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Food and Drug Administration

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell Rip Obama on Contraception Blocking

    ​Citing his status as the "father of two daughters" President Obama last week endorsed the decision by Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to stop making the "Plan B" contraceptive available for girls under 16 without a prescription. Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell now ask WTF?

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    New Technology Could Create a Nation of Salmon Detectives

    ​Many eaters who were stunned by a recent study showing farmed Atlantic salmon is frequently sold as wild Pacific salmon in Puget Sound area restaurants were equally surprised that the groundbreaking research was conducted by undergraduates. "And not just undergraduates, but an introduction t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    Mixing Alcohol and Caffeine Apparently Not Very Hard

    Sarah Anne Lloyd, 2010.The FDA took my baby away.​ Legal Speedballs has gone from sipping a perfectly low-key Irish coffee at a classy sandwich joint to pounding Jagerbombs at the Hard Rock Cafe, but there is one diabolical venue that this column has saved for very last. With all the public-he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    Fake FDA Official: "Just Eat a Goddamn Vegetable Once in a While"

    ​There have been a lot of really stupid ideas out there about how to solve America's obesity epidemic. Fad diets, nanny-state government intervention, outlawing salt and fat and Happy Meal toys, DIY gastric-surgery bypass kits for sale on Amazon for the home medical enthusiast. There have been ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Amazon.com Sells Steroids in Bulk

    ​P-Plex. Finaflex. Phera-Plex. If those sound like names for steroids, it's because they are. Some of them are illegal and all of them are available right now on Amazon.com.

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    Jon Stewart vs. Glenn Beck on the Senate's New Food Safety Bill (Trust Me, It's WAY Funnier Than It Sounds)

    ​For the past couple days, Republicans in Washington (the other Washington) have been making a lot of noise about how ABSOLUTELY NOTHING is going to get done until the President of the United States rolls over, plays dead and, basically, allows the GOP to do whatever the hell they want--most o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2010

    Four Loko Fallout: Just When You Thought It Was Over...

    ​This whole alcoholic energy drink thing is like the story that will not die. Following the Washington State ban, the New York State ban, the other state bans, the call for a national ban, and the FDA declaring Four Loko and other "energy beers" a "public health concern" (kind of like herpes o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2010

    Greatest Hits and What You Missed: Guy Fieri, Pumpkin Pie and the Butterball Turkey Hotline

    ​ "Nothing says Thanksgiving quite like pumpkin pie. And if you weren't already hyper aware that the turkey holiday is only days away, just try finding a pumpkin pie in Seattle. They sell out pretty quickly around these parts, proving this city is as crazy about desserts as it is holiday trad ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    The Four Loko Chronicles: Now It's a "Public Health Concern," According to the FDA

    Now you see it...​On Monday, the makers of Four Loko (Phusion Projects, LLC) announced that they would be removing the caffeine from their products sold in New York State, ahead of a ban set to go into effect in the coming weeks. Yesterday, the FDA announced that it would likely be handing dow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    Sen. Charles Schumer: Feds Will Ban Four Loko Nationwide This Week

    ​It seems like only yesterday when those curious Central Washington University freshmen tipped back a few too many cold Four Lokos and wound up in the hospital. Since then, the long arm of the law has been repeatedly bludgeoning makers and distributors of caffeinated booze drinks, banning them ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    The Four Loko Chronicles: Getting Spun, Going Mobile and Beating the Ban

    ​There are some folks out there who think that the series of state-wide bans on alcoholic energy drinks like Four Loko was exactly the right thing to do--a perfect example of local government stepping in to protect us from ourselves. There are others who believe that this whole Four Loko shits ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    Four Loko Blamed for Overdose of Central Washington Students, AG Calls for Ban

    ​When nine Central Washington University students overdosed at a house party earlier this month in Roslyn, police feared the worst. Was it drugs? Poison? Some combination of the two? The DEA even offered to help test the blood and urine of the 50 or so freshman drinking at the off-campus rager ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    Genetically Modified Salmon: Coming Soon(ish) to a Fish Market Near you

    Salmon of the future!​A few months ago, the Waltham, Mass-based company AquaBounty Technologies created something of a stir among scientists, biotechnologists, fish farmers and those prone to freaking the fuck out over things like genetically modified foods and daydreams of oceans full of 900l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    How to Turn High Fructose Corn Syrup Into Corn Sugar in 3 Easy Steps

