Read more pork stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/27686/pork.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:47:58 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/63295/bacon-flavored-donuts-fine-vodka-fine-but-coffee-no.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBacon has been popping up everywhere, observes Hattie Garlick for the Times of London. Store shelves teem with chocolate-covered bacon, bacon-flavored vodka, and bacon-flavored donuts, but she almost couldn’t believe the latest culinary staple to get the pig treatment: coffee. “It's a beautiful marriage of two culinary powerhouses—providing an...http://www.newser.com/story/63295/bacon-flavored-donuts-fine-vodka-fine-but-coffee-no.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 01 Jul 2009 13:15:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57668/who-drops-swine-flu-now-calls-it-h1n1.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe World Health Organization will stop using the term "swine flu" and instead call the virus by its technical name, H1N1 influenza A, reports the Times of London. The UN agency made the move after nations began slaughtering pigs and banning pork products in a misguided effort to stem the...http://www.newser.com/story/57668/who-drops-swine-flu-now-calls-it-h1n1.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 30 Apr 2009 14:56:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57417/borders-tighten-as-swine-flu-deaths-hit-152.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCountries are tightening borders and stepping up containment methods as the swine flu body count continues to rise, the New York Times reports. The disease is suspected in 152 deaths, all in Mexico; 50 US cases are now confirmed from California to New York City. Health officials in Japan and...http://www.newser.com/story/57417/borders-tighten-as-swine-flu-deaths-hit-152.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Apr 2009 9:09:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57345/usda-says-pork-is-safe-to-eat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFear of swine flu is a good reason to wash your hands, but not to take pork off the menu. Federal health officials say the virus that has triggered fears of a flu pandemic is not transmitted by food, and that all food-borne germs are killed when pork is cooked...http://www.newser.com/story/57345/usda-says-pork-is-safe-to-eat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Apr 2009 13:17:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55859/better-pork-carries-big-health-risks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFree-range pork sounds better for everyone involved, especially the pig. But exposure to the outdoors means exposure to dangerous pathogens, from salmonella to toxoplasmosis to the deadly parasite trichinosis, writes James McWilliams for the New York Times . "Free range is like piggy day care, a thoughtfully arranged system designed to...http://www.newser.com/story/55859/better-pork-carries-big-health-risks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 10 Apr 2009 9:33:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54163/eating-red-meat-daily-raises-death-risk-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDaily consumption of red meat has been linked to higher mortality rates in the most comprehensive study on the subject ever made, the Washington Post reports. Researchers studied more than 500,000 middle-aged and elderly Americans and found that those who consumed 4 ounces of red meat a day were...http://www.newser.com/story/54163/eating-red-meat-daily-raises-death-risk-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Mar 2009 3:35:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52648/hbo-cruelty-doc-makes-pork-industry-squeamish.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA documentary on animal cruelty at an Ohio hog farm has the pork industry considering how to better represent its “commitment to animal care,” Reuters reports. The footage in Death on a Factory Farm , taken secretly, led to animal-cruelty prosecutions, though the charged workers were acquitted. HBO airs the film...http://www.newser.com/story/52648/hbo-cruelty-doc-makes-pork-industry-squeamish.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Mar 2009 16:40:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/52296/recession-tastes-like-chicken.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe recession has consumers foregoing pricey beef and pork for cheaper chicken, the chairman of grocery chain Safeway tells Bloomberg. “We’re seeing more shifts in the meat category to cheaper meats—ground beef and chicken—than we saw earlier in the year,” Steven Burd says, part of “a trading down...http://www.newser.com/story/52296/recession-tastes-like-chicken.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Mar 2009 12:56:51 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44662/ireland-recalls-tainted-pork-warns-25-countries.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIreland has issued a massive pork recall after sending contaminated meat to about two dozen countries, Reuters reports. France, the Netherlands, and Belgium have all complained of dioxin-contaminated products, and Britain has told people to lay off pork for now. However, a British government body said it did "not believe...http://www.newser.com/story/44662/ireland-recalls-tainted-pork-warns-25-countries.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 07 Dec 2008 18:12:03 CST