WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The sole source of the U.S. salmonella outbreak involving contaminated peanut butter appears to be the Peanut Corp of America’s Blakely, Georgia processing facility, federal officials said on Wednesday.
More than 125 products including cookies, crackers, ice cream and even some pet food have been recalled in connection with the outbreak, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said.
Six deaths may be associated with the outbreak, Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The sole source of the U.S. salmonella outbreak involving contaminated peanut butter appears to be the Peanut Corp of America’s Blakely, Georgia processing facility, federal officials said on Wednesday.
More than 125 products including cookies, crackers, ice cream and even some pet food have been recalled in connection with the outbreak, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said.
Six deaths may be associated with the outbreak, Read the rest of this entry »
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The Apple co-founder, who is 53, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2003 but has said he was cured with surgery. As The Times reported Dec. 17, however, “Appearances over the summer, in which Jobs looked unusually thin and drawn, renewed questions about his health.”
Rumors flared again this month after Apple said Jobs wouldn’t deliver the keynote address at January’s Macworld Conference & Expo, the venue the company has used for more than a Read the rest of this entry »
BEIJING, Jan 12 (Reuters) – China will launch a pre-Lunar New Year crackdown on food safety, the Health Ministry said on Monday, focusing on illegal use of additives after a milk scandal last year killed at least six babies and made thousands sick. The campaign would focus on seven provinces, including Hebei where the milk contamination scandal began, ministry spokesman Mao Qunan told a news conference.
“Groups and individuals who have broken the Read the rest of this entry »
January 20, 2009
FLORESVILLE — A decision on who will construct a 5000-square-foot medical office building near the intersection of F.M. 775 and U.S. 181 near Eagle Creek will likely come at the Wilson Memorial Hospital District’s February board meeting.
Ella May Calloway presided Jan. 15 as board members Carl Ashley, Susan Coates, Carolyn Perkins, Scott Toeppich, Tommy Soriero, and Jane Wiatrek unanimously voted to table awarding the contract Read the rest of this entry »
Canadian health officials have found that infant formulas marketed in that country are safe for consumption, echoing what U.S. food-safety regulators said earlier in the week about U.S. infant formulas.
The results, in a report to be issued as early as Friday, come amid manufacturers’ objections that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration data also generated unnecessary concerns among parents.
Earlier this week, controversy arose in the U.S. when Read the rest of this entry »
was named the Week 17 Diet Pepsi Rookie of the Week.
Now that the regular season is over, five players will be nominated for the Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year. Fans can vote for the winner on NFL.com/rookies and via Sprint wireless service throughout the month of January. The winner will be announced at a press conference at Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa Bay.
This is Pepsi’s seventh year as the official soft drink sponsor of the NFL and the fourth Read the rest of this entry »
FRIDAY, Jan. 16 (HealthDay News) — U.S. health officials said
Friday that they were expanding their investigation into peanut
products possibly contaminated with salmonella, as the toll from
the outbreak climbed to 452 people sickened in 43 states and one in
Canada, and possibly six deaths.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials have asked food
companies around the country that may have bought peanut butter or
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Northeastern vaulted from a two-way tie for second place into a three-way tie for first in the Colonial Athletic Association by posting a 58-57 victory over George Mason last night, but the Huskies could claim no joy after watching their opponent’s leading scorer faint from a head injury with 2:12 to go, and get carted off the court and taken to the hospital.
A pall was cast over a Matthews Arena crowd of 2,300 when senior guard John Vaughan came Read the rest of this entry »