Posts tagged food poisoning

• Would a rubber chicken have been safer? Federal salmonella standards finally get tighter

  Claude Wyle | May 13, 2010 3:00 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  I know I am a San Francisco food safety attorney, so maybe I am more sensitive to dangerous foods and other products than the average guy, but does it seem strange that USDA is only now changing...

• FDA to Update Food Safety Rules

  David Rowell | November 14, 2008 4:00 PM | 1 CommentFresno, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Dismayed consumers saw story after story break in 2008 about food safety and the FDA's struggle to cope with domestic and foreign food contaminants: Salmonella, Listeria, Clostridium and other...

• Salmonella Danger from Dry Pet Food

  David Rowell | November 12, 2008 11:10 AM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that, despite reports and recalls in 2007, eight new cases of Salmonella poisoning in humans from contaminated pet food were...

• Hepatitis A Outbreak Linked to San Diego Area Chipotle

  Walton Barber, LLP | May 01, 2008 1:58 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The total number cases of hepatitis A contracted at a Chipotle restaurant in La Mesa has grown to 18. Authorities from the San Diego County Health and Human Services Department is advising any...

• Don't Eat the Sushi

  Susy Owen | January 25, 2008 5:55 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Bad new for sushi lovers. Recent laboratory studies conducted on the sushi tuna in 20 Manhattan stores and restaurants have found mercury levels that exceed the acceptable levels of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)."No one should eat a meal of tuna with mercury levels like those found in the restaurant samples more than about once every three weeks," said Dr. Michael Gochfeld, professor...

• Kraft Recalls White Choclate

  Susy Owen | October 13, 2007 5:49 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Kraft Foods has recalled Baker's Premium White Chocolate Baking Squares (6 oz.) with a UPC Code 0043000252200. The recall is specific to the following four best-when-used-by dates:31 MAR 2008 XCZ 01 APR 2008 XCZ 02 APR 2008 XCZ 03 APR 2008 XCZ It is feared that the product may contain Salmonella. Salmonella is dangerous. It can invade the bloodstream and cause life-threatening infections. The...

• Salmonella Food Poisoning, Now in Pot Pies, A National Epidemic?

  Claude Wyle | October 12, 2007 9:49 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Health officials reported that Con Agra Food's Banquet pot pies could be connected to 139 cases of salmonella food poisoning in 30 states. ConAgra stopped production of the pot pies. ConAgra said their pies were safe, if properly cooked, but they also advised consumers not to eat their chicken or turkey pot pies, until the pies are adequately investigated. The Centers for Disease Control and...

• Unwanted Ingredient in Salmon Spread Prompts Recall

  Claude Wyle | October 07, 2007 6:30 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Eating Jensen's Smoked Salmon and Onion spread will give you more than just bad breath. "Listeria monocytogenes," a bacteria that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections, has worked its way into Jensen's product line. Listerine won't work on Listeria, so if this product is in your fridge, throw it out.For more information on this subject, please refer to the section on Defective and...

• Salmonella in Chocolate Forces Recall

  Shannon Weidemann | October 06, 2007 1:10 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Kraft Foods has announced a recall of Baker's Premium White Chocolate Baking Squares. The chocolate may have been contaminated with salmonella. 24,000 cases of baking chocolate is affected by the recall. The recall came after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration detected salmonella in some packages of Baker's Premium, Kraft said. Salmonella is a bacterium that can cause fever, diarrhea,...

• Undisclosed Ingredient Prompts Ice Cream Recall

  Claude Wyle | October 02, 2007 6:10 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Ralphs and Food 4 Less stores have recalled thousands of pints of Private Selection ice cream. This could be tragedy for some ice cream lovers, but could become a matter of life-and-death for people with egg allergies. This is because the ice cream may contain eggs, which are not listed on the label of the ice cream. Consumers with egg allergies could suffer life-threatening or serious...