Posts tagged food safety

• China's Melamine Woes Likely to Get Worse

  Charlie Vanture | November 05, 2008 5:14 PM | 0 CommentsTallahassee, FL Category: Toxic Substances
  

  As if we did not have enough problems it appears that the melamine issues in China are only getting worse. I just read this article about the ongoing problem in China and how slow the government...

• Donut in a Bowl: Some Kids Cereals Contain 50% Sugar

  Brian W. Smith | October 02, 2008 9:01 AM | 0 CommentsTallahassee, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  According to Consumer Reports, some breakfast cereals marketed in the US are more than 50% sugar weight, while many of them get only fair scores on nutritional value. The group evaluated 27 of the...

• Bizarre Incident Highlights Danger of Eating Raw Seafood

  Brian W. Smith | September 30, 2008 12:49 PM | 0 CommentsTallahassee, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Medical examiners in Panama City, Florida say that a man who died following a high-speed police chase had a rare form of cholera-causing bacterium. Steven M. Harrison was unconscious in the back...

• Report Finds Fault in FDA

  Brian W. Smith | September 25, 2008 11:24 PM | 0 CommentsTallahassee, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  In a report to be released on Friday, congressional investigators have determined that the The Food and Drug Administration's efforts to combat food-borne illness are hampered by infrequent...

• A True Food Safety Agency May Be On the Horizon

  Brian W. Smith | September 18, 2008 11:11 PM | 0 CommentsTallahassee, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  If Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn) has it her way, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration might soon be split into separate food safety and drug/device safety responsibilities. DeLauro...

• Recalled Pet Food Could Sicken Humans as Well

  Brian W. Smith | September 18, 2008 10:36 AM | 0 CommentsTallahassee, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Mars Petcare has recalled pet food products manufactured at its Everson, Pa., facility because of a potential salmonella contamination. The pet food is being voluntarily recalled because of...

• Nationwide recall of Hershey's chocolate product

  Brian W. Smith | September 05, 2008 9:33 AM | 0 CommentsTallahassee, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  7.25-ounce bottles of Hershey's Chocolate Shell Topping have been recalled nationwide by the company due to the presence of undeclared almonds. The affected products have the code 69N printed on...

• Is irradiation the answer to food safety problems?

  Brian W. Smith | August 28, 2008 4:43 PM | 1 CommentTallahassee, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  In an attempt to help head off outbreaks of foodborne illness, the FDA ruled last week that food producers can now use radiation to kill bacteria on fresh spinach and iceberg lettuce. This is the...

• Salmonella outbreak may be over, but the crisis isn't

  Brian W. Smith | August 28, 2008 4:15 PM | 0 CommentsTallahassee, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The FDA has reported that the salmonella outbreak that sickened at least 1,440 people appears to be over, but its ultimate source may never be known, partly because of shortcomings in the nation's...

• Tainted Beef Sickens Boy Scouts

  Brian W. Smith | August 09, 2008 11:08 PM | 0 CommentsTallahassee, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  As many as 70 people at a Boy Scout camp in Virginia have come down with food poisoning that may have come from a hamburger packing plant in Azusa, California, which is recalling 153,630 pounds of...