Miscellaneous

• Trade Group Seeks Guidelines for Food Imports

  Courtney Mills | September 18, 2007 3:28 PM | 0 CommentsFort Collins, CO

  Seeking to allay current anxiety about the quality of food imports in the country, the Grocery Manufacturers Association introduced a series of steps Tuesday to strengthen present regulatory guidelines for imports. The country's largest industry trade group undertook these steps principally out of public concern about the recent trade calamity with China, including DEG-laced toothpaste,...

• Crocs & Escalators May Not Be Such A Great Idea

  April Armani | September 18, 2007 10:59 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  Escalators and Crocs may spell trouble for the funky resin shoe wearers. Injuries have been reported in Japan and Virginia when those wearing the Crocs, especially little kids, are getting their feeties caught in the sides of escalators. While no reports of injuries have been made in Colorado, the reports elsewhere serve as a reminder that those wearing Crocs need to be careful when riding...

• California Growers Recall Salmonella-Tainted Spinach

  Courtney Mills | August 30, 2007 1:34 PM | 0 CommentsFort Collins, CO

  Metz Fresh LLC announced on Wednesday that it was voluntarily recalling fresh spinach from grocery stores after a sample tested positive for salmonella.The first "presumptive" positive test for salmonella came back to Metz on Friday last week, which is when the company was able to disengage over 90% of the 8,000 cases of spinach in transit by placing "holds" on the company's product. The...

• The FDA has Proposed New Rules for Sunscreen

  Jenny Albano | August 23, 2007 8:53 PM | 0 CommentsFort Collins, CO

  The FDA has announced that they have proposed new rules for sunscreen. The agency now wants sunscreens to have a label that says if the product has UVA protection as well as UVB protection. For the past 30 years sunscreen manufacturers have only been required to list the UVB protection on the bottles, but UVA rays can also damage skin and increase the risk of skin cancer.The agency has...

• Government Warns About Kids' Cough and Cold Meds

  Courtney Mills | August 16, 2007 12:17 PM | 0 CommentsFort Collins, CO

  The FDA announced on Wednesday that it would examine the efficacy of over the counter cough and cold medicines in children by calling together experts in the field this fall to discuss the growing discord over their use. In the meantime, the FDA has advised parents not to administer cough medicines to children under two years of age without a doctor's order.Several doctors have raised questions...

• FDA Recalls Contaminated Sandwiches

  Courtney Mills | August 13, 2007 9:14 AM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO

  The U. S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a recall on approximately 7,500 individually wrapped sandwiches because of potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Listeria is a microorganism and can cause serious infection in young children, the elderly, and immunocompromised individuals.These sandwiches were manufactured by IFS, Inc., of South Elgin, Illinois, and are distributed...

• Take Care When Choosing a Contractor

  April Armani | August 08, 2007 9:35 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  A recent news posting on 9news.com highlights the care homeowners must exercise when choosing a contractor. A couple in Denver found out the hard way when they hired a landscaper to redo their backyard. Come to find out the landscaper was not registered with the Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado (ALCC) which represents 718 members in the state.The group offers these tips to ensure...

• Botulism in a can?

  April Armani | July 25, 2007 6:48 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  Canned meat recall causes quite a scare and illness too!Botulism is a rare, but serious paralytic illness caused by a nerve toxin, botulin, that is produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. Several days ago, many canned meat products were recalled due to the potential that the products contain botulism. The canned meat products were produced by Castleberry's Food Co. and include hot dog...

• Teen With Meningitis Could Have Infected Fellow Plane Passengers

  Jenny Albano | July 24, 2007 1:19 PM | 0 CommentsFort Collins, CO

  A teenager, who was traveling on an AirTran Airways flight was found to have bacterial meningitis. The girl traveled from Orlando, Florida to Atlanta, Georgia and then to Wichita, Kansas and became very ill and unresponsive on the second flight. Crew members called for an ambulance to meet her upon arrival and the airline notified the CDC on Sunday.Now AirTran is trying to contact passengers...

• Tramoplines can cause serious injury

  April Armani | July 18, 2007 10:13 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  Sarah Comstock, 32, of Loveland, Colorado suffered fatal injuries last week while jumping on a trampoline on July 12th. While, on the face of it, her death may seem like an unlikely incident, in reality, from 2000 to 2005 there were on average 88,563 ER visits per year for trampoline related injuries for children up to 18. What do you need to know to keep safe?While most injuries do occur to...