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Health Concerns

  1. the chain gang
    This Is Literally the Unhealthiest Thing You Can Order at a RestaurantUno Pizzeria’s “Whole Hog” boasts 2,850 calories.
    By Clint Rainey
  2. recalls
    You Should Probably Just Throw Out Your FlourGeneral Mills has expanded its recall over E. coli fears a second time.
    By Clint Rainey
  3. health concerns
    Here’s Another Horrible Health Issue Linked to SodaPeople who drink two or more sodas a day are nearly twice as likely to get biliary-tract cancer.
    By Clint Rainey
  4. Recalls
    More Whole Foods Products Recalled Over Food-Safety FearsMacadamia nuts and a pesto pasta salad are the latest items.
    By Clint Rainey
  5. Health Concerns
    Even the Maker of M&M’s Thinks Americans Eat Too Much CandyMars wants fast-food chains to quit adding its products to their already-unhealthy desserts.
    By Clint Rainey
  6. Soda Taxes
    Philadelphia Is America’s First Big City With a Soda TaxResidents will pay 1.5 cents per ounce.
    By Clint Rainey
  7. Health Concerns
    FDA Warns Whole Foods to Fix ‘Serious’ Food-Safety ViolationsThe grocery chain has 15 days to fix leaky ceilings and other sanitization problems at a food-prep plant.
    By Clint Rainey
  8. Soda Taxes
    Philadelphia Is About to Pass America’s First Tax on Diet SodaThe measure adds 1.5 cents per ounce of every soda or sugary drink.
    By Clint Rainey
  9. Studies
    Researchers Warn of New E. Coli Strain That Can ‘Survive Cooking’It can apparently resist temperatures up to 160 degrees.
    By Clint Rainey
  10. Calculated Risks
    Man Vows to Take Own Life in Hands and Eat at Chipotle for 366 Days StraightHe’s on day 315.
    By Clint Rainey
  11. Grains Of Salt
    FDA Urges Food Companies to Use Less SaltFor the first time, it’s urging companies to reduce the amount they cram into food.
    By Clint Rainey
  12. Recalls
    CDC Re-Warns About Massive Listeria RecallThe CDC re-warns consumers to check freezers for the 400 tainted products.
    By Clint Rainey
  13. Looks Like A Drowned Rat
    Seeing a Rat Inside a Dr Pepper Bottle Is More Effective Than a Soda Tax“See?” say critics of soda everywhere.
    By Clint Rainey
  14. Recalls
    Trader Joe’s Hit by Another Massive Listeria-Related RecallThis time, it’s 33,610 pounds of a chicken-and-kale salad.
    By Clint Rainey
  15. Health Concerns
    Study Says Oregon Oysters Are Full of ChemicalsResearchers say the mix includes antibiotics, antihistamines, carcinogens, and mercury.
    By Clint Rainey
  16. Recalls
    42 Frozen-Food Brands Recalled Over Listeria FearsThe list includes 358 products sold under 42 different brands.
    By Clint Rainey
  17. Science
    Research Shows Uglier Produce Could Actually Be HealthierBlemishes and scabs increase the antioxidants in some fruits.
    By Clint Rainey
  18. Studies
    Alarming New Study Links Sugar to a ‘Wide Range of Diseases’Researchers say fructose damages the brain’s genes.
    By Clint Rainey
  19. Studies
    Disappointing New Study Says Fast Food Could Contain Industrial PlasticizersThe bonus ingredient is ‘probably’ carcinogenic.
    By Clint Rainey
  20. Health Concerns
    Sad Study Discovers Newborns Are Living on Junk FoodOne infant’s teeth reportedly came in black because it was fed bottled soda.
    By Clint Rainey
  21. Health Concerns
    Horrible Study Finds a Majority of Chocolates Contain Toxic MetalsLead poisoning just in time for Easter!
    By Clint Rainey
  22. Bones to Pick
    Man Claims He Found a Bone in His Whole Foods Trail Mix“I can only imagine what other body parts I was eating while consuming that bag.”
    By Clint Rainey
  23. Seafood Struggles
    California’s Dungeness Crab Season ReopensEh, it’s better late than never.
    By Chris Crowley
  24. Recoveries
    Chipotle Is Scrambling After Its First-Ever Quarterly LossIt hired a food-safety czar and is reportedly trying out precooked beef.
    By Clint Rainey
  25. Really Gross Stuff
    Totally Chill Kellogg’s Employee Caught Peeing on CerealWorse: He did it in 2014, so you already ate the products.
