December 30th, 2008 joshua
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 in 1997. The bacteria was infecting the hives and bee larvae in China.
The U.S., sadly, imports […]
December 30th, 2008 joshua
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 poisoning from the same California town did not materialize, leaving only one victim from which to […]
December 29th, 2008 meg
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 pet foods.
A report claims that Chinese fish farmers use melamine in their fish feed to artificially […]
December 29th, 2008 joshua
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 often added to plastics, but can be added to dairy products to give them a higher protein […]
December 26th, 2008 meg
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 and do not bear the company number or USDA inspection mark..
The sausage products were produced on […]
December 24th, 2008 joshua
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, Crunchy Sprouts and Onion Sprouts from their shelves. The sprouts are sold in 4-ounce packages in […]
December 23rd, 2008 meg
More than half of the Lawrence County, Illinois Health Department suffered stomach problems after attending a Christmas party at a restaurant, possibly due to food contamination.
The common denominator appears to be cold diced ham served in the salad bar.
Phyllis Wells, head of the Health Department, who also got sick, suspects the culprit was a norovirus […]
December 23rd, 2008 meg
DeNiro Cheese, a Youngstown, Ohio, firm, is recalling approximately one pound of Sopressata sausage products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The recalled product is their 12-ounce packages of Nostrano Sopressata Mild Sausage. There is a use-by date of 07/09/09 and a Canadian mark of inspection on the label.
The problem was discovered through a U.S. […]
December 23rd, 2008 joshua
A Canadian manufacturer has issued a voluntary recall of several hot cocoa products it sold at two U.S. retailers earlier this year.
The products may be tainted with melamine.
Melamine is a chemical used in plastics that is added to dairy products to fool inspectors looking for protein content.
G&J Gourmet Market of Ville St. Laurent, Quebec, […]
December 22nd, 2008 meg
The Solano County Public Health Department announced that a child from Dixon, California died Friday after being hospitalized with severe E. coli symptoms.
A second child with similar symptoms was released from the hospital this week.
Lab results are pending to determine if that child also had E. coli.
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