August 31st, 2007 laurie
A Ground Beef Recall due to E Coli contamination comes as people are getting ready to have their holiday BBQ’s. This is an extremely urgent recall - already, nine people in three states have become ill as a result of this contaminated ground beef. Two of those sickened had to be […]
August 30th, 2007 laurie
Fresh bagged spinach is being recalled – again. This time, California grower Metz Fresh, LLS is recalling its spinach because it tested positive for Salmonella contamination. Eating salad is becoming a risky undertaking – only last week baby carrots sold by the Los Angeles Salad Company were recalled for Shigella contamination. And […]
August 10th, 2007 admin
Lakeside Foods, Inc has recalled 360,000 cans of green beans amid concerns that they could be contaminated by botulism. This is the second botulism related recall in less than a month. Lakeside Foods based in Wisconsin said that it is recalling 14.5 ounce cans of French Style green beans because of a production error that […]
August 3rd, 2007 admin
Two siblings in West Texas have been diagnosed with Botulism poisoning as a result of eating Castleberry Austex Hot Dog Chili Sauce Original for lunch on June 28. One of the siblings who ate the Botulism contaminated canned food product is now hospitalized in critical condition. The day after eating the tainted Castleberry […]
August 1st, 2007 admin
A US delegation arrived in China on Tuesday to discuss the recent rash of unsafe imports coming from that country. The group, which is led by Department of Health and Human Services official Rich McKeown, will focus on reaching agreements with the Chinese government over imports of food, drugs and medical devices.
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August 1st, 2007 admin
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is in a near-panic over its recall of Castleberry’s Food canned meat products, with one official calling the botulism threat an “urgent public health matter”. Two children in Texas and a couple in Indiana were hospitalized with botulism after they ate chili sauce made by the […]
August 1st, 2007 admin
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants to consolidate testing labs, a move that would close nearly half, but Congress has found a way to squash that plan. Last Tuesday, lawmakers on a panel investigating the FDA’s poor track record of policing food and drugs were incensed that the agency would consider […]
