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The Dangers of Contamination
Contamination, a topic that has been discussed exhaustively, has led the government to try its best to curb the addition of substances to drugs, fuel, and food. However, there are still cases of outbreaks due to the addition of illegal substances to food and moreover, manufacturers looking to make a profit are continually cheating the…
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Grocery Shopping for the Guys
Perhaps it may be blamed on evolution, but the fact remains that while women love to shop, most men squirm at the idea, especially shopping for groceries. However, grocery shopping need not be as boring and full of hassles as men perceive it to be. As with everything else in life, all that is needed…
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Delicious Budget Meals Using Spices
All people enjoy a delicious meal filled with natural and exotic spices. Such spices are often rare and very expensive. However, there are some tips one can take advantage of to ensure that the right kind and amount of spices is used. One also needs to know the secrets of flavoring meals using spices and…
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Horse Meat…No, Thank You!
Some things in life can be utterly disappointing. Take, for instance, after slaving away in the kitchen for a whole afternoon, ensuring that everything is cooked just as the recipe instructed and all that sweat goes down the drain as soon as everyone takes a bite of the exotic beef goulash. Slowly the chatter dies…
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More Pollen, Please
Many consumers consider glass-clear honey to be the ideal type. In the seconds they have to choose a brand from the 40+ samples provided on the supermarket shelf, many consumers would choose clear honey as the best. However, they couldn’t be farther from the truth. The fact is, manufactures strip the honey of all its bee-pollen to…
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Bacteria Love Parties Too!
Planning parties for friends and with friends is always fun, especially when it comes to choosing the food, the venue and even the type of music to be played. It could be agreed upon that food is the main part of the event, yet little thought is cast to how it is handled. Safe handling…
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Peanut Proud Festival
The Peanut Corporation of America’s management and employees are currently facing indictment charges over distributing salmonella tainted peanuts to stores countrywide. They may not exactly be proud of their peanut related actions, but the little town of Blakely, Georgia, where PCA’s factory is situated certainly is. Blakely, located in Early County, Georgia, is fondly named…
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Salmonella Poisoning
With the recent number of foods that have been recalled for suspicion of being tainted by salmonella bacteria, one should take extra precaution while buying groceries as well as gather as much information on salmonella poisoning, how to avoid it and how to react should one become infected. Salmonellosis is the medical name of the…
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