    ​High fructose corn syrup is what's making you fat. I mean, there might be some other factors, too. Maybe you sit around all day eating lard right out of the tub. Maybe you don't consider it breakfast unless you eat a pound of bacon at a single sitting. Maybe you haven't gotten any exercise i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2010

    The Inescapable Egg Recall

    ​There is just no way to get away from the egg recall these days. Top of every newscast, bottom of every talk show, online and in the papers, it's just eggs, eggs, eggs and more eggs. Like this afternoon. I'm driving into the office and, like the good, soft and pasty liberal that I am, I'm li ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2010

    It Just Gets Worse(r): Egg Recall Expanded Again

    ​Last week, it was 228 million eggs. Then it rose to 320 million. Then 380 million. Over the weekend, it crossed the half-billion mark and, as of today (or at least as of right this minute) the recall of potentially salmonella-tainted eggs stands at a whopping 550 million eggs. And that is... ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    Eggs Will F#@&ing Kill You: Friday Food Freak-Out Comes A Day Early

    Yeah, that's a lot of eggs​My original choice in using Friday as my day to write about all the various food recalls and terrible environmental news was not arbitrary or just a nice bit of alliteration. No, the Friday Food Freak-Out became a Friday thing because Friday is the day that all compa ... More >>

  • News

    March 24, 2010

    Load Warriors: UW Scientists Lead the Race for the Long-Delayed Male Birth Control Pill

    Yeah, that's a lot of eggs​My original choice in using Friday as my day to write about all the various food recalls and terrible environmental news was not arbitrary or just a nice bit of alliteration. No, the Friday Food Freak-Out became a Friday thing because Friday is the day that all compa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2010

    Friday Food Freak-Out: Banning Salt and Recalling Pepper

    ​Since last week's Freak-Out (wherein I warned you about the FDA recall of about a million products made with contaminated hydrolyzed vegetable protein, made you feel guilty about eating bluefin tuna and explained how not to blow your hands off using liquid nitrogen in the kitchen) went so wel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    Monday Announcements: Free Fries, Energy Drink Nannying, Ragin' Amber

    Free Fry! This Friday, November 20th, and every 3rd Friday of the month from now on, Pike Street Fish Fry (925 E. Pike St.) will give away boats of fries and offer $2 pints of New Belgium beer (the co-host of the event). Lest this make you think of those old 1950s pictures of people stuffed into a p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2009

    How Green Is YOUR Sex Life?

    ​Lovers, rejoice. Local resident April Cook has just launched Seattle Green Toys, a store that specializes in selling non-toxic sex toys. It features all-natural products like wooden dildos, vegan condoms, and organic lube... kind of like Trader Joe's or Mud Bay, but more exciting. So why sh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2009

    Food Section: A Tougher FDA, a Larger Tomato

    ​While New York state's proposed 18 percent sin tax on sodas failed to pass, the New York Daily News reports that President Obama says it's an idea still worth considering. You know how last year, everyone you know threw away their "reusable" Nalgene bottles in favor of Sigg metal water bott ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2009

    As Required by Law, Czar Gil Sees No Benefit to Legalizing Pot

    This pot smoker got his fist caught in his mouth, says the Drug Czar​Being drug czar comes with a few things. First, there's a $14 billion budget. Then there's making comically bad ads about marijuana. And finally, you're not allowed to ever say anything good about legalizing Schedule I drugs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2009

    A Stronger FDA, a More Perfect Recipe, and Other Food News

    Starting off this week's food news digest with some very good news, the House of Representatives finally passed a bill that greatly strengthens the FDA's ability to regulate and enforce food safety laws. If the bill becomes law, the agency will be able to make farmers and food producers beef up thei ... More >>

  • Film

    June 17, 2009

    Food, Inc.: Michael Pollan Tells Us How to Eat

    Starting off this week's food news digest with some very good news, the House of Representatives finally passed a bill that greatly strengthens the FDA's ability to regulate and enforce food safety laws. If the bill becomes law, the agency will be able to make farmers and food producers beef up thei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2009

    The Real Speakeasy, the Real-Food Starbucks, and other Food News

    Food stories plucked from the ether: Bar? What Bar? by William Grimes (NY Times): Arright, all you speakeasy wannabes -- and Grimes is talking about you, Tavern Law -- do you really want to mimic Prohibition-era bars? Kill off your patrons with rotgut and bribe your local police force. Korean Tac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2009

