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    Protect your nuts!!

    New FDA Law Requires Organic Almond Pasteurization
    From Rich Johansen
    8-21-7

    Today, Monday, August 20, 2007 many Almond Farmers attended a meeting
    in Modesto, California that sealed the future of Almond crops
    everywhere. What food will be next?

    Description/ History -

    Starting in August or September of 2007, raw almonds available in the
    USA, Canada and Mexico, will no longer be "truly raw" due to a
    mandate passed by the USDA, FDA and the California Almond Board,
    announcing that all almonds including organic must be pasteurized.
    This means that the Almond farmer will have to truck thousands of
    pounds of almonds to one of the five facilities that are already set
    up for the pasteurization process and then truck them back again to
    the processing plant. Besides having a vital part of our food supply
    pasteurized- -against our will, it will now have a huge cost attached
    to it. Information is available at the following link:

    http://www.almondbo ard.com/Programs /content. cfm
    ?ItemNumber= 890&snItemNumber =450

    Action Plan and Pasteurization - Frequently Asked Questions

    The problem is the law has been passed with little public input (if
    any) or notification whatsoever.

    In addition, all pasteurized almonds available in the marketplace
    will still be labeled as raw almonds. Can this be considered
    fraudulence or an outright lie? Are you willing to give up your food
    freedom choices?

    The primary reasons for passing this law are two isolated outbreaks
    of salmonella, in conjunction with conventional almond farms a few
    years ago. To the best of our knowledge no salmonella outbreaks have
    EVER been associated with organic almonds.

    Within the past 10 years tomatoes, spinach, green onions, peanuts,
    grapes, melons, lettuce, and sprouts have all been linked to
    salmonella outbreaks. Does that mean we should eliminate all fresh
    produce? Absolutely not!!! But they are going to try.

    Almonds, the heartbeat of all nuts, literally, have been associated
    with reduced risk of heart disease, a rich source of calcium,
    magnesium, vitamin E, protein, fiber and antioxidants to name a few .
    These amazing and life enhancing health benefits, will be
    devastatingly reduced if not completely eliminated in the
    pasteurization process.

    Three of the potential suggested methods of pasteurization are:

    - Propylene Oxide (PPO) Fumigation (propylene oxide was also used as
    an insecticidal fumigant till 1988 when its registration was
    terminated. California Prop.65 rates PPO as a CARCINOGEN. (Cited from
    www.mbow.org)

    - High Heat (which degrades the integrity of the nuts and enzyme
    structure).

    - Steam Pasteurization (will also further devalue the nutrients,
    enzyme activity and antioxidants. )

    This is a call to all those who care about their health, we need to
    join forces by bringing this to the attention of everyone from the
    mass media to the common consumer before it goes any further than
    almonds! It is our basic right to choose unprocessed foods!

    We have created a petition that we will present to the California
    Almond Board, the FDA and the USDA.

    Go to http://www.livingnu tz.com and click on the almond
    pasteurization petition link on the front of our page and sign your
    name as well as your state, town and zipcode.

    E-mail us at: info@livingnutz. com. This e-mail address is being
    protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it with
    any other questions, media relations, ideas or information you may
    have relevant to this cause.

    Just say NO! Shout it, write it. Do not put up with this crime
    against humanity!!!

    Dr. Janet Rueger [mailto:jlrueger@foothill. net]
    nosce te ipsum
    (Know Thyself)

    #2
    Protect your nuts!!

    OMG!!
    I can't believe this! My precious almonds! And we were just talking on another thread about the goodness of soaking almonds to awaken the dormant life within the seed - but that's not going to work with a pasteurized nut!
    And where will they stop! Dammit!!

    I am so upset!! Hell yes, I'm going to sign that petition, and pass it around.
    thanks Det.
    FINALLY -- I'm a non-drinker!!

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      #3
      Protect your nuts!!

      geeze is nothing sacred?
      Nov 1 2006 avg 100 - 120 drinks/week
      April 29 2011 TSM avg 70 - 80/wk
      wks* 1- 6: 256/1AF (avg 42.6/wk)
      wks* 7-12: 229/3AF (avg 38.1/wk)
      wks 13-18: 192/5AF (avg 32.0/wk)
      wks 19-24: 176/1AF (avg 29.3/wk)
      wks 25-30: 154/10AF (avg 25.6/wk)
      wks 31-36: 30/37AF (avg 5/wk )

      I may not be there yet, but I'm closer than I was yesterday.
      http://www.thesinclairmethod.net/community/

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        #4
        Protect your nuts!!

        That's really upsetting. Can "foreigners" protest too?
        Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life... And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

        Steve Jobs, Stanford Commencement Adress, 2005

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          #5
          Protect your nuts!!

          I work in marketing for a small independent chain of grocery stores. We sell a lot of natural and organic foods, so have many shoppers who truly care about the food they eat. We sell tons of raw almonds in our bulk foods departments... and this morning I suggested to my boss and the natural food boss that we put something out for our customers to know about this.
          Why not? I've written pieces for our customers on GMOs. We refuse to sell farmed salmon. Etc. If we really care about the food we offer our customers we can't just let our nuts get screwed?
          (um, that didn't sound quite right,,, but you know what I mean... LOL)
          FINALLY -- I'm a non-drinker!!

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            #6
            Protect your nuts!!

            I just like the title :H

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              #7
              Protect your nuts!!

              I agree with Ima. We cannot let our nuts get screwed.
              I'm really easy to get along with once people learn to worship me

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                #8
                Protect your nuts!!

                I refuse screwed nuts.

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