News tagged with 'Restaurants'

Stroke risk is linked to the number of fast food restaurants in a given area, suggests new research presented at the International Stroke Conference, in California this week.

Mad cow disease is rare but if a person consumes any part of the diseased cow it always turns for humans into the fatal brain wasting Creutzfeldt Jakob disease. So the discovery of another animal with Mad Cow Disease is of concern especially since the U.S. has not banned one of the suspected modes of transmission.

1 Million Pounds of Chinese Seafood Missed Inspections by FDA Updated August 2007: At least 1 million pounds of Chinese seafood were sent to American grocery stores without being screened for banned drugs and chemicals. The frozen shrimp, catfish, and eel had an “import alert” which means that th

Sara Lee Recalls 27 Brands of Whole-Wheat Bread Updated July 2007: The Sara Lee Corporation is recalling 27 brands of whole-wheat bread products, including some from Publix, because they were found to contain small metal pieces . An inspection in the Meridian, Mississippi bakery uncovered issues

Peanut Butter Recall Update Updated 2007- The latest report on the peanut butter/salmonella ordeal, which was published in a June 1 issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) , reported that 628 people from 47 states fell ill due to a stain of salmonella called Salmonella serotype Tennessee that w

Many lawsuits have been filed after people became ill from eating salmonella contaminated peanut butter. There have been over 600 known cases of illness in 47 different states from the Peter Pan brand peanut butter. The peanut butter was voluntarily recalled by ConAgra Foods , the makers of Peter Pan, on

A Sugar Creek, Missouri bar must pay $796,000 to the daughter of a woman killed by a drunk driver after jurors determined the tavern was liable in the fatal accident. Dana Rogers and Eldon Sweet were driving on the Missouri 291 bridge over the Missouri River on June 6, 2000 when a man hit the guardrail and swerved ove

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued an import alert on cantaloupes from Mexico because of insanitary conditions that have resulted in four Salmonellosis outbreaks in the last three years in the United States. These outbreaks were responsible for many illnesses including two deaths and at least 18 hospit

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced that irradiated meat will soon be available to more than 25 million children participating in the National School Lunch Program. During irradiation, foods are exposed briefly to a radiant energy source, such as gamma rays or electron beams, within a shielded facili

In a continuing effort to strengthen food safety programs and protect public health, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), through its Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), announced yesterday a series of new measures designed to reduce the incidence of E. coli O157:H7 contamination of raw ground beef. The a

Publix announced this week that starting early next year, the supermarket chain will begin to sell irradiated beef and chicken at 700 of its stores in the Southeast. According to a Publix spokesperson, consumers have become increasingly cautious when purchasing beef and chicken products because of concerns over harmfu

The family of a teenager who drowned after passing out on the beach in Puget Sound settled a wrongful-death lawsuit against the state of Washington last week for $185,000. According to the complaint, 17-year-old Jonathan George Edwards was drinking alcohol purchased by an underage friend from a state-operated liquor s

In its effort to defend the United States against mad-cow disease, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning to Tyson Foods Inc. after the company violated a major FDA rule instituted to keep the disorder out of the country. According to the FDA, Tyson failed to place "Do Not Feed to Cattle or Other

The alcoholic-beverage industry is receiving a vast amount of criticism from watchdogs who believe advertisements are designed to lure teenagers into buying liquor and beer. The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA), in a new report titled "Teen Tipplers: America's Underage Drinking Epidemic," claims

The U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO), a congressional investigative agency, criticized the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday for substandard preparation in the fight against mad cow disease. In the report, GAO officials say the USDA and the FDA are unprepared for