    Duck Inspectors, Mercury-Infused Corn Syrup, and Other Food News

    Oh, the news. It never stops being new: Sarah DiGregorio at the Village Voice drives up to Hudson Valley Foie Gras, one of the nation's two foie gras producers, to inspect the ducks, the pens, and the carcasses for signs of torture. She finds none. Animal-rights activists tell her they're hiding th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2009

    Staph-Infected Pigs, Mini Cattle, and Other Food News

    Food news stories from around the country:U.S. Pigs and Farmers Carry MRSA by Andrew Schneider (P-I): 45 percent of pigs and pig farmers tested in Iowa and Illinois carry methicillin-resistant staph -- something that has been talked about for a few years but only proven in the Netherlands. Are the U ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2008

    Rocco di Spirito, FDA Blunders, and Other Food News

    Stories from food news sections around the world:Taking Heat for Not Cooking by Jeff Gordiner (NYT): Oh, god. Now I have to stop using Rocco di Spirito as a punching bag for everything that's wrong with celebrity chefdom. Damn empathy.Mercury-Tainted Fish on FDA Menu (Chicago Tribune): The FDA is pu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2008

    Almonds, Orgeat, and.....murder!

    Stories from food news sections around the world:Taking Heat for Not Cooking by Jeff Gordiner (NYT): Oh, god. Now I have to stop using Rocco di Spirito as a punching bag for everything that's wrong with celebrity chefdom. Damn empathy.Mercury-Tainted Fish on FDA Menu (Chicago Tribune): The FDA is pu ... More >>

  • News

    November 28, 2007

    How Far Will The Seattle Times Go for a Pulitzer?

    Part 1 in a Seattle Weekly investigation.

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2007

    The Food Section: September 19, 2007

    Part 1 in a Seattle Weekly investigation.

  • Food

    August 1, 2007

    Just What You Needed: Homemade Maraschino Cherries

    You'll never revert to “imitation” again.

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2007

    Experimental-Drug Death

    You'll never revert to “imitation” again.

  • News

    July 11, 2007

    Cleaning Up the Dildo Department

    The proprietor of South Lake Union's Raven's Gallery Erotica isn't alone in her concern over the use of phthalates in sex toys.

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2007

    Hands On

    The proprietor of South Lake Union's Raven's Gallery Erotica isn't alone in her concern over the use of phthalates in sex toys.

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2006

    Selling Icos

    The proprietor of South Lake Union's Raven's Gallery Erotica isn't alone in her concern over the use of phthalates in sex toys.

  • Food

    May 11, 2005

    Equilibrium Is Not Your Friend

    The proprietor of South Lake Union's Raven's Gallery Erotica isn't alone in her concern over the use of phthalates in sex toys.

  • Diversions

    December 1, 2004

    Tea Me Up, Calm Me Down

    Forget the wassail. What you really need to get through the holidays are these potent Northwest brews.

  • Food

    March 3, 2004

    Hot Dish

    Forget the wassail. What you really need to get through the holidays are these potent Northwest brews.

  • News

    December 24, 2003

    Media, Monorail, and Medicine

    Forget the wassail. What you really need to get through the holidays are these potent Northwest brews.

  • Food

    April 30, 2003

    Dyeing for You

    Get rid of that unattractive gray; red salmon have more fun!

  • News

    September 4, 2002

    "No one under 18 needs to be dancing and partying in some uninsured, unregulated dive. . . ."

    Get rid of that unattractive gray; red salmon have more fun!

  • Diversions

    August 14, 2002

    Outdoorsman

    Chewy Gear

  • News

    January 23, 2002

    What you "know" could hurt you

    Vitamin C prevents colds, oat bran cures cancer, mammograms are good for you, and other popular health myths.

  • News

    September 26, 2001

    Queer blood

    Controversy over the prohibition on blood donations from gay men surfaces after the terrorist attacks.

  • News

    November 17, 1999

    Voltage Adapter Not Included

    Electronic gifts not yet available in the United States

  • News

    June 23, 1999

    Drowning in the mainstream

    As the gay movement comes of age, a local activist asks, "What next?"

  • News

    April 29, 1998

    When your blood eats your brain

    Mad-cow disease has shut down Britain's blood supply. Could it also be contaminating the US supply?

  • News

    March 11, 1998

    Mad Meat

    We're just starting to learn how 'mad cow' diseases move through the food chain and what they can do to us.

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