Taco Bell Worker Apparently Licks Taco Shells, Posts on Facebook UPDATED

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Taco Bell via Facebook
Just stop, OK?
It's pretty much agreed that when you drive your car to the Taco Bell order window, you're not there for your health.

But, then again, you might be justified in assuming you're getting a "safe" taco. As in, one that's never been licked by a human tongue.

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Beaver Privates in Your Ice Cream?

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Is this little guy's privates in your ice cream?
Just when you thought it was safe to eat ice cream..

We recently came upon a list of "eight ingredients you never want to see on your nutritional label" on menshealth.com.

As we perused the usual suspects -- sodium nitrates, food dyes, partially hydrogenated oil -- we came across an additive that sounded familiar -- castoreum. So we read on..and were immediately fascinated and completely repulsed at the same time.



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Publix Issues Recall for Deli Tri Fruit and Grain Salad

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If you've ever had food poisoning, you'll know, it feels like death. And no, we're not talking about that time you told you boss you had food poisoning when you were really covering up a bad hangover. Nice try.

Some forms of food-borne pathogens are much worse than others: Salmonella, E. coli, Listeria. This week, Publix voluntarily recalled one of its Publix Deli Tri Fruit and Grain Salad, because of fears of Listeria contamination.

See also:
- Publix's New Digital Coupon Service is Coming in March
- Publix Recalls Frozen Shrimp Tempura
- Voluntary Recall of Fast-Food Apple Slices
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One Grain More: Awesome Les Miserables Parody For People With Food Allergies

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via YouTube
Let's hear Hugh Jackman sing this one...
Let me start by saying as respectfully as possible that I think many people with food allergies are, um, not as sick as they make themselves out to be?

I recall an episode of Sex and the City where Carrie tells a server that she's allergic to parsley, when in actuality she just hates the stuff. When her boyfriend asks her why she lied she replies that it's easier to lie than to say she hates it.

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Nestle Issues Nationwide Recall of NESQUIK Powder

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Nestle
Nestle has issued a recall on NESQUIK powder.
Moms, before making an after-school snack for your kids, check the UPC code on your NESQUIK Chocolate milk powder.

Nestle and the FDA have just announced a voluntary nationwide recall on many varieties of NESQUIK Chocolate Powder drink mixes.

The company is removing the products from store shelves after they were notified by an ingredient supplier, Omya Inc. that it has issued a recall of certain lots of its ingredient, calcium carbonate due to possible presence of Salmonella. Calcium carbonate is used in NESQUIK as an ingredient. 

So far, there have been no reports of any illness.

Consumers who may have purchased the affected NESQUIK Chocolate Powder are advised to return it to the place of purchase for a full refund or contact Nestlé Consumer Services at (800) 628-7679.

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Florida Woman Finds Live Frog in Her Salad

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Screenshot from WFTV.com
It's not easy eating green.
It's dinner time and you break out the bag of delicious fresh greens for a nice healthy salad. Suddenly you see something pink inside the bag of lettuce. You look closer and see a tiny little amphibious hand. Then you see movement. Grossed out, you lose all your good feelings about vegetables.

Read also: Costco Salad: Now With Live Frogs?


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Killer Halloween Candy? No, Really — This Stuff Can Be Deadly

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Black Licorice..scary candy.
Halloween. The one time of year everyone wishes they were dead. Well...better make that undead...as in vampires, zombies, mummies, and other eternal creatures of the night.

In spite of all that talk of dead people and monsters, Halloween is basically a pretty benign, family-friendly holiday. You dress up, eat a little too much candy, and maybe wake up with a tummy ache, right? Maybe not.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning trick or treaters of a potential killer in the midst of all the yummy candy waiting to be eaten on Halloween.

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