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The FDA has issued a recall of Sportmix Pet Food. The call comes after more than two dozen dogs have died after ingesting specific lots of Sportmix pet food. The pet food contained potentially deadly levels of aflatoxin. Aflatoxin is a a toxin produced by the Aspergillus flavus mold that at high levels can cause sickness and potentially death in pets. Four lots of Sportmix dog food and two additional lots of Sportmix cat food had been recalled.
The US Food and Drug Administration is recommending that food manufacturers list sesame as an ingredient on labels. According to CNN, listing the ingredient would be voluntary. The move is designed to help people who are allergic to sesame identify foods that may contain the seed. Many Americans are allergic to sesame, and the labels would help them quickly identify foods containing sesame. Under current FDA regulations, sesame must be declared on a label if whole seeds are used as an ingredient. Labeling, however, is not required when sesame is used as a flavor or in a spice blend.
Students at a culinary school in Pittsburgh create new dishes that incorporate insects as one of the ingredients. Diane Hodges reports.
The Chefs at the famed Beverly Hilton are preparing the celebrity dinner for the 70th Golden Globe Awards. We have the tasty inside story.
The 2024 Michelin Guide has awarded a third star to Jerome Banctel's restaurant Le Gabriel in Paris and, in a rare move, three stars in one go for the reopening of La Table du Castellet in south-east France, led by 35-year-old chef Fabien Ferre. IMAGES
French Ecology Minister Christophe Bechu and Agriculture Minister Marc Fesneau are booed and hissed at at the Paris international Agricultural Show by around twenty people shouting "Fesneau resign" and holding up signs reading "Come back down to earth", as the two ministers are forced to leave the stand of Ademe, the French Environment and Energy Management Agency. IMAGES