Posted on 02/06/2014 4:44:51 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
Subway said today it is removing a chemical used in yoga mats and shoe soles from the bread of it its popular sandwiches after a food blogger got more than 50,000 signatures in a petition drive.
"The complete conversion to have this product out of the bread will be done soon," Subway said in a statement. The company said the move had nothing to do with the protest and that it was "already in the process of removing azodicarbonamide as part of our bread improvement efforts."
But Vani Hari, the activist blogger who takes credit for the removal of yellow dyes in at least three of Kraft's Mac & Cheese products for children, was declaring victory after she had been researching the company's bread ingredients since 2012.
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Just stumbled upon a tragic dihydrogen monoxide death here:
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/parents-arrested-after-allegedly-forcing-girl-5-od-soda-n24111
“a homicide by acute fluid/water intoxication causing hyponatremic encephalopathy”
Tragic...
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