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Monthly Archives: October 2008
Melamine Scandal in China Expands
The toxic chemical melamine is probably being routinely added to Chinese animal feed, BBC News reports. Correspondents say the unusually frank reports in several news outlets are an admission that contamination could be widespread throughout the food chain. The melamine …
Syracuse restaurant closed due to salmonella outbreak, history
Minnesota turkeys are suspected of spreading salmonella poisoning at a Syracuse, N.Y., restaurant. The Nature’s Fair Restaurant in Plainville will be closed until next Friday while employees will be tested and the restaurant will be cleaned. Twenty people at the …
Second Ontario restaurant closes in E. coli outbreak
A second restaurant in Ontario, Canada’s Niagara region has voluntarily closed its doors because it is suspected in an E. coli outbreak. The Globe and Mail reports M.T. Bellies shut its doors Tuesday after two people who contracted E. coli …
After Melamine Eggs, China Promises Crackdown
Since melamine-tainted eggs turned up in Hong Kong, China authorities on Wednesday promised to crack down and severely punish those responsible, Reuters reports. At least four children have died and tens of thousands were made ill amid the melamine scandal, …
Record food poisoning verdict upheld
A $3.2 million food poisoning verdict awarded to a Florida woman who suffered permanent nerve damage after eating raw tuna has been upheld by an appeals court. Alexis Sarti, a 25-year-old woman from Costa Mesa, Fla., sustained permanent nerve damage …
Mars Petcare Recalls More Special Kitty Cat Food for Salmonella
Mars Petcare has announced another Special Kitty cat food recall for salmonella, this time of Gourmet Blend dry cat food sold at Wal-Mart in Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode …
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