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Tainted Pet
Food Firms Settle With Owners

$24M deal intended
to cover expenses

Associated Press Associated Press 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 pets. Those who don’t have records of their expenses may get up to $900. More »

More about:  lawsuit • dog • cat • pet food recall • contaminated food

 Italy Recalls Famed Mozzarella 

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

Reuters Reuters 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 had threatened a trade ban; South Korea and Japan have halted imports. More »

More about:  Italy • recall • European Commission • cheese • contaminated food • mozzarella • Campania

 Prized Cheese in Italy at Risk 

Toxins found in mozzarella after years of illegal trash dumping

New York Times New York Times 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 a panic despite that fact that best cheese region appears unaffected. More »

More about:  Italy • garbage • cuisine • Naples • imported food • contaminated food • mozzarella • dioxin

'Regulation' No Longer a Dirty Word in DC

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

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal 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 in for a potentially significant regulatory response," one economist tells the Wall Street Journal . More »

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