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Family rushed to hospital after buying Walmart steak laced with LSD

Family rushed to hospital after buying Walmart steak laced with LSD

When you buy meat from a local shopping store, the last thing you expect to get from it is an LSD trip. And yet that is what happened to one unfortunate family in Florida who had a very scary experience after eating beef steak brought from a Walmart store in Tampa, Florida. It resulted in a pregnant mother being rushed[Read More…]

Leicester City Council calls for action over contaminated meat

Leicester City Council calls for action over contaminated meat

Leicester City Council is considering taking action against meat vendors in the city after an extensive investigation revealed that nearly half of all meat in the area contained ingredients from an “undeclared species”. In what promises to be a follow-up to the 2013 horse meat scandal, the council found widespread contraventions of food labelling law. It launched a citywide meat[Read More…]

Food packaging has been found to contain toxic chemicals

Toxic chemicals found in packaging

There have been recent reports of toxic chemicals found in food packaging that can pose a long-term health risk to all consumers. Unbeknownst to millions, they are putting themselves at risk of a number of diseases ranging from cancer to diabetes. Scientists told the Daily Express, “A range of chemicals are leaking from containers into food and drink. Although it[Read More…]

School excludes six year old for eating mini cheddars at lunch

School excludes six year old for eating mini cheddars at lunch

A six year old boy has been excluded from his school for bringing in…..a bag of mini cheddars. Riley Pearson’s parents were called to a meeting at Colnbrook Church of England primary school after teachers said that a bag of mini cheddars, violated their school’s policy on healthy eating. The child’s parents, Nicola Mardle and Tom Pearson, were told in[Read More…]

Real gangsters grow food, says inspirational farmer

Real gangsters grow food, says inspirational farmer

Growing your own food is like printing your own money. That was the message of one pioneering farmer in the United States who has started a one-man campaign to teach whole communities of kids to grow their own fruit and veg. Ron Finley, has affectionately been called  the “guerilla gardener” of South Central LA. He is also founder of the[Read More…]