Becky Bracken
Becky is a self-confessed food freak, news junkie, policy nerd and ravenous gossip hound and covers food safety and public policy for Foodista.com. Becky is a media veteran with a food specialty and has written for radio, television, print and online media. Recently, she launched her own food, news and celebrity site, FoodieGaga.com.
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June 15, 2011
After 5-2 vote on the dairy contract Tuesday, the Los Angeles Unified School District has become the largest district in the U.S. to ban flavored milk (chocolate and strawberry) from school...
June 14, 2011
A letter released by the Food and Drug Administration says it found traces of the foodborne pathogen Listeria in an Augusta, Ga. Kellogg cookie factory. The letter further states Kellogg violated...
June 14, 2011
Does your Dad tear up the golf course, baseball diamond, and running trails every weekend? Will you Father's Day celebration include a pickup game in the front driveway? Sporty Dads need special...
June 14, 2011
Calm down, everybody. Sure, a few deaths make headlines, but out of about a billion daily U.S. "eating events" we're doing pretty good. Most of the time, you don't get sick, so the...
June 14, 2011
After days in intensive care, a two-year-old boy in Germany is the latest to die from the German e coli outbreak, bringing the death toll to 37. The boy's family was also sickened, but are...
June 14, 2011
Fast food is getting an upscale makeover. Over the next several months the kings of fast food--McDonald's, Burger King and Subway--will be transformed from brash, brightly-colored, quick-and...
June 13, 2011
A poll of 2,000 people by pasta company Giovanni Rana found that 15 percent of home cooks have served food to guests that fell on the floor. And 10 percent have served food at their dinner parties...
June 13, 2011
German-grown sprouts, not Spanish cucumbers, or tomatoes or anything else caused the deadly e coli outbreak in Germany that has killed more than 30 people in Europe since May 2. The sprouts were from...
June 13, 2011
In honor of Father's Day, let's take a look at some healthy eating strategies, just for the gents, straight from the American Dietetic Association. First, Daddy needs a beer. No, really. He...
June 13, 2011
Those big, juicy, delicious apples stacked in graceful pyramids in produce sections across the U.S. are hardly the poster-food for healthy living. The Environmental Working group tested all sorts of...
June 11, 2011
Before 1903, Coca-Cola included coca, which is derived from coca leaves which also happens to be used to produce cocaine. All imports of coca leaves were banned in 1922, but the Coca-Cola...
June 11, 2011
A new study revealed that a certain feed given to chickens contains arsenic, which then ends up in chicken meat in the food supply, according to the FDA. But don't worry, the FDA is stressing the...
June 11, 2011
Following global bans on a beverage made in Taiwan because it contains a chemical, DEHP, Taiwan was forced to jettison 2.3 tons of the stuff into a waste treatment plant on Saturday. DEHP is a...
June 11, 2011
Scientists say they have the answer to increase worldwide food security and boost production, a new variety of "super wheat" that's fugus resistant and yields 15 percent more wheat per...
June 9, 2011
Salmonella, or what's more commonly known as just good old fashioned food poisoning, is the most common type of food borne illness in the U.S. And, spoiler alert!: it's more common during the...
June 9, 2011
Workers for Ralph's, Von's and Albertson's supermarkets in Los Angeles are arguing over health care coverage with their companies and say a strike could be coming if the two sides can...
June 9, 2011
Here's something you won't hear much on Foodista: I like the occasional Big Mac. There, I said it and I feel better. Listen, I'm not advocating anyone go on the Super Size Me diet or...
June 9, 2011
Within the next three years, you'll be able to buy human breast milk produced from cows, thanks to genetic modification from Chinese scientists. The milk is still undergoing tests, but...
June 8, 2011
Two more deaths and 300 new reported cases brings the gruesome e coli death toll to 26--25 in Germany and one in Sweden. Reports of those sickened rose to 2,648, 700 of which are hospitalized with...
June 8, 2011
The Daily Mail claims it has an authentic receipt that proves someone used food stamps to buy more than $140 worth of lobsters and Porterhouse steaks. And for the sake of this argument, let's...
June 8, 2011
Stephen Coffeen, from Clearwater, Florida admits he smothered his own father with the couch cushion. But the Red Bull made him do it. Cool? Apparently it is cool. The Red Bull defense worked. A...
June 8, 2011
Is your Dad a serious BBQ grill warrior? Does he insist on mesquite hard-wood, and snort when someone mentions a gas grill might be a little quicker and easier? Then you've got to take a look at...
June 7, 2011
The White House Kitchen Garden provided much of the produce and herbs for the German State Dinner menu which will celebrate the first harvest of spring. The menu is simple and...
June 7, 2011
The e coli outbreak in Germany will, tragically, likely prove to be the largest in history. And just last weekend, a child in Virginia was killed by e coli. So, for the purpose of reviewing our sad,...
June 7, 2011
Oh Tre! You're so cute! Did you see the big Real Housewives of New Jersey Thanksgiving episode this week? There's nothing better than watching those big, Italian families eat. From sausage...
