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Ireland Recalls Tainted Pork, Warns 25 Countries

Contaminated meat may have been exported to 25 countries

Dec 7, 08 6:12 PM CST
(Newser) - Ireland has issued a massive pork recall after sending contaminated meat to about two dozen countries, Reuters reports. France, the Netherlands, and Belgium have all complained of dioxin-contaminated products, and Britain has told people to lay off pork for now. However, a British government body said it did "not... More »

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France • food contamination • Netherlands • food safety • recall • Ireland • Britain • pork

Melamine
Traces Found
in US Infant Formula

Feds say there's no health risk to babies

Nov 25, 08 6:40 PM CST
(AP) - Traces of the industrial chemical melamine have been detected in samples of top-selling US infant formula, but federal regulators insist the products are safe. A top official said the levels detected are so low that it would be a "dangerous overreaction" for parents to stop using formula. An outbreak... More »

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China • FDA • melamine • food safety • infant formula

Buffalo Restaurant Busted While Butchering Deer

Inspector finds Chinese restaurant's crew chopping up deer carcass

Oct 28, 08 5:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - An inspector has shut down a Chinese restaurant after finding its workers butchering a deer on the premises, the Buffalo News reports. Health officials, who arrived at the restaurant after a tip, aren't sure if the animal was hunted or roadkill—or what the China King had planned for the... More »

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food safety • restaurant • deer • roadkill • Buffalo • butcher

 'Kimchi Deficit' Puts 
 Korea in a Pickle 

Spicy side dish's sales fall from cheaper competition

Oct 20, 08 7:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Seoul is facing a ferment in its effort to promote South Korean cuisine around the world: declining exports of its national dish, kimchi. The country recorded a $77.3 million trade deficit of the spicy pickled cabbage and other veggies over the past 3 years, BBC reports. A government report... More »

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South Korea • food safety • trade deficit • kimchi • Korean food

 China Sees First 
 Tainted-Milk Lawsuit 

Courts have yet to accept case in melamine scandal

Sep 30, 08 3:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Parents of a sick 1-year-old filed the first lawsuit in China's melamine scandal today, reports the Wall Street Journal. The case, yet to be accepted by China's courts, seeks $21,900 from the makers of Sanlu milk powder for expenses related to the kidney stones they say their son... More »

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China • melamine • food safety • civil lawsuits • tainted milk

 Regs Still Lax for 
 Mexican Veggies 
 Heading North 

Many producers are privately certified, but enforcement is up to industry

Sep 14, 08 7:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - How strong is food safety regulation after America's worst food-borne outbreak in a decade? A peek at a Mexican packing plant shows that rules are nearly nonexistent, the AP reports. The plant in northern Mexico, suspected of sparking the recent salmonella outbreak that sickened 1,400, washes produce from certified... More »

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farming • Mexico • food safety • salmonella • regulation

Chefs Going Underground
to Test Limits

Covert, communal dining catching on, to health officials' chagrin

Aug 27, 08 7:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Across the country, stealthy foodies are dropping coin and risking, if not imprisonment, then a strong reprimand, to dine at so-called “underground restaurants,” the New York Times reports. Intrepid chefs are experimenting with creative recipes in communal settings, skipping from apartment to apartment, often just steps ahead... More »

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food • organic food • food safety • restaurant • underground • communal dining • restaurateurs

12 Deaths From Tainted Meat Cause Canadian Furor

Listeriosis in meat has left 12 dead; scores of products recalled

Aug 26, 08 3:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper says an unprecedented meat recall is proof that the government’s proposed inspection reforms are necessary, despite opposition accusations that the changes will actually undermine food safety, the Globe and Mail reports. Maple Leaf foods has issued a 220-product recall, following a listeriosis infection scandal... More »

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Canada • food safety • recall • Stephen Harper • listeriosis

 FDA Approves Irradiation 
 of Spinach, Lettuce 

Practice common in meat coming soon to produce aisle

Aug 21, 08 3:47 PM CDT
(AP) - Consumers worried about salad safety may soon be able to buy fresh spinach and iceberg lettuce zapped with just enough radiation to kill E. coli and a few other germs. The Food and Drug Administration will issue a new regulation tomorrow allowing spinach- and lettuce-sellers to take that extra step,... More »

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E. coli • FDA • food safety • produce • outbreak • irradiation

 Step Away From the 
 Green Lobster Goop 

Crustaceans' guts may contain toxins: FDA

Jul 29, 08 4:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Many people consider tomalley, the green substance inside lobsters, a delicacy—but the FDA doesn't. The agency is warning tomalley fans that the crustaceans' internal organs can contain dangerous levels of a specific toxin, the Boston Globe reports. Eating tomalley from Atlantic lobsters can cause paralytic shellfish poisoning, which can... More »

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food safety • Food and Drug Administration • lobster • tomalley

