review that relies on studies supplied by cloning companies that want to force cloning technology on American consumers."
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POPS Fish meant for humans fed tainted food Cats dead from kidney failure The FDA began its investigation in March, when Ontario-based Menu Foods discovered that nine of 25 cats involved in a taste test died of kidney failure. Tainted chickens? The "dilution factor" notes that the amount of tainted food eaten by people would be far less than the amount of product that proved fatal to pets. The feed was ordered held last week, but the chickens have been approved for slaughter and subsequent sale.
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POPSEating to be Sexy That's the subtitle of an irresistible new book that showed up in the RealAge offices a week ago. Called Mediterranean Women Stay Slim, Too, it was written by Melissa Kelly, an admired American chef who inherited her love of cooking from her Italian grandfather, Primo Magnani. (Her flagship restaurant is named Primo.) Unlike many chefs, Kelly has managed to stay vibrantly slim and healthy over the years, thanks to a few rules she cooked up for herself:
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POPSWill FDA put Humans at Risk with Cow Drug? Previous problems: The FDA knows how hard it can be to close that door. In the mid-1990s, overriding the objections of public-health experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the drug agency approved the marketing of two drugs, Baytril and Saraflox, for use in poultry. Both are fluoroquinolones, a class of drugs important for their ability to fight the bacterium that causes anthrax and a food-borne bacterium called campylobacter, which causes a serious diarrheal disease in people. Before long, doctors began finding fluoroquinolone-resistant strains of campylobacter in patients hospitalized with severe diarrhea. When studies showed a link to poultry, the FDA sought a ban.
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