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Saturday, August 3, 2013

Weekly food news roundup: US fast food strikes spread, food truck troubles & more...

This week's Friday food news roundup, sharing news, links and stories of interest to or from those of a lefty viewpoint.  
 
Fast food worker strikes spreading across the USA: http://www.salon.com/2013/07/29/fast_food_strikes_intensify_in_seven_cities/

Toronto food truck owner says that Toronto's food trucks and Toronto's citizens are getting screwed out of the vibrant food scene that exists in so many other cities: http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2013/07/28/torontos_food_trucks_driven_into_the_ditch.html

Food truck issues in Kitchener as well:  http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/cost-of-food-truck-permits-causing-major-road-blocks-1.1387892

Prisons serving prisoners expired meat!: http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/2013/07/29/inmates-stage-hunger-strike-over-bad-food

One child in four in PEI faces "food insecurity", a metaphor for being in danger of not getting enough food: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2013/08/01/pei-child-food-insecurity-584.html

NDP gets the Auditor General examine the effectiveness of the federal government’s revamped subsidy program: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/auditor-general-to-examine-federal-governments-northern-food-subsidy-program/article13496324/

Bagged salad mix making people sick across America: http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2013/07/bagged-salad-mix-implicated-in-cyclospora-outbreak/#.Uf2hIm3pzC4

Grotesque Republicans seek to cut food stamp programs: http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/02/19831109-republicans-to-propose-40-billion-cut-over-decade-to-food-stamps-program?lite

TGI Fridays...order a premium beverage...get crap: http://www.foodworldnews.com/articles/4093/20130801/tgi-fridays-fined-new-jersey-franchise-substitutes-customers-alcoholic-beverages.htm

The serious issue of children's choking hazards: http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/3203/20130729/12-000-children-choke-food-each-year-study-finds.htm 




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