Food & Health – Week of 4.07.13

US Rice Imports ‘Contain Harmful Levels of Lead’
BBC News | 10 April 2013
Some samples exceeded the “provisional total tolerable intake”…

Antibiotics in Organic Tree Fruit Production — Simple Questions/Answers
Cornucopia Institute | 10 April 2013
Is the Use of This Material a Threat to Human Health?

Proposed FDA Safety Rules Frustrate Tree Fruit Farmers
The Washington Post | 08 April 2013
Blueberries and bananas are in, but black-eyed peas are out…

Louisiana Dept. of Health Ordered Charity to Destroy $8,000 Worth of Venison Intended for Feeding the Hungry
Occupy Monsanto | 27 February 2013
The Dept. of Health and Hospitals ordered the staff at the Shreveport-Bossier Rescue Mission…