Food and Drug Administration

Here's What Serving Sizes Actually Look Like

You probably know that most packaged foods contain more than one serving size. But have you ever stopped to think about what a single serving size actually looks like? Here's a hint: really, really small. Watch this video and, if you're like us, you'll quickly realize you've been eating enough for, ... More >>

Monster Beverage Sued San Francisco, Now the City's Suing Back

There's a legal battle brewing in California, where the San Francisco city attorney sued Monster Beverage earlier this week for marketing its drinks to children. This comes after Monster Beverage sued the city last week in federal court, accusing San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera of overste ... More >>

FDA Lifts Ban on Italian Cured-Pork Meat Imports

If you've noticed a rise in "house cured meats" on restaurant menus of late, you're not the only one. For a few years now it seems like every chef with a meat grinder has felt compelled to test his/her hand at charcuterie. See also: - The Best of the Cheese and Wine Worlds Converge at Ahwatukee's ... More >>

This Is What 2,000 Calories Actually Looks Like

You might know that the FDA recommends people consume on average around 2,000 calories a day. But what does 2,000 calories actually look like? This video lays it all bare, often depressingly so. See Also: --24 Legitimately Fascinating Facts About Beer --Study Concludes Sex Only Burns 21 Calories P ... More >>

Shocking: Drinking Too Many Energy Drinks Linked to Increase in ER Visits

Caffeine has been in the news the last couples of days with reports that the over consumption of it, particularly in the form of energy drinks, has caused an uptick in caffeine related emergency room visits. In fact the FDA has established that at least five people have died after consuming energy d ... More >>

Watch a Man Destroy the Entire "The Hobbit" Denny's Menu in 20 Minutes

When we reviewed "The Hobbit" menu at Denny's, it should be noted that it took two reporters, including one who writes a column called "Guilty Pleasures," and we still didn't eat everything on the menu. Yet here is a man who single-handedly polished off everything on the special menu in one sitting ... More >>

Peanut Butter Salmonella Outbreak Now Affects Dozens of Products -- Are You Being Safe?

Your rice may not be trying to kill you, and technically neither is your nut butter product - but it could land you (or your kids) in the hospital. In case you missed it, Trader Joe's recently issued a voluntary recall of three nut-containing products which the Food and Drug Administration, Center ... More >>

Your Rice Is NOT Trying to Kill You (But Some EPA Standards Couldn't Hurt)

It often seems like our food supply is becoming progressively fraught. There's pink slime in our beef, ammonia in our pink slime, arsenic in our apple juice and now, arsenic in our rice. The last emerged from a recently released Consumer Reports study that showed that our rice and related rice produ ... More >>

DEA Carries Out Raids Nationwide, Including Five Arizona Cities, for Making and Selling Chemicals Similar to Illegal Drugs

The federal government announced another victory in its war on drugs, as federal authorities made raids in 109 cities nationwide -- including five Arizona cities -- to take down an industry that sells chemicals "similar" to illegal drugs.Yes, the word "similar" comes straight from the Drug Enforceme ... More >>

Sushi Sickness: CDC Reports Spicy Tuna Linked to Salmonella Outbreak

The CDC is tracking a sushi centered salmonella outbreak that has sickened 116 people so far. Of that number, 12 were sick enough to be hospitalized. The CDC has only interviewed about half of the people affected by this outbreak but among those people 91% reported eating sushi prior to becoming ill ... More >>

FDA to AeroShot: Prove Breathable Food Is Disgestible

The item demonstrated above is the AeroShot breathable caffeine device. Housed within a space-age shotgun shell, the AeroShot webpage claims it packs 100mg of caffeine and B vitamins. It further promises to provide, "All of the energy. None of the other stuff." By other stuff we presume they mean, " ... More >>

Most Honey in the U.S. Isn't Honey at All, Food Safety News Reports

​ You'd think that honey would be the last food item to be tampered with in this era of food supply manipulation and control. It seems so pure, it never spoils (there's even safe-to-eat black honey found in Egyptian tombs), it's sweet and it's what Winnie the Pooh lives for -- but it appears that ... More >>

Ten Album Covers that Would Make Good Warning Labels on Cigarette Packs

One of the nine images the FDA will require on cigarette packs soon.​Attention, cigarette smokers: The government has decided that you either can't read the verbal warnings on cigarette packs, or that you need to be given more stark, visual reminders that smoking is bad for you. The Food and Drug ... More >>

Kid-Killing Rapist Donald Beaty's Execution Put on Hold

A clerical error has resulted in a stay in the execution of Donald Beaty, a kid-killing rapist on Death Row for more than two decades.​The Arizona Supreme Court has issued a stay in the execution of kid-killing rapist Donald Beaty because of a last-minute switcheroo in one of the drugs used to put ... More >>

Potassium Iodide Still Flying Off Shelves as Radioactive Plume Nears Arizona; Officials Warn Against Using the Substance

  Image: www.hihealth.com Hi-Health is among the stores experiencing a run on potassium iodide. They're getting more -- but experts advise the public that it won't do any good in this case, but might cause harm.​The Hi-Health clerk shakes his head at our request for potassium iod ... More >>

How to Use a Meat Thermometer

This week, common post-holiday-cooking-frenzy questions: Where do I place a meat thermometer in my turkey? And how do I use a meat thermometer? ​Use a meat thermometer to test cooked food for doneness. The FDA guidelines for cooking temperature are listed to keep food safe from bacteria. The t ... More >>

Four Loko Watermelon: Now We Get It

Flickr- nick.fisher Adios, Four Loko. Drink 'em if you got 'em. ​Anyone who has searched the couch cushions for a handful of change knows that boozing on an extreme budget can be a risky proposition. To help you decide how to spend that meager pile of pennies, we've scraped the Bottom of t ... More >>

Nutmeg Recall: Don't Touch that Spice Just Yet...

