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9/5/04

PISTACHIOS recalled due to carcinogen contamination
National Post (subscription) - Canada
OTTAWA (CP) --The Canadian Food Inspection Agency warned the public Saturday
not to consume certain raw Pistachio Kernel products as they may be contaminated (Editor's Note: I see many articles about contaminated raw meat and dairy but this is only the second article I've seen about contaminated raw produce. I have never seen such an article pertaining to organic produce).
<http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/toronto/story.html?id=43b00093-6253-435d-b4cd-9bb91097512f>

(Editor's Note: Here is an example of an article warning people about the dangers of "raw food". I see many articles like this each week. When you read them they are always about the dangers of raw meat and dairy. Yet the number of articles out there has the cumulative effect of turning people off of fresh fruits and vegetables. It is unfortunate that even with the huge popularity of the "raw food diet" of fruits and vegetables that journalists still lump all raw foods together with "raw meat and dairy"). FOR lunch-sack safety, remember these 3 tips
Charlotte Observer (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
... Harmful bacteria from raw food can cross-contaminate ready-to-eat foods.
Contamination can also occur when packaging such as paper ...
<http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/living/food/9483913.htm>

JENNIFER Blowdryer
New York Press - New York,NY,USA
... branch of the raw food restaurant Quintessence. ... Raw food means
food that is never cooked above 118 degrees, which lets the colors stay
bright. ...
<http://www.nypress.com/17/34/food/eats.cfm>

ECO-FUGITIVE eating, gaining weight
CBC British Columbia - Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada
VANCOUVER - The lawyer for an American activist wanted for fire-bombings
in Oregon, says Tre Arrow is back on his raw food diet, and has ended
his prison ...
<http://vancouver.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=bc_arrow20040824>

ROXANNE'S a victim of its own success
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA
And that is precisely why Roxanne and Michael Klein last week closed their
ground-breaking raw-food restaurant, Roxanne's, in Larkspur. ...
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/08/11/FDG20838DR1.DTL>

NO-COOK cooking
Fort Worth Star Telegram (subscription) - Fort Worth,TX,USA
... The raw-food movement has followers around the country, from Hollywood
stars such as Woody Harrelson to an Oregon family of raw-food-lifestyle
advocates whose ...
<http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/living/9370787.htm>

GREEK classics
Alameda Times-Star - Alameda,CA,USA
... beginning. So many things we think of as hip and modern, like the raw
food movement, their roots are with the ancient Greeks, says Segan. ...
<http://www.timesstar.com/Stories/0,1413,125~1549~2327578,00.html>

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