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Recalled meat denial. The man behind the company that sparked the largest meat recall in history, testified under oath that his company did not introduce meat from slaughtered downed cows into the food supply. Then he admitted meat from sick cows had made it into the food supply, after being shown an undercover video during the hearing. Video is worth a thousand denials: Meat Packer Admits Slaughter of Sick Cows

No to food nanotechnology. "Secrecy surrounds the commercial use of nanotechnology and nanomaterials by the food industry," according to Friends of the Earth. The organization wants a moratorium on the practice of using nanotechnology in the food chain due to suspected health risks: Green group calls for halt on nanotechnology

Prove the product is green. In a bit of marketing savvy, companies are appealing to consumer interest in everything green by selling products that might not be as green as advertised. In the near future, companies will not be able to slap a label on a product and call it non-toxic or say that it contains recycled materials unless they can prove it. Canada's Competition Bureau and the Canadian Standards Association are working on the guidelines now. Just cause you say it is doesn't make it so: Green ad claims must be better defined, regulator says

Dolphin saves whales. Off Mahia Beach in New Zealand, humans were not having much success in preventing a mother and calf pygmy sperm whales from beaching themselves. At one point, rescuers were considering euthanizing the disoriented whales to prevent suffering during an inevitable death if the whales remained stranded. A bottlenose dolphin came to the aid of the whales: Dolphin rescues stranded whales