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Marion Nestle

“Wouldn’t it be nice if this group also said: “Producers are reminded that properly taking care of hens and diligently following food safety plans should help prevent food-borne illness. The Egg Safety Center urges egg producers to immediately implement the FDA’s new regulations for preventing Salmonella that went into effect on July 9.”

—Marion Nestle, New York University professor and author of several best-selling books about nutrition, including Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health, Safe Food: The Politics of Food Safety, What to Eat and Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine.

Nestle gave this response after learning what the Egg Safety Center recommended for preventing illness from eggs possibly contaminated with salmonella. The Safety Center’s response, which mainly deals with properly cooking eggs, can be viewed below.

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"Feed Your Pet Right" Marion Nestle

Marion Nestle, author of Feed Your Pet Right, wrote the book to bring pet owners a summary of what goes on in the industry that produces savory sauces for four legged connoisseurs. Nestle examines various pet food diets from dry, canned, wet, semi-most, premium, all-natural, and yes, the vegetarian and vegan.

Nestle sat down with Time Magazine to discuss the book, where she gave her take on veggie dogs and cats.

“Cats are carnivorous, but there’s plenty of research that shows they’re perfectly capable of digesting grains, as long as they also get the amino acids, vitamins and minerals they need. Dogs are fine with grains too. In fact, most complete and balanced pet-food products contain grains.”

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First Lady Michelle Obama invited students from a Baltimore school to join her at the White House for a discussion on healthy eating.

Hampstead Hill Academy 4th-8th graders are already ahead of the game, as they’re growing their own produce in a garden set aside in the schoolyard.

“Learning doesn’t stop at lunchtime,” Mrs. Obama said to a student who asked how schools can teach children better eating habits, but added that “The cafeteria is one of the most important classrooms in the school.”

One of the most important classrooms in schools may still not receive enough funding, even after changes to the Childhood Nutrition Act take place.

Marion Nestle, professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University and author of Food Politics, Safe Food, What to Eat and Pet Food Politics told The Atlantic that although the $4.5 billion allocated over 10 years for school meals is a 10-fold increase over previous funding in 2004, it only averages to a mere six cents more per meal.

One the plus side, the bill does provide mandatory money for schools to establish gardens like Hampstead Hill Academy does and buy food from local sources.

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