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Sure, it would be great if the FDA could stamp every import with its seal of approval the way the Department of Agriculture does: meat, poultry and eggs can't be imported without meeting its standards. But David Acheson, who was appointed the FDA's assistant commissioner for food protection after the recall of tainted pet food in March, says that kind of monitoring for 16 million shipments of everything from cough syrup to toothpaste would be "too complex and cumbersome...
...this summer, my forays into accepting adult responsibilities seemed entirely reversible and novel. Living on a budget and grocery shopping for myself last summer was just a way to pretend I was on my own and not, in reality, living in a Harvard dorm and subsisting off of deli meat and pre-made and individually-sized servings of Jell-O. As soon as I got home, my parents paid for my living expenses and promptly...
...Britain's larger supermarket chains have also begun catering to the changing appetite. Tesco, the country's biggest retailer, stocks organic meat, bread and dairy products, while Marks & Spencer, has long offered organic produce, and now sells a "Super Wholefood Salad" to compete for 'healthy' lunchtime business...
...There was only tea and vinegar in the shops, meat was rationed, and huge petrol lines were everywhere. Now I see people on the streets with cell phones, and there are so many goods in the shops, it makes my head spin...
...Many of Beardstown's white residents were pleased by the federal raid on the massive pork-processing plant at the edge of town, owned by multinational meatpacker Cargill Meat Solutions (the April 4 operation targeted a subcontractor that was cleaning the plant, not Cargill itself). The raids netted 62 people, most of whom were sent to federal detention centers that night and later deported. "It's good they got those people," Oscar Cluney, 18, told me as he hung out with his friends in the parking lot of the local Save-a-Lot store. "The whole situation here makes...