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food contamination stories: 37 news summaries

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Tainted Pet
Food Firms Settle With Owners

$24M deal intended
to cover expenses

May 23, 08 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pet-food companies have agreed to a $24-million settlement with pet owners after their products were tied to the deaths of thousands of animals, the AP reports. Under the deal, pet owners can be reimbursed for financial losses, such as vet bills, burial costs, and the market value of their lost... More »

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pet food recall • food contamination • lawsuit • dog • cat

 Italy Recalls Famed Mozzarella 

Fears that cheese contains carcinogen had prompted Korea, Japan to ban imports

Mar 28, 08 1:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fear of contamination today forced Italy to recall its celebrated mozzarella cheese, Reuters reports. Rome is withdrawing the cheese of 25 companies in the Campania region near Naples, source of the country’s best buffalo mozzarella, after a garbage crisis is thought to have spread cancer-causing dioxin. The European Commission... More »

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food contamination • Italy • cheese • recall • European Commission • mozzarella • Campania

 Prized Cheese in Italy at Risk 

Toxins found in mozzarella after years of illegal trash dumping

Mar 27, 08 7:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - More consumers are turning up their noses at Italy’s prized buffalo mozzarella, and not over its smell, the New York Times reports. Toxins have been found in samples of the delicacy, likely caused by illegal dumping of garbage around Naples. Sales are down 40%, and farmers and restaurateurs fear... More »

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food contamination • Italy • garbage • Naples • cuisine • mozzarella • imported food • dioxin

New Methods Help Make Beef Jerky Safer

Longer drying, higher temps kill off more
E. coli, salmonella

Mar 27, 08 3:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Good news for meat lovers in a time of massive beef recalls: Researchers at Kansas State have found a way to make beef jerky safer from E. coli and salmonella, LiveScience reports. They found that a longer drying time would eliminate the pathogens in contaminated beef samples, offering a low-cost... More »

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E. coli • food contamination • beef • USDA • salmonella • beef recall • beef industry • beef jerky • Kansas State

'Regulation' No Longer a Dirty Word in DC

Wall St. woes, toy and food scares have pols of all stripes on board

Mar 24, 08 11:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - "Regulation" is becoming less of a dirty word in Washington in the wake of the mortgage meltdown, woes on Wall Street, and scares over tainted food and toys. Many Democrats and even some Republicans want a shift from voluntary industry standards in vogue since the Reagan administration. "We're... More »

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Bush administration • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • pet food recall • food contamination • SEC • Christopher Cox • credit crisis • regulation • toy recalls • lobbyists • House Energy and Commerce Committee • subprime crisis • Glenn Hubbard

Slaughterhouse Boss Faces Felony Charges

Cruelty charges follow video of Calif. meat packers abusing cattle

Feb 16, 08 8:26 AM CST
(Newser) - Prosecutors hit a slaughterhouse manager with what they say are unprecedented felony charges yesterday after a video released last month showed abusive methods being used to push ailing cattle into a slaughter box, the Press-Enterprise reports. Daniel Ugarte Navarro, 49, faces over 8 years in prison if convicted of five... More »

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California • food contamination • beef • animal cruelty • cows • Humane Society • Chino slaughterhouse

Wisc. Firm Recalls 96K Lbs. Beef Over E. Coli Fears

Two reports of illness from contaminated meat prompt state investigation

Nov 25, 07 2:33 PM CST
(Newser) - American Foods Group voluntarily recalled 96,000 pounds of ground beef after two people in Illinois were sickened from possible E. coli contamination, the AP reports. The affected beef was distributed to companies in Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and Virginia. Some of the recalled goods, produced on Oct.... More »

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E. coli • food contamination • beef recall • ground beef

Pot Calls Kettle Contaminated

Citing safety worries, China puts the brakes on meat imports from some US processors

Jul 14, 07 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - In an apparent retaliatory move, China has addressed concerns about food safety—by halting imports from several American meat processors. The country's inspection agency posted a notice on its website late yesterday saying that salmonella-contaminated chicken produced by Tyson and products from several other large US firms had flunked inspection,... More »

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China • food contamination • Tyson Foods • China food exports

