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Monthly Archives: December 2008
Dangerous antibiotic still found in imported honey
Inspections of some supplies of imported honey still reveal traces of the dangerous antibiotic chloramphenicol. The antiobiotic – typically only used to treat the most severe illnesses in humans – was used to treat a contagious bacterial epidemic in China …
Deadly E. coli investigation closes without identifying cause
California health officials have closed their investigation into what contaminated a Dixon, Calif., boy with E. coli bacteria and killed him. They boy (name and age unknown, other than teen age) died Dec. 19. Another possible case of E. coli …
Chinese Seafood May Contain Melamine
Scientists and consumer advocates raised concerns that seafood raised on Chinese fish farms may be contaminated with melamine. Melamine contamination has caused thousands of illnesses in China through baby foods, as well as animal deaths in the United States through …
Six Chinese men now on trial over milk poisoning
Six men are currently on trial in China, accused of tainting raw milk with the chemical melamine. At least six children have died and more than 300,000 others have fallen ill from ingesting the poisoned milk. Melamine is an industrial …
T. Piekutowski Recalls Sausage Contaminated with Listeriosis
T. Piekutowski European Style Sausage is recalling 750 pounds of sausage products contaminated with Listeria. The recalled items include various sizes of Krakow sausage wrapped in unmarked butcher paper with no label. The products were custom-wrapped at the company store …
Sprouts grown in Wisconsin recalled for salmonella poisoning
Packaged sprouts grown by a Wisconsin farm have tested positive for salmonella in tests conducted by the state’s Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. Sunrise Farms Inc. of Neenah, Wisc., notified stores they should remove Alfalfa Sprouts, Spicy Sprouts, …
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