With Spice on its way out and pot not yet legal, people might get desperate for a high - but don't reach for that nutmeg just yet. According to the FDA, Frontier Natural Products Co-op is voluntarily recalling nutmeg that is potentially contaminated with Salmonella from its Whole Foods Markets and F ... More >>

Nutmeg High: The New 'Spice'?

Spiking the eggnog has a whole new meaning now that we've learned nutmeg, that unassuming spice grandma puts into just about everything during Thanksgiving, is considered a "psychoactive drug" according to the FDA's Poisonous Plant Database.

Nov. 17 In Blogs: PodCampAZ, Mini Mansions, Head Cheese, and Four Loko

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Four Loko, a.k.a. "Blackout in a Can," Likely to be Banned by FDA. Learn How to Make Your Own Right Here

"Blackout in a can"​The booze-filled caffeine drink police believe a 19-year-old Mesa woman was slurpin' down prior to wrecking her car over the weekend is likely to be banned by the Food and Drug Administration later today. But not to worry: we've tracked down a recipe for a bootleg version of th ... More >>

Sept. 23 In Blogs: Grand Avenue Festival, Nicki Minaj, Desert Botanical Gardens, and Facebook

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Has the FDA approved genetically engineered salmon?

Aquabounty v conventional salmon​Last week,you wrote about a "frakenfish", genetically engineered salmon. What did the FDA decide about the salmon? Will it be allowed in our food supply? What are your thoughts on this? Earlier this week, the Food and Drug Administration held public hearing ... More >>

Genetically Modified Salmon aka Frankenfish -- Let Your Voice be Heard Tomorrow

commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PSM_V11_D543_Salmon.jpg Salmon​ Get your speed-dial ready, folks.Tomorrow, September 16th is a National Day of Action in Washington, D.C. sponsored by Food and Water Watch. You can add your voice to those opposed to allowing this fish into our food supply. Ot ... More >>

Three Other FDA Recalls You Haven't Heard About

​We admit that we don't typically spend a lot of time perusing the recall press releases on the Food and Drug Administration website, but in a quest to find an update on that whole egg mess (update: millions more eggs have been toss into the suspicious pile; here's the latest from the Arizona ... More >>

Egg Recall Hits Arizona, Threatens Runny Egg Lovers

​Like your eggs runny? You might not, after reading this post. Dr. Joli Weiss, foodborne disease epidemiologist for the Arizona Department of Health Services, confirms that some of the 228 million tainted eggs involved in the national recall making news all over the place were, in fact, distr ... More >>

Scottsdale-Based E-Cigarette Company Gets Big Win in Federal Court

www.motivatedphotos.com​A Scottsdale company that distributes "e-cigarettes," the robotic and arguably equally harmful alternative to traditional cigarettes, got some good news today from a federal judge: The Food and Drug Administration has to back off in blocking imports of the devices.The judge ... More >>

Homme Lounge, Chew, and the Month in Tasty Photos Over the Weekend

​Club Candids: The Final Party Foul at Homme Lounge For the last four years, Homme Lounge has hosted dance nights for every music scene from hip hip to industrial to indie rock; but its most consistently crowded affair for the last year and a half has been its Party Foul Friday nights. Now tha ... More >>

Beware of Buying Phoney H1N1 "Cures" Online, Attorney General Terry Goddard Warns

​ Don't buy flu products online without your doctor's advice, or you'll probably get scammed. That's the message today from Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard. Flu cases are at epic levels in Arizona. Last week alone there were 1,588 new cases of swine flu -- totaling 5,226 since April, ... More >>

"Electronic Cigarettes" Still Bad For You, FDA Study Finds; Scottsdale Company Preparing Counter-Study

NJOY cigarettes   Cigarettes are bad for you and can cause cancer - even if they're electronic, according to an FDA report released earlier today. The study analyzed the chemicals contained in the electronic nicotine cartridges from Smoking Everywhere Inc., and NJOY, a Scottsdale-based compan ... More >>

Pistachio Growers in Arizona Bracing for Impact of Salmonella Warning

  Arizona pistachio farmers are hoping the government soon lifts a blanket warning against eating the nuts, which was issued after a California batch tested positive for salmonella. So far, there's no indication the illness-causing bacteria infects any Arizona products, but ... More >>

Caffiend: Starbucks' Venti Double Shot on Ice with Energy Pack

My caffeine addiction has lead me to try all manner of caffeinated drinks, and I'll be reviewing many of them for you here in "Caffiend" every week. And as fate would have it, the first drink I'm reviewing is a real ass-kicker that I'd never tried before: the Starbucks Venti Double Shot on ice (with ... More >>

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