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us food writer anthony bourdain’s new book, medium raw, hits australian shelves today. in his latest offering, the author of kitchen confidential roasts the food industry from top to bottom, including the food network, the restaurant industry, the us meat industry and mcdonalds, and as always, his fellow chefs. bourdain also explores the obesity and diabetes epidemic, ‘fat taxes’, the slow food movement, nose-to-tail eating and vegetarianism, all in his characteristic blunt, funny, foul-mouthed, no-punches-pulled style. cargill receives a particularly severe tongue lashing in bourdain’s chapter on meat, along with the meat industry as a whole. an enormous percentage of burger meat in this country now contains scraps from the outer part of the animal that were once deemed sufficiently ’safe’ only for pet food. but now, thanks to a miracle process pioneered by a company that ‘warms the trimmings, removes the fat in a centrifuge and treats the remaining products with ammonia,’ we don’t have to waste perfectly good ‘beef’ on fluffy or boots. bourdain also relates the tale of his one-man ‘black propaganda’ campaign against ronald mcdonald, in an attempt to put his two-and-a-half-year-old daughter off the enticing mcdonald’s mascot and the products themselves. she asks, ‘is it true that if you eat a hamburger at mcdonalds, it can make you a ree-tard?’
i laugh wholeheartedly at this one and give her a hug. i kiss her on the forehead reassuringly. ‘ha. ha. ha. i don’t know where you get these ideas!’
i may or may not have planted that little nugget a few weeks ago, allowing her little friend tiffany at ballet class to ‘overhear’ it as i pretended to talk on my cell phone. i’ve been tracking this bit of misinformation like a barium meal as it worked its way through the kiddie underground - waiting, waiting for it to come out the other side - and it’s finally popping up now. bingo. on the australian side, as well as giving steve irwin a piece of his mind, bourdain describes australian chef matt moran’s attempt to knock the socks off the prestigious james beard house with a gala dinner, only to find he has flown in chefs and australia’s best produce for a normal day’s service to unwitting diners. coming into the dining room, he is asked, “so, chef. you’re from australia, right? how come we didn’t have any kangaroo - or, like… koala on the menu?” as always, bourdain reserves the most vicious criticism for himself: “a loud, egotistical one-note asshole who’s been cruising on the reputation of one obnoxious, over-testosteroned book for way too long and who should just shut the f-ck up.” australian food news is offering five copies of medium raw, courtesy of allen and unwin, to the first five readers to write in. -->
Source :ausfoodnews.com.au
Date :
8
June
2010
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mcdonalds has defended their iconic happy meals against a lawsuit alleging that the fast food company’s use of toys is unfair and deceptive marketing, and lures children into unhealthy choices. america’s centre for science in the public interest (cspi) announced in june that they would sue mcdonalds if mcdonalds continued to include toys in the meal, and yesterday announced their support for california mother-of-two monet parham in filing her class-action lawsuit against the company.
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new south wales premier kristina kenneally yesterday announced that menus for fast-food outlets across nsw will be required to display kilojoule information on their printed and menu boards, as of february 1st 2011. businesses such as major fast food, bakery, coffee and doughnut chains will now be required to ‘clearly and legibly’ display the kilojoule content on their menu board, as well as prominently featuring the average adult daily energy intake of 8700 kilojoules.
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australia’s premier consumer advocacy group choice has reignited the food debate over whether australia should adopt a traffic light system for front-of-package labelling of packaged foods. choice has called for mandatory front-of-pack traffic light labelling on muesli in australia. traffic light labelling is a system that features red, green, or amber symbols on the label for each of the main nutrients in the product (such as fat, sugars, and salt).
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hj heinz has announced it will move its beetroot, sauces and some of its meals production from three factories in australia to a facility in new zealand. the changes, part of the supply-chain revamp the us food maker announced yesterday (26 may), will see the production moved from plants in girgarre, brisbane and wagga wagga. the gigarre plant is set to close, although the brisbane and wagga wagga facilities will be kept open.
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san francisco has become the first u.s. city to crack down on the dubious practice of fast food companies luring children into eating unhealthy meals by giving away gimmicky toys. \"our children are sick. rates of obesity in san francisco are disturbingly high, especially among children of color,\" said san francisco supervisor eric mar, the sponsor of the measure, in a press conference.the new law, which goes into effect december, 2011, would only allow toys to be given away with \"healthy\" children\'s meals.
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sa health minister john hill has announced moves to require all major fast food retailers in south australia to display kilojoule information on their menu boards, websites, leaflets and menus. the new regulations (under the food act 2001) would require food chains with 20 or more stores in sa, or 50 or more stores nationally, to state the kilojoule content of each item clearly and legibly alongside the price of the product, as well as prominently featuring the average adult daily energy intake of 8700kj, and any outlet failing to provide the information as required could be fined and, if successfully prosecuted, named on the department of health website.
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food relief agency foodbank is calling for assistance with its critical role in queensland’s emergency support efforts, with its warehouse in the brisbane suburb of morningside due to reopen tomorrow after evacuation yesterday. the organisation said that its industry donors have dug deep in response to a call for extra supplies and, so far, have committed 400,000 kilograms of food and groceries, worth close to $3 million, with more pledges coming in daily.
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Coca.Cola
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PEPSI
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Mcdonald
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Nestle
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Mars
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Baskin & Robins
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Nutrika
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Mumika
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Chika
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plans by 
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