Key Salmonella
Strain Found
in Jalapeño

Mexico-grown peppers in Texas plant contain bacteria behind case

Jul 21, 08 4:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Federal inspectors are urging people to avoid eating fresh jalapeños after discovering the same salmonella strain responsible for a nationwide food-poisoning epidemic in a Mexican-grown pepper in a Texas plant. Though the FDA says the finding is a “very important break in the case,” the Mexican jalapeñ... More »

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FDA • Texas • Mexico • food safety • salmonella • Food and Drug Administration • jalapeno • peppers

Salmonella Now Largest Food-Borne Outbreak in US

More than 1,000 cases reported; tomatoes and hot peppers still the main suspects

Jul 9, 08 7:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The number of salmonella cases has surpassed 1,000, making it the nation's largest food-borne outbreak, says the CDC. Despite the volume of cases, investigators still can't quite pinpoint the exact cause or source, LiveScience reports. Certain types of tomatoes, hot peppers and cilantro—the main ingredients of salsa—remain... More »

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food contamination • public health • food safety • tomatoes • salmonella

FDA Salmonella Probe Switches to Jalapenos

Investigators eying other salsa ingredients for source of outbreak

Jul 5, 08 5:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jalapeno peppers have pushed tomatoes off the top of the FDA's suspect list in the recent salmonella outbreak, reports the Wall Street Journal. Investigators believe salsa may be the culprit in the rash of illnesses, and after a drop in tomato consumption failed to halt a rise in cases, they... More »

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FDA • food contamination • food safety • tomatoes • salmonella • chili peppers

Beef Recall Expands
to 5.3M Pounds

Nebraska Beef cited for unsanitary conditions by feds

Jul 3, 08 7:00 PM CDT
(AP) - Nebraska Beef is expanding a recall to include all 5.3 million pounds of meat it produced for ground beef between May 16 and June 26. Federal investigators have linked the company's products to an outbreak of E. coli illnesses affecting 40 people in Michigan and Ohio. Some Nebraska Beef... More »

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

Tomatoes May Not Be Behind Salmonella Outbreak

Government cautions remain in place as probe continues

Jun 27, 08 4:30 PM CDT
(AP) - As salmonella cases continue to climb, the government is checking to see whether tainted tomatoes are in fact to blame for the record outbreak, the AP reports. Federal officials say the problem may be with another ingredient or with a warehouse contaminating newly harvested tomatoes.The widening outbreak, with 810... More »

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food safety • tomatoes • salmonella • Food and Drug Administration

Tomato Salmonella Cases Rise to 383 in 30 States

Increase may be due to closer scrutiny, rather than new outbreak

Jun 18, 08 7:31 PM CDT
(AP) - Federal health officials have learned of 106 more cases of salmonella linked to tainted tomatoes, putting the outbreak's total to 383 and counting. Most of this newest influx of cases were people who got sick weeks ago but had not been counted previously. Some states began doing closer checking for... More »

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FDA • public health • food safety • tomatoes • salmonella

China Bristles
at US' Olympic Food Snub

Beijing insists meat
is safe, but Americans will brown-bag it

Feb 22, 08 8:36 AM CST
(Newser) - China says it's a "pity" that US athletes won't be joining their international counterparts at dinner tables during the Olympics this summer over worries about the safety of food and water. American athletes will ship in their own meat and eat at their own training center, and China is... More »

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China • steroids • 2008 Beijing Olympics • athlete • food safety • US Olympic Committee • chicken • imported food • contaminated water

Trader Joe's Cuts Chinese Food Imports

Discount gourmet grocer acts on fears
of pesticides, antibiotics

Feb 12, 08 8:36 AM CST
(Newser) - With customers worried about the safety of food imported from China, Trader Joe's said yesterday it will withdraw garlic, frozen spinach, and other “single ingredient” items from its shelves by April 1, reports the Los Angeles Times. The discount gourmet retailer will continue selling items made with ingredients... More »

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agriculture • food safety • China food exports • US imports

FDA Plans to Open Outpost
in China

Inspectors could block contaminated food from being exported to US

Feb 6, 08 6:00 AM CST
(Newser) - America's food imports from China are rising and the Food and Drug Administration is planning to start exporting American inspectors to protect the US food supply, Reuters reports. FDA officials hope to open a China office to help them raise food safety standards and to make it easier to act... More »

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China • FDA • imports • food safety • China food exports • food supply

Bush Shifts Focus to
Small Picture

He's concentrating more on nitty-gritty
of domestic issues

Nov 24, 07 11:20 AM CST
(Newser) - With his term winding down, President Bush is putting an increased emphasis on the small picture—domestic issues that have a tangible effect on people's lives, the New York Times reports. While still engaged with weighty foreign matters such as Iraq and the upcoming Mideast summit, Bush has shifted focus... More »

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China • food safety • airline safety • airline delays • lead tainted toys • George W. Bush

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