Category Archives: Contamination

Dirty equipment blamed for deadly outbreak in cantaloupe

By doris | Published: October 19, 2011

Full Story a tmsnbc.msn.com Potentially contaminated processing equipment and problems with packing and storage of whole cantaloupes at a Colorado farm likely led to the deadliest listeria outbreak in the United States in 25 years, which has so far claimed 25 lives in a dozen states, federal health regulators said Wednesday. Pools of water on [...]

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A mother’s war on germs at fast-food playlands

By doris | Published: September 18, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com GILBERT, Ariz. — One of those who kicked off her shoes and slithered her way through the multihued plastic tubes of a fast-food restaurant playground here one recent morning was not enjoying herself in the least. In fact, she had a frown on her face. “It’s bad,” Erin M. Carr-Jordan said, [...]

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Calif. death, 76 illnesses linked to ground turkey

By doris | Published: August 2, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is scrambling to find the source of a salmonella outbreak likely linked to ground turkey that has killed one and sickened dozens more. Finding the source of an outbreak hasn’t been easy; the government has been chasing the illnesses for months. The Agriculture Department, which oversees [...]

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Operator airs plan to control Japan nuclear crisis

By doris | Published: April 17, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com TOKYO – The operator of Japan’s crippled nuclear plant laid out a blueprint Sunday for stopping radiation leaks and stabilizing damaged reactors within the next six to nine months as a first step toward allowing some of the tens of thousands of evacuees to return to the area.

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Japan’s focus on nuke crisis angers tsunami victims

By doris | Published: April 2, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan — As Japan’s prime minister visited tsunami-ravaged coastal areas for the first time Saturday, frustrated evacuees complained that the government has been too focused on the nuclear crisis that followed the massive wave. Nearly every day some new problem at the stricken Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant commands officials’ attention [...]

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WHO: No short-term risk from contaminated food

By doris | Published: March 21, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Tokyo (CNN) — Short-term exposure to food contaminated by radiation from Japan’s damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant poses no immediate health risk, a spokesman for the World Health Organization said Monday. The United Nations organization initially said the food safety situation was “more serious” than originally thought. But spokesman Peter Cordingley [...]

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Experts: U.S. won’t feel health effects from Japan

By doris | Published: March 16, 2011

Full Story at The Chart.Blogs.cnn.com The situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan, which has suffered numerous fires, explosions and subsequent radiation leaks since Friday’s earthquake, could get worse, and just how much worse is unknown. But health and nuclear safety experts agree that even if radiation levels around the plant reach Chernobyl-like [...]

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Fiery package in DC triggers memories of anthrax

By doris | Published: January 8, 2011

Full Story atmsnbc.com WASHINGTON — Postal workers who returned to work Saturday said a package that ignited at a government mail facility conjured painful memories of the anthrax attacks that killed two of their colleagues in 2001. The fiery package found Friday, which was addressed to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, followed two packages that [...]

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Senate passes food safety bill, again

By doris | Published: December 20, 2010

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com WASHINGTON – The Senate on Sunday passed a sweeping bill to make food safer, sending it to the House in the waning days of Congress. It was the second time the Senate passed the bill, which would give the government broad new powers to increase inspections of food processing facilities and [...]

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72,000 pounds of canned chicken salad recalled

By doris | Published: December 6, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — The discovery of hard plastic inside packages prompted a nationwide recall of 72,000 pounds of canned chicken salad, one of several recalls involving poultry and meat products issued through U.S. food safety authorities in recent days. The Suter Company is recalling 8.2-ounce packages of the “Bumble Bee Lunch on [...]

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Companies stop shipping 7 caffeine-alcohol drinks

By doris | Published: November 25, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — The manufacturers of seven caffeinated alcoholic beverages labeled a “public health concern” have stopped producing or shipping the products, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday. Last week, the FDA sent warning letters to four beverage makers saying the addition of caffeine to alcoholic beverages was not [...]

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Parents left frustrated by Similac recall

By doris | Published: September 24, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Abbott Laboratories created a website for parents and caregivers to check if their baby formula was affected by Wednesday’s Similac recall. A convenient way to help consumers — if the website would actually work for them. Families possibly affected by the recall swamped the company’s website and [...]

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Pet product company recalls nearly 75,000 bags of dog treats

By doris | Published: September 6, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A leading pet product company has issued a voluntary recall of nearly 75,000 bags of dog treats due to salmonella concerns, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The move by Hartz Mountain Corp. came after random sample testing by the FDA indicated the presence of salmonella organisms [...]

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Nationwide meat recall announced

By doris | Published: August 25, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Zemco Industries in Buffalo, New York, has recalled approximately 380,000 pounds of deli meat that may be contaminated with bacteria that can cause a potentially fatal disease, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday. The products were distributed to Wal-Marts nationwide, according to the USDA’s website. The meats may [...]

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380 million eggs recalled in salmonella outbreak

By doris | Published: August 19, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com Hundreds of people have been sickened in a salmonella outbreak linked to eggs in four states and possibly more, health officials said Wednesday as a company dramatically expanded a recall to 380 million eggs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working with state health departments to investigate the illnesses. [...]

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BP turns to giant shears to cut leaking Gulf pipe

By doris | Published: June 3, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com PENSACOLA, Fla. – BP engineers will try to use a pair of giant shears to slice off a leaking pipe after their latest attempt hit a snag trying to stop their broken well from spewing millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The Coast Guard said BP was [...]

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Oklahoma firm recalls beef in 6 states

By doris | Published: December 28, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — A beef recall is under way in a half-dozen states involving possibly contaminated products from the Oklahoma company National Steak and Poultry, according to the firm and federal inspectors. U.S. Agriculture Department officials said a cluster of illnesses involving the E. coli bacteria was reported in Colorado, Iowa, [...]

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Slim-Fast launches recall of 10 million cans

By doris | Published: December 6, 2009

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The maker of Slim-Fast announced a recall of its canned, ready-to-drink products due to possible bacterial contamination. Unilever, the company which also makes products like Skippy peanut butter and Ragu pasta sauce, said the weight-loss drink may be tainted by Bacillus cereus, which can cause diarrhea, nausea [...]

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