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Choose a page number: 1 Public Health and Safety RSS FeedsFLORIDA firm recalls frozen beef products due to possible E. coli O157:H7 contamination - (USDA) - WASHINGTON -- A.C.S. Meyners Ltda., a Ponte Verde, Fl., establishment, is recalling approximately 20,460 pounds of frozen beef trim that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today. The following product is subject to recall: [View Label] * 60-pound bulk boxes of “BM-95 BONELESS BEEF.” Each shipping container bears the establishment number “Nicaragua 4” inside ...Feed Source: www.extension.iastate.edu COLORADO firm recalls frozen beef products due to possible E. coli O157:H7 contamination - (USDA) - WASHINGTON -- Colorado Foods Products, a Greenwood Village, Co., establishment, is recalling approximately 2,340 pounds of frozen beef trim that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service
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* 60-pound bulk boxes of “BM-95 BONELESS BEEF.” Each shipping container bears the establishment number “Nicaragua 4” inside the Nicar... CANADA: Consumer advisory - Sherwood brands Pirate's Gold milk chocolate coins may be contaminated with melamine - (CFIA) - OTTAWA -- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public not to consume, distribute, or sell the Sherwood Brands Pirate’s Gold Milk Chocolate Coins described below. This product is being recalled due to positive test results for melamine conducted by the CFIA.
The affected product, Sherwood Brands Pirate’s Gold Milk Chocolate Coins, is sold in 840g containers containing 240 pieces per container bearing UPC 0 36077 11240 7 and l... BARFBLOG: More of the same from Maple Leaf, CFIA - (barfblog) - Maple Leaf Foods president and CEO Michael McCain said last night that “consistent with normal findings and practices” listeria continues to be found at the same facility that produced cold-cuts linked to at least 20 deaths and 50 illnesses in Canada.
“Listeriosis is an exceptionally rare illness,” he said, “but we are taking every precaution possible.”
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A rare illness with a ... NEW ZEALAND: Baby food sails out with Chinese crew - (The New Zealand Herald) - Chinese sailors in port in Auckland yesterday were stocking up on baby formula - grateful they could buy safe product as their Government deals with the San Lu scandal.
The company, which is part-owned by Fonterra, has been mired in controversy after melamine was found in its formula. Four babies have died and the tainted milk has made 54,000 ill.
Sailors on the marine science research vessel Da Yang Yi Hao said brands such as Karicare were che... NEW ZEALAND: Fonterra in talks over sick babies - (The New Zealand Herald) - Fonterra is in talks with Chinese authorities to see how it can support infants made ill by drinking poisonous baby formula.
Fonterra's 43 per cent-owned Chinese dairy company San Lu is one of 22 firms caught up in a scandal in which the industrial chemical melamine was added to watered-down milk to boost protein levels.
It is understood that Fonterra chief executive Andrew Ferrier flew out to China last night.
For the complete news item, plea... ONTARIO: Listeriosis bacteria found at Toronto plant - (Globe and Mail) - OTTAWA -- Four new positive tests for listeriosis have been confirmed in samples of meat at the Maple Leaf plant at the centre of the outbreak that has left 20 Canadians dead.
The plant was allowed to reopen on Sept. 17, but no product has so far been allowed to enter the market.
Late Wednesday, federal officials from the Prime Minister's Office, the Privy Council Office and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency met to discuss the new findings th... TORONTO: CFIA told to warn public about tainted meat days before advisory - (CBC News) - Toronto health officials told Canada's food inspection agency to warn the public several days before it announced a link between Maple Leaf deli meats and a deadly nationwide listeriosis outbreak, CBC News has learned.
Toronto Public Health employees investigating suspected listeriosis cases had gathered enough evidence by Aug. 14 to make a connection between Maple Leaf Foods deli products and the illnesses, the department's associate medical of... TORONTO: Listeria test results off the charts: Experts - (Metro News) - Two-thirds of Maple Leaf meat samples collected from Toronto hospitals and nursing homes tested positive for a virulent strain of listeria just before the country’s largest food recall, according to confidential data obtained by the Toronto Star and the CBC.
The test results show a dramatically high percentage of bacteria-laced ham, corned beef, turkey, and roast beef was being served to hundreds of vulnerable hospital patients and seniors. Expe... CANADA: Update on Maple Leaf Bartor Road start-up protocols - (Maple Leaf Foods) - TORONTO -- Consistent with normal findings and practice and as a result of rigorous and intensive sampling, Maple Leaf Foods has found asmall number of positive test results for listeria in the Bartor Road facility. No products have been distributed and there is no risk to the public.
"Listeria exists in all food plants, all supermarkets and presumably in all kitchens", said Michael McCain, President and CEO. "Our testing protocols are designed ... BARFBLOG: Does the majority of foodborne illness happen in the home? - (barfblog) - Where does foodborne illness happen?
Usually people notice it sitting or kneeling at the toilet.
But for 10 years, various groups had made claims that most foodborne illness happens in the home. It’s the consumer’s fault.
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In an otherwise innocuous press release stressing the importance of handwashing and the creation of a group in Canada featuring ... CHINA keeps quiet on child victim numbers in milk scandal - (AFP, AP) - China has refused to say how many children have been affected by the tainted milk scandal, but insists it is working hard to boost confidence.
The Health Ministry said it had new statistics showing how many babies had been made ill, but did not release the data and gave no indication of if or when they would be made public.
"We've not released the latest number of cases because it is not an infectious disease, so it's not absolutely necessary f... NEW ZEALAND: Seasonal increase in cryptosporidiosis reported - (Radio New Zealand) - Rural communities are experiencing a seasonal increase in cryptosporidiosis, most commonly seen during spring, in people who have close contact with animals or are exposed to contaminated water.
Otago medical officer of health John Holmes says there have been 22 cases there compared with 14 the same time last year.
He says thorough handwashing after handling animals is the best way to avoid contracting the illness.
Dr Holmes says the spike in t... UK: E. coli kids on the mend - (Cumbernauld Today) - A six-year-old boy who was caught up in a terrifying E-coli drama with his baby sister last month has been deemed well enough to return to school.
As we reported last month Dylan Whiteside (6) and his 10-month old sister Kayleigh were rushed to a specialist unit at Glasgow's Yorkhill Hospital where they faced round-the-clock monitoring from microbiologists.
They feared that both children might succumb to kidney failure - as they had picked up t... Many CHINESE doubt food scandals will end - (USA Today) - BEIJING -- When Charles Shao started spending millions of dollars in 2004 to build a Chinese dairy farm that meets international quality standards, "everyone thought we were fools," he says. "Now they say, you were right to take such care. Send me your milk!" says Shao, an American and CEO of Huaxia Dairy Farm, an hour's drive from Beijing.
For the past month, China's government and dairy industry have struggled to contain the spread of tainted ... Copyright © 2008, Chicago Best Price. All Rights Reserved. |
