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Posts made in March, 2013

Actual Science Leads Indiana to Keep Mandatory Milk Pasteurization

A year ago, raw milk believers thought the Indiana General Assembly was going to allow raw milk to be sold in the state - instead they got a new requirement that raw milk be labeled as “not for human consumption.”The Indiana Board of Animal Health (BOAH) asked for the agricultural board to study raw milk and instead of banning it, came up with health requirements for it to be allowed....

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At Least It Wasn’t Horse: No Meat At All In Iceland Meat Pie

There's a bit of a scandal in Europe due to horse meat being passed off as other kinds.Imagine the shock in Iceland, where its 320,000 people list horse meat from its 100,000 horses as a chief export, when testing showed their meat pie didn't even have horse meat - it had no meat at all.Iceland's Food and Veterinary Authority tested 16 products and found that a product labeled Italian lamb...

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At Least It Wasn’t Horse: No Meat At All In Iceland Meat Pie

There's a bit of a scandal in Europe due to horse meat being passed off as other kinds.Imagine the shock in Iceland, where its 320,000 people list horse meat from its 100,000 horses as a chief export, when testing showed their meat pie didn't even have horse meat - it had no meat at all.Iceland's Food and Veterinary Authority tested 16 products and found that a product labeled Italian lamb...

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Will Prof. Ernie Moniz Be A Good Energy Secretary?

President Obama may have a thing for northeast academics but he at least stepped out of Harvard and Yale this time, tapping MIT Professor Ernie Moniz Monday to run the Department of Energy. Moniz, a theoretical physicist and simulation expert, was in politics during the Clinton years, as Associate Director for Science in the Office of Science and Technology Policy from 1995 to 1997 and Under...

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Will Prof. Ernie Moriz Be A Good Energy Secretary?

President Obama may have a thing for northeast academics but he at least stepped out of Harvard and Yale this time, tapping MIT Professor Ernie Moriz Monday to run the Department of Energy. Moriz, a theoretical physicist and simulation expert, was in politics during the Clinton years, as Associate Director for Science in the Office of Science and Technology Policy from 1995 to 1997 and Under...

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