Tainted Imports Originate All Over the World

FDA stats on food alerts show China has
plenty of company

Jul 12, 07 10:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Contaminated Chinese seafood is the latest high-profile export turning American consumers off their feed, but they might want to save some caution for Dominican produce and Danish candy, FDA stats suggest. Inspectors stopped more food shipments from India and Mexico than from China in the past year, the Times reports,... More »

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China • FDA • India • Mexico • border control • food contamination

China Sentences Ex-Drug Chief
to Death

Bribery conviction signals pharmaceutical industry crackdown

May 29, 07 3:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - China's former top food and drug watchdog was sentenced to death today after being convicted of corruption and dereliction of duty. In the midst of an international uproar over food and pharmaceutical standards, the government found that Zheng Xiaoyu, 63, who was forced out in 2005, accepted more than $850,... More »

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China • death penalty • pet food recall • food contamination • Zheng Xiaoyu • bribe • corruption • capital punishment

Bush Cozies Up to China

Patient president avoids hot-button policy issues, treads lightly on trade deficit

May 25, 07 5:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush struck a conciliatory tone in yesterday's congress with Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi, despite thickening indignation over Chinese policies. The Journal reports that the White House meeting tiptoed around China's tolerance of copyright piracy, the export of tainted food products, and Beijing's increasingly worrisome nuclear program. More »

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China • food contamination • Wu Yi • piracy • copyright • nuclear program • trade deficit • yuan

Ban Chinese Ingredients?  Easier Said Than Done

They're in virtually all processed foods. Six or more in the the Twinkie alone. 

May 18, 07 8:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the wake of the pet-food poisoning scandal, some of the biggest U.S. food manufacturers—Tyson and Mission Foods—have banned Chinese ingredients. But since China is the world's biggest supplier of the flavorings, vitamins and preservatives that are used in virtually all processed foods, the bans may be... More »

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food poisoning • China • food • health • pet food recall • food contamination • Tyson Foods • Mission Foods

Melamine Death Toll Passes 8,000 Pets

FDA says health
risk for humans
unlikely

May 4, 07 12:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - More than 8,000 deaths of cats and dogs that may be linked to melamine-tainted food have been reported to the FDA in the two months since the pet food recall. The statistics come as the FDA tries to assure Americans that the tainted protein concentrates, also fed to hogs... More »

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China • food • pets • FDA • health • pet food recall • melamine • food contamination • David Acheson • safety • protein

China Detains Pet Food Contaminator

Beijing cracks down on source of melamine-tainted gluten

May 4, 07 6:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chinese authorities have jailed the head of a company accused of selling pet food makers  the melamine-contaminated gluten that's killed thousands of cats and dogs. The detention of Mao Lijun suggests Beijing is eager to cooperate with the FDA investigators currently on its turf, after initially disavowing any gluten sales... More »

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China • pets • FDA • health • melamine • food contamination • protein

Safer Farms Sting Chinese Beekeepers

Cleaning up honey industry
means facing swarms of opposition

May 3, 07 5:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Stung by recent scandals over tainted food exports, a small group of Chinese beekeepers is trying to sweeten up local honey production. They're throwing out standard practices, like using antibiotics to treat their colonies, and pushing natural options. But the old guard is using violence in its attempts to prevent... More »

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China • food • bees • food contamination • honey

FDA Names Food Safety Czar After Chicken Scare

Democrats seek other roads to effective FDA

May 2, 07 8:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - The FDA appointed a food safety czar yesterday, as the news that 3 million chickens had been fed melamine-tainted feed exacerbated growing public anxiety about food safety. The FDA said the chickens weren't recalled because most of them would have been sold by now, and the melamine was too diluted... More »

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food • FDA • health • pet food recall • melamine • food contamination • David Acheson

(Newser) - Still smarting from this fall's E. coli outbreaks, the produce industry is trying to coax Americans into eating their greens again with high-tech solutions. Companies like Dole and Western Growers are using radio-frequency tags and GPS surveillance to track veggies as they move from farm to grocery store. More »

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food • agriculture • E. coli • consumer • food contamination • produce • contamination

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