Archive: Dec 2009 (page2)

Who Screams for Ice Cream? Not Facebook.

We were left speechless upon learning this week that Facebook is lactose-intolerant. The popular social media website has an official policy banning the promotion of dairy products. We’re not making…
PostedDecember 11, 2009 at12:00 am

UPDATE: Facebook Nudges Milk Off Its ‘Naughty’ List

Somehow, we knew it would end well. After MSNBC expressed interest in our press release today and the the Associated Press placed an inquiry, the social networking company…
PostedDecember 11, 2009 at12:00 am

CCF Special: Cast Your Vote for 2010 PCRM Membership Cards

Today is the last day for members of the grossly misnamed “Physicians" Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) to vote on the design of their 2010 membership cards. We…
PostedDecember 10, 2009 at12:00 am

Warning: Propagating Bogus Scares May Be Bad for Everyone

The Food and Drug Administration gave notice last month that it is looking to update the “Nutrition Facts” label that appears on packaged foods. The FDA’s aim is…
PostedDecember 9, 2009 at12:00 am

Is HSUS Going Buckeye Hunting?

The Ohio Farm Bureau (OFB) met last week to discuss, among other things, its victory in November’s “Issue 2” vote. As one OFB vice president told members, the fight…
PostedDecember 8, 2009 at12:00 am

The CCF Challenge (Will food and science reporters take the bait?)

If you swallow the scary stories anti-food activists are constantly pushing to the media, you might be worrying about trace amounts of mercury in the fish you eat. But new…
PostedDecember 7, 2009 at12:00 am

Obesity Research Not So Reliable?

Public health crusaders like Kelly Brownell have long demonized sugar-sweetened beverages in an effort to get governments to tax them. As support for this questionable proposal, they claim…
PostedDecember 4, 2009 at12:00 am

Animal Rights Activists Get Preachy

With the tel-evangelical activist Wayne Pacelle in charge of the so-called “Humane Society” of the United States, and the radical People for the Ethical Treatment of…
PostedDecember 3, 2009 at12:00 am

Obesity Activists Are All Fizz

Hold on to your sodas, kids: They could get more expensive if the country’s health crusaders have their way. Single-minded food nannies like Kelly “Twinkie Tax and Spend” Brownell…
PostedDecember 2, 2009 at12:00 am

In Defense of (Chicken) “Wings”

Paul McCartney has big plans next week. As the BBC reports, the vegetarian former Beatle will travel to the Copenhagen climate change summit to call for the world to…
PostedDecember 1, 2009 at12:00 am