    By Clint Rainey
  26. Nanny State
    New Bill Would Require NYC Restaurants to Post Carb WarningsIt calls for posters that spell out the “risks of excessive sugar and other carbohydrate intake.”
    By Clint Rainey
  27. Recoveries
    Fear of Chipotle Is Slowly WaningSurvey respondents say their “willingness to eat at Chipotle” is increasing.
    By Clint Rainey
  28. News You Can Booze
    Popular German Beers Found to Contain Just a Little Bit of HerbicideSo much for that German Beer Purity Law.
    By Clint Rainey
  29. The Chain Gang
    Activists Are Pressuring In-N-Out Into Adopting Antibiotic-Free BeefThey’re calling for the chain to “stop lagging behind” competitors like Shake Shack.
    By Clint Rainey
  30. Recalls
    Maytag Warns There Could Be Listeria in Its Prized Blue CheeseIt’s suspending production while the FDA investigates.
    By Clint Rainey
  31. Health Concerns
    The FDA Will Finally Test Food for Traces of the Weed Killer RoundupIt’s considered “probably carcinogenic to humans” by the WHO.
    By Clint Rainey
  32. Food Fights
    A New Report Could Put an End to Menu Salt WarningsA group of influential researchers argues it’s unclear if eating less salt is healthier.
    By Clint Rainey
  33. The Chain Gang
    ‘Excessive’ Sugar Found in Most Starbucks DrinksA Venti white mocha delivers a whopping 75 grams.
    By Clint Rainey
  34. The Chain Gang
    McDonald’s New Kale Salad Has More Calories Than a Big MacThe new chicken Caesar is one of the unhealthiest items on the Canadian menu.
    By Clint Rainey
  35. Health Concerns
    Big Soda’s New Trick Is Charging Lazy Americans More for Smaller CansThe industry actually sold less by volume last year, but profits stayed the same.
    By Clint Rainey
  36. The Chain Gang
    Chipotle’s Pitiful Sales Have Forced Suppliers to Lay Off EmployeesThe chain’s burrito-bowl manufacturer has shed 5 percent of its workforce.
    By Clint Rainey
  37. Health Concerns
    Coca-Cola Is Still Funding Pro-Soda ‘Studies’Journalists debunked a recent report that Diet Coke helps people lose weight.
    By Clint Rainey
  38. Lawsuits
    Lawsuit Says Iconic Miami Restaurant Is FilthyThe suit includes pics of rotting meat, moldy cheese, and grimy floors.
    By Clint Rainey
  39. Health Concerns
    How Chicago Is Leading the Charge in Keeping People Safe From Food-Borne IllnessIts new algorithm finds health violators a week faster than inspectors.
    By Clint Rainey
  40. Health Concerns
    Turns Out Pizza-Delivery Boxes Might Contain Toxic ChemicalsThe FDA plans to ban three kinds of common materials.
    By Clint Rainey
  41. The Chain Gang
    Here’s a Burger King Order With Ants Crawling All Over ItA customer claims it came this way.
    By Clint Rainey
  42. Health Concerns
    People Are Getting Fat by Overeating ‘Healthy’ FoodResearchers say people believe it’s “less filling,” and eat too much.
    By Clint Rainey
  43. The Chain Gang
    Angry Boston Mom Hits Chipotle With Its First Norovirus LawsuitCo-CEO Steve Ells also fumbled a big interview question.
    By Clint Rainey
  44. Food Politics
    Mark Bittman Wants to Establish a National Drinking Age for Soda“You have to be sixteen to buy a Coke.”
    By Clint Rainey
  45. The Chain Gang
    Chipotle Says New Food-Safety Measures Won’t Raise Burrito Prices“This is a cost that we will bear,” co-CEO Steve Ells says.
    By Clint Rainey
  46. Health Concerns
    Chipotle’s Norovirus Outbreak Grows to 141 PeopleThat’s an unusually high number.
    By Clint Rainey
  47. The Chain Gang
    Chipotle’s CEO Defended His Restaurants on TodaySteve Ells says the troubled chain will become “the safest place to eat.”
    By Clint Rainey
  48. Health Concerns
    How Chipotle Plans to Make Its Food Safer After a Scary YearThe chain has a plan to get “10 to 20 years ahead of industry norms.”
    By Clint Rainey
  49. Health Concerns
    Another Chipotle Is Closed After Making at Least 30 People SickSo many Boston College basketball players are ill that their next game could be canceled.
    By Clint Rainey
  50. Lawsuits
    Nat’l Restaurant Group Sues Over Salt LabelsIt’s arguing the Board of Health overstepped, just like it did with the soda ban.
    By Clint Rainey
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