Posts tagged Food Poisoning

• Salmonella Food Poisoning, Now in Pot Pies, A National Epidemic?

  Claude Wyle | October 12, 2007 9:49 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Health officials reported that Con Agra Food's Banquet pot pies could be connected to 139 cases of salmonella food poisoning in 30 states. ConAgra stopped production of the pot pies. ConAgra said their pies were safe, if properly cooked, but they also advised consumers not to eat their chicken or turkey pot pies, until the pies are adequately investigated. The Centers for Disease Control and...

• Unwanted Ingredient in Salmon Spread Prompts Recall

  Claude Wyle | October 07, 2007 6:30 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Eating Jensen's Smoked Salmon and Onion spread will give you more than just bad breath. "Listeria monocytogenes," a bacteria that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections, has worked its way into Jensen's product line. Listerine won't work on Listeria, so if this product is in your fridge, throw it out.For more information on this subject, please refer to the section on Defective and...

• Ice Cream Recalled Due to Undisclosed Ingredient

  Claude Wyle | October 02, 2007 6:05 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Thousands of pints of Private Selection ice cream sold in Ralphs and Food-4-Less stores will soon be destroyed. While this may be tragic for some ice cream lovers, it may be a matter of life-and-death for people afflicted with egg allergies. This is because the product may contain eggs, but eggs are not listed on the product's label. Consumers with egg allergies could suffer serious or...

• Topps Meat Co. Recalls Tainted Beef

  Claude Wyle | September 30, 2007 7:16 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Twenty-three people in eight states fell ill after eating E.coli-laden hamburgers from Topps Meat Co. The average person recovers from E. coli poisoning in less that a week. However, E. coli can be fatal or cause serious injuries to the very young, the elderly, or those with compromised immune systems. Topps destroyed 332,000 pounds of patties - now that's a lot of cows that didn't have to...

• Quong Hop & Co. Recalls Tofu Due to Potential Contamination

  Jenny Albano | September 21, 2007 10:19 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Quong Hop & Co., in conjunction with the FDA, is recalling all the Soy Deli brand tofu that has a code date of December 17, 2007 and is also recalling some kinds of Soy Deli and Quong Hop tofu with a code date of September 23, 2007.The other kinds of tofu being recalled includes a 30 ounce Soy Deli Nigari Tofu, a 12 ounce Soy Deli Water Pack Tofu, and the 16 ounce Quong Hop Water Pack Tofu.These...

• Dole Announces New E.Coli-Related Salad Recall

  Claude Wyle | September 19, 2007 4:06 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Dole Food Co. announced yet another recall, this time of "Dole Hearts Delight" bagged salads in the United States and Canada Monday, after finding that the salads may contain E. coli. Although, according to Dole, no one has been reported sick from eating the salads, some salad in Canada has been found to contain E. Coli which will cause severe food poisoning. The recall covers bagged salads with...

• Members of Congress Raise Concern on Sale of Treated Meat

  Claude Wyle | August 14, 2007 3:59 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Democrats John D. Dingell and Bart Stupak of Michigan have written to Safeway and meatpacking companies in efforts to curtail sale of meat packaged in carbon monoxide gas. Treating meat with carbon monoxide gas prevents the meat from turning brown as quickly, making it appear fresher. Consumers can be tricked into purchasing unhealthy meat and suffer from food poisoning. Safeway has stepped...

• Toys From China Fail To Meet U.S. Safety Standards

  Claude Wyle | August 10, 2007 11:45 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  This blog has reported many defective children's toys imported from China. Of all recalls last year, more than half have been for Chinese goods. Since the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) alleges it is powerless to regulate safety standards such as controlling lead content, it is up to consumers to put pressure on companies like Mattel, who import manufacture approximately 65% of...

• Poison in Hot Dog Chili Sauce and in Dog Food

  Claude Wyle | July 28, 2007 10:31 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Hot Dog Chili Sauce Recaled for BotulismAs if we don't have enough to worry about with E Coli and Salmonella in our meat and spinach and lettuce, the latest tainted food danger comes from a favorite Summer food, the hot dog.Botulism poison has been found in hot dog chili sauce from Castleberry Foods . The Augusta, Ga. Castleberry plant is where the sauce was canned. So far, at least four people...

• Our Attorneys Fight For Children With Salmonella Food Poisoning

  Claude Wyle | February 16, 2007 10:01 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  As Attorneys who fight for those poisoned through tainted foods, we are again sad to advise that a salmonella food poisoning outbreak has slowly grown to almost 300 cases in 39 states since August 2006. This new national salmonella outbreak has been linked to tainted Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter, beginning with product code "2111". Approximately 20 percent of the 288 infected people...