FoodRecap

Pinoy food technologies, resources, news and reviews. Includes food safety and health issues

Dipping Old Chicken and Pork in Fresh Blood To Make it Look Fresh

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Authorities are doing all their efforts to stop illegal meat trade. Quezon City Health Department doing continuous monitoring and surprise inspection to caught and prevent botcha, double dead meat sellers. They confiscated several batches of dirty meats and closed some unsanitary processing plants. However, many bad merchants still manage to dispose their products. The punishment [...]

Side Effects Of Eating Fake Eggs

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I have never experienced eating fake eggs yet. I might be mistaken because the real and the impostor look really similar. I wish I am right cause eating fakes is dangerous. I compiled some of the harzardous substances that you might get in eating fake eggs. Good luck! Calcium carbide. Hazardous when ingested, inhaled. an [...]

11 Fake / Adulterated Foods From China

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China government is doing all efforts to clear the offenders and stop other individuals from making dangerous food commodities. Some of the fake / adulterated foods are: 1) Pork with banned steroid clenbuterol – a steroid often used as an asthma medication and made the pig meat lean. It is not safe for human consumption. [...]

The Dirty Manufacturing Plant of Happiness Miki

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Yesterday was grandma’s birthday. One of my niece was celebrating her birthday too. Both of them gave me pansit for merienda. I was still full so I planned to it it before midnight. I ate the pancit as planned. I got some rice and mixed it with the food of life longevity. It is believed [...]

Nestle Maggi Rich Mami Noodles Recall Due to Salmonella Contamination

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I bought a beef noodles this morning and I was looking for Maggi Rich Mami Noodles. I was  a little unlucky cause Maggi brand was not available. I chose another brand and went home. Maggi unavailability turn out to be a lucky moment. Maggi Noodles Chicken and Beef flavors of Nestle Corporation were recalled due [...]

Dangers of Spraying Pesticides on Agricultural Commodities

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Good vegetable commodities are fresh, not wilted, no cuts, no bruises, no rots and no damage of any form including caterpillar bites. Hmmm.. Seeing a caterpillar crawling on pechay and cabbage is a yucking scenario. Any buyer will avoid those including me. My impression about caterpillars on veggies changed when I met our professor in [...]

Why Should We Minimize The Use of Best Before Date

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Two products with different shelf life declarations. One with “best before date” and the other with “use by date”. If the two products are at the end of declared shelf life today. Then the natural thing to do is discard them both. Why would you eat such a thing. Food safety is of outmost importance. [...]