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Monthly Archives: November 2008
Country Cottage set to open after deadly E. coli outbreak
Several months after a man died as a result of E. coli poisoning he contracted, the restaurant at the focus of the outbreak is set to reopen. The Country Cottage restaurant in Locust Grove, Okla., closed in August after an …
Chinese admit to tainting pet food
Chinese government officials have acknowledged that two companies are responsible for this year’s melamine contamination of pet food. Many pets died and thousands fell ill because their food contained dangerous levels of melamine, a chemical most often used in plastics. …
C. diff Tainted Meats
C. diff, a bacteria normally associated with severe hospital infections, was found in 40 percent of meats tested from three national chain stores by an Arizona researcher. Yet the CDC doesn’t consider this cause for public alarm. MSNBC News reports …
D.C. regulators’ fumbles misled summertime salmonella outbreak
Tomatoes? Peppers? Mexico? Florida? Where people turn to answers when it comes to situations like this summer’s salmonella outbreak apparently had its collective head in the soil. While peppers were infecting thousands of people in North America with salmonella poisoning, …
More Melamine Deaths in China Scandal
The Associated Press reports that the death toll in the melamine scandal may be higher than China’s government suggests based on a recent revelation that at least five more children died after drinking infant formula tainted with the industrial chemical. …
More Norovirus in Wisconsin
WKOW reports that University Health officials have confirmed three new cases of norovirus on campus, bringing the total number of students infected so far to 48. Campus officials say they’re still taking precautionary measures, including extensive cleaning, and reminding everyone …
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