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California Lawsuit Claims Lead In Ginger, Plum Candies

Fri, 03 May 2013 16:31:55 +0000

California has filed a lawsuit against Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s and other food retailers, manufacturers and distributors, alleging the companies are selling lead-tainted ginger and plum candies without warning labels, as required by state law. Attorney General Kamala Harris’ office …

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FDA Proposes New Food Safety Rules

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:57:11 +0000

U.S. regulators proposed new food safety rules on Friday that aim to make food processors and farms more accountable for reducing foodborne illnesses that kill or sicken thousands of Americans annually. The new rules, required by the Food Safety Modernization …

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Food Borne Illness Cases Present Complex Coverage Questions

Stephanie K. Jones — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 06:31:02 +0000

One of the most heavily litigated insurance issues in coverage liability cases related to outbreaks of widespread food borne illnesses is the determination of occurrence where multiple people in multiple states are affected by a contaminant that seems to stem …

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Audit: Louisiana Restaurant Inspections Don’t Ensure Food Safety

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:32:11 +0000

Louisiana’s regulators of food safety fail to ensure restaurants and other retail food establishments are complying with health standards and allow violators of safety requirements to continue operations, according to a new audit released Nov. 26. The Office of Public …

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Federal Food Safety Program to End in Minnesota

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:37:26 +0000

Minnesota agriculture officials are phasing out a federally funded program that allows them to test produce for contaminants like E. coli and salmonella. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Microbiological Data Program had operated in 11 states, including Minnesota. Congress decided …

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Illinois Infant Formula Maker Sued After Baby’s Death

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:17:49 +0000

The families of a three babies sickened by a rare bacterial infection, including a 10-day-old Missouri infant who died, filed a lawsuit against the Illinois-based manufacturer of a powdered baby formula that they believe is responsible. The lawsuit contends the …

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FDA: Indiana Farm Tied to Salmonella Outbreak Unclean

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:17:10 +0000

A federal inspector found two strains of salmonella and unclean conditions at an Indiana cantaloupe farm’s fruit-packing plant during inspections prompted by a deadly outbreak linked to the farm’s melons. The Food and Drug Administration’s report on the mid-August inspections …

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Despite Fees Paid, Fewer Inspections for Dallas Restaurants

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:28:09 +0000

Dallas city officials for two years now have been using money intended for restaurant health inspections to cover budget shortfalls in other areas. The Dallas Morning News reported about $1.36 million paid by restaurant owners to cover the costs of …

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Nebraska, Iowa Officials Watch For Contaminated Corn

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:18:24 +0000

Farmers, crop inspectors and grain elevators in Nebraska, Iowa and other corn-producing states are keeping an eye out for corn contaminated by a poison-producing fungus. They’re watching for signs of aflatoxins that, in sufficient quantity, are poisonous to humans and …

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U.S. Salmonella Outbreak Tied to Indiana Farm Melons

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:13:16 +0000

U.S. health regulators said cantaloupe from Chamberlain Farms in Indiana may be one source of a multi-state outbreak of salmonella that has killed two people and sickened some 178 in the past month. The farm in Owensville in southwest Indiana …

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Study: Oil Spill Dispersants May Have Hurt Gulf Food Chain

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 23:35:16 +0000

A study on possible effects of the 2010 BP oil spill indicates dispersants may have killed plankton — some of the ocean’s tiniest plants and creatures — and disrupted the food chain in the Gulf of Mexico, one of the …

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U.S., European Union Struggle to Overcome Regulatory Barriers

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:29:20 +0000

The United States and the European Union, stung by past failures to liberalize trade, are struggling over how to tackle regulatory barriers in areas ranging from financial services to chemicals that pose the biggest obstacle to a transatlantic free trade …

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Colorado Processing Plant Faulted in Listeria Outbreak

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:56:47 +0000

Unsanitary conditions at a packing plant that processed fresh cantaloupes from a Colorado farm likely contributed to one of the deadliest listeria outbreaks in U.S. history, health regulators said on Wednesday. The Food and Drug Administration said the design of …

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Food Illnesses Linked to Multiple Stops Along Food Chain

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:55:26 +0000

Outbreaks of listeria and other serious illnesses linked to tainted food are becoming more common, partly because much of what we eat takes a long and winding road from farm to fork. A cantaloupe grown on a Colorado field may …

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