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Approximately one in seven U.S. residents cannot get enough food to eat while the nation’s supermarkets throw away tons of food products every year.

About 63 percent of the average supermarket’s waste is food. This is 3,000 pounds per store per year.

Most of this food is safe for consumption and includes foods that are less visually appealing, such as bananas with brown spots or green potatoes. This food is thrown away to make room for a new shipment.

To stop supermarkets from wasting food while people go hungry, the Bill Emerson Federal Good Samaritan Food Donation Act protects supermarkets from litigation in the event that someone gets sick from donated food.

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A Michigan dairy has been illegally selling antibiotic-ridden dairy cows to be processed for human consumption–for past eight years.

Scenic View Dairy of Hamilton, Michigan, is the subject of a complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of the FDA for selling beef that tested positive for illegal levels of neomycin, penicillin and sulfadimethoxine. The FDA is seeking a permanent injunction against the dairy.

The FDA has warned the dairy at least eight times about unsafe levels of antibiotics in its beef.

It remains unknown to what extent the tainted meat has affected the public.

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