Posts tagged food poisoning

• Florida Produce Company Recalls Contaminated Sprouts

  Ed Normand | January 31, 2012 9:20 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Toxic Substances
  

  A Florida produce company recalled 2,100 packages of alfalfa sprouts on January 19 out of fear of possible contamination and food poisoning, according to the SunSentinel.com. LEASA Industries, a...

• J&B Group Recalls Over 2,500 Pounds of Beef Sirloin

  Mike Bryant | January 28, 2012 3:21 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Toxic Substances
  

  This past week, the United States Department of Agriculture and J&B Group, Inc., of St. Michael, Minn., recalled over 2,500 pounds of beef sirloin products due to products being misbranded...

• The Goal of Making Thanksgiving Safe

  Mike Bryant | November 20, 2011 9:50 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Toxic Substances
  

  With a week to go before the Thanksgiving holiday, it's important that thoughts turn to food safety before it becomes an issue. More than 200,000 Americans get sick each day from what they eat, and...

• Safely Cooking The Turkey

  Mike Bryant | November 19, 2011 9:25 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Toxic Substances
  

  With the turkey dinner just days away, it's important that consideration go into how the turkey is prepared. The turkey should be thawed completely. Enough time must be allowed...

• Getting the Right Turkey

  Mike Bryant | November 18, 2011 9:53 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Toxic Substances
  

  The key to the whole meal is picking the turkey. A past government study suggests that that isn't a simple task. “Last year USDA released data on turkey contamination that showed 90% of the...

• Great Website for Food Safety

  Mike Bryant | November 15, 2011 9:29 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Toxic Substances
  

  If you spend some time looking around the Injuryboard website, you will find hundreds of articles about various issues with food. The peanut butter salmonella issue was covered from a number of...

• How Dangerous is Our Food Getting?

  Mike Bryant | November 05, 2011 9:31 AM | 4 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Toxic Substances
  

  During the last couple of years, we have had the peanut butter, eggs, and ground beef rounds of food poisoning. Widespread problems of real danger. But, how widespread is the listeria contamination...

• Company Recalls Food Product Contaminated With Salmonella

  Ed Normand | November 01, 2011 9:59 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Toxic Substances
  

  According to sources, a potentially harmful frozen egg product has been recalled and officials are warning the public to not consume it. American Egg Products of Blackshear, Georgia recalled...

• North Carolina State Fair Suspected in E. Coli Outbreak

  Mike Ferrara | October 29, 2011 4:59 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Toxic Substances
  

  An outbreak of E. coli infection, which has already resulted in three children having to undergo dialysis for kidney failure, is being traced back to the North Carolina State Fair. The fair ran from...

• Sub-Standard Conditions Responsible for Listeria Outbreak

  Linda Chalat | October 20, 2011 4:08 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Federal investigators have revealed sub-standard conditions at Jensen Farms that led to the deadly listeria outbreak, saying the company's unsanitary cantaloupe handling ignored industry norms...