Giant Eagle supermarket
Supermarkets and fast-food chains that threw out tomatoes suspected in a salmonella outbreak were acting aggressively to protect their customers' health and avoid a consumer backlash, experts say, possibly because of past experiences over food-safety incidents.
Consumer advocates also say the federal government, accused of being sluggish in the past, is being more responsive.
It's an expensive proposition to toss seeminglyedible food, but McDonald's and others had good reason to pull the tomatoes, said Bill Marler, a Seattle attorney who for 15 years has specialized in food-contamination cases.
"The dilemma is if they don't recall the tomatoes and someone gets sick, then they're going to really look foolish," he said.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2004470085_tomatoscare11.html
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吃死一人 佛州番茄業崩盤
餐廳、連鎖店停止販售使用 價值4000萬番茄任其腐壞 加州及墨國受累
【本報綜合十日電訊報導】聯邦食品藥物管理局(FDA)追查番茄感染沙門氏菌的禍首之際，佛羅里達州的番茄業目前已「完全崩盤」，而加州及墨西哥番茄也遭到波及，銷售量大受影響。同時食用生番茄不適案件傳出第一宗死亡病例。
佛州的番茄產量占全國第一，現在除非FDA儘速查明污染源頭，並解除生產管制，否則該州價值四千萬元的番茄只能任其腐壞。
佛州番茄商交易所執行副總裁Reggie Brow說：「我們必須停止包裝、停止採收，許多上周末該採收的番茄，再一天多就爛了，許多儲放的番茄也會因過熟而丟棄。」
聯邦農業部統計，去年美國生產的番茄總值12億8000萬元。布朗指出，佛州每年採收價值達五億至七億元的番茄，每年此時，全美番茄有九成是由該州供應。
FDA是在本月5日提出警告，指出污染問題與生的red roma、red plum和red round番茄有關，以及上述番茄的製品。自番茄污染的消息傳出後，許多餐廳及連鎖店已停止販售各種番茄產品，有些還完全不賣生番茄。
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http://health.yahoo.com/experts/drmao/14422/5-healthiest-anti-aging-snacks/
5 Healthiest Anti-Aging Snacks
Posted Mon, Jun 09, 2008, 2:24 am PDT
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Snacking often gets a bad rap, but if you make intelligent choices about what you eat, you can actually benefit your health and longevity. Read on to find out how!
Why Snacks?
Most of us are used to eating three times a day, but it is much healthier to eat smaller meals more frequently -f ive small meals a day, for instance. Eating in this way delivers a steady stream of nutrients, blood sugar, and energy to your body throughout the day and is also much less taxing on the digestive and metabolic systems.
And when you eat more small meals throughout the day, you will most likely avoid the pitfalls of overindulging at your next meal and may actually consume fewer total calories for the day.
Keep healthy "grab-and-go" snacks on hand all the time to avoid the tempting lure of high-calorie snacks. Here are my top five snack choices:
1. Nuts and Seeds Keep You Young
Healthy and appetizing, nuts and seeds are absolutely the best snack of the bunch.
Almonds, pine nuts, sesame seeds, Brazil nuts, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, flax seeds, peanuts, and pistachios: mix them in any combination and enjoy! Keep in mind that there are more nutrients in the raw form than roasted. Make sure that the nuts and seeds are fresh and not old and rancid.
2. An Apple a Day for Heart Health
3. Bring On the Berries
In season again, berries are bursting with antioxidants. The enticing red, purple, and blue skins of berries contain bioflavonoids, antioxidant compounds that reduce free radical damage.
• Blueberries are your best pick because not only do they have the highest level of antioxidant activity, but they also possess powerful neuroprotective properties that shield brain cells from damage , helping to slow down the age-related onset of memory loss, Alzheimer's, and senility.
4. Avocado: Packed with Nutrients
5. Apricots for Anti-Aging
I hope you find the ways to nourish your body with healthy snacks! I invite you to visit often and share your own personal health and longevity tips with me.
May you live long, live strong, and live happy!
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