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Omaha, NE: (Jul-25-07) The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought civil charges against ConAgra Foods Inc., alleging that the company used improper accounting to help it meet Wall Street expectations. The civil complaint was filed in the US District Court in Denver, accusing the company of improper and fraudulent accounting in fiscal years 199... - What's With the Beef?
Jul-25-07 Suffolk, VA In the first six months of 2007, the US Food Safety and Inspection Service recalled over seven million pounds of red meat. And the number of cases of people getting sick from contaminated beef is growing as fast as E. coli in an overcrowded cattle pen. What's up with our beef? Are we going to have a repeat of the ConAgra case? (In July 2... - Factory Farms: What Can Be Done?
Jul-5-07 Chilton, WI Once upon a time, Mrs. Edwards and her neighbors were close, attending the same church and even vacationing together. But now, they are no longer on speaking terms; in large part because of the 16 giant chicken houses the neighbors built, containing nearly half a million birds. Community activists like Midkiff of the Sierra Club have been tr... - FDA and The Crisis of China's Poisoned Products
Jun-17-07 Silver Spring, MD Of all defective products you can have, the worst are the ones that you put in your mouth and ingest. Unlike something you swear at when it doesn't work properly, tainted foods and medicines do the damage silently, on the inside. By the time the situation reveals itself, it is often too late. Throughout the last several months there... - Smithfield Foods Inc. Hog Farm Damage Settlement Fund
Kansas, MO: (Jun-13-07) Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon brought charges against Smithfield Foods Inc., who bought Kansas City-based Premium Standard Farms in May 2007 in a deal valued at $800 million. The suit was over environmental damage caused by Premium Standard's hog farms in the state. Nixon reached an agreement with Smithfield Foods that will pr... - Defective Products: Warnings about ATV, CPSC Powerless
Jun-12-07 Stafford, TX Lately, a plethora of defective products have been linked to China - everything from tainted wheat gluten showing up in pet food to diethylene glycol in kiddie toothpaste. (Diethylene glycol, by the way, is a toxic chemical used in the production of anti-freeze.) Given the responsibility manufacturers and marketers carry for the safet... - Health Advocates Concerned as FDA Approves New Dosage Strength of Fosamax
Jun-4-07 Washington, DC The FDA has approved a new dosage strength of Fosamax Plus D, despite an avalanche of lawsuits related to Fosamax and concerns among health advocates. Hundreds of lawsuits have been filed related to Fosamax, Merck & Co.'s best-selling drug and one of the most prescribed drugs to increase bone density in patients with osteoporosis. "Th... - AMO Lens Solution Recall: Stock Drops, Outbreak Still a Mystery
May-30-07 Santa Ana, CA Upon news Friday of the Advanced Medical Optics voluntary recall of AMO Complete MoisturePlus , stock in the company fell sharply, dropping in value by nearly 14 per cent. What's more, company officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta still have no idea what caused the outbreak of Acanthamoeba involving... - SSRIs, Birth Defects and Autism: Is there a Link?
May-29-07 Branchport, NY "I hope my story can be helpful for someone else" says Sherry Layton. "If I had known Effexor was linked to birth defects , I certainly would not have taken this drug, and now that I have done some research, I wouldn't have taken any SSRIs. " "I started taking Effexor for depression in the summer of 2003 and continued throughout my p... - Abogado especializado en brote vinculado a la manteca de manÃ
Advertencias sobre la manteca de maní La Administración de Drogas y Alimentos está advirtiendo a los consumidores que no deben comer ciertos frascos de manteca de maní Peter Pan o Great Value debido al riesgo de contaminarse con salmonella. ConAgra Foods Inc. aconsejó a los consumidores que se deshicieran de los f... - Demanda colectiva por un alimento para mascotas mortal
La Administración de Drogas y Alimentos (FDA) anunció que se retirarán del mercado varias marcas de alimento para mascotas, tanto para perros como para gatos, fabricadas por Menu Foods, Inc. Esto afecta a todos los alimentos para perros y gatos del tipo "trocitos y salsa", tanto los enlatados como los que vienen en sobres. Estos a... - Roaches and a Rat found at ConAgra Peanut Butter Plant
May-1-07 Sylvester, GA Lawyers who inspected the ConAgra peanut butter plant that was linked to the recent salmonella outbreak reported finding a dead rat, rattraps and roaches at the plant. The roaches were found on raw peanuts. In addition, the attorneys found bird feathers and other things that are "consistent with salmonella." The plant was closed on Febr... - FDA Knew of Contamination Problems at Peanut Butter Plant for Years
Apr-26-07 Sylvester, GA: The Washington Post has reported that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) knew for years about contamination at the Georgia ConAgra plant which produced peanut butter that has sickened more than 400 people across the US. In 2005, FDA inspectors were at the Sylvester-based plant to investigate complaints of an alleged episode of salmo... - ConAgra Responding to Peanut Butter Recall and Lawsuits
Apr-23-07 Rome, GA: More and more lawsuits are being filed against ConAgra Foods, Inc., makers of Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter , which was involved in a massive recall earlier this year. Thirty-two consumers from a number of states are already involved in a lawsuit filed in Rome. The plaintiffs include the parents of nine children who became sick afte... - Peanut Butter Recall: Mystery Solved
Apr-10-07 Seattle, WA: The mystery has been solved in the recalled peanut butter salmonella story - and the culprits have turned out to be dormant bacteria already at the ConAgra plant, activated last August by water leaks in the building. In February 2007, ConAgra Inc. recalled peanut butter products in its Great Value and Peter Pan brands made since 2006. T... - Peanut Butter Poisoning: Who Pays my Medical Bills?
Mar-31-07 Burlington, WI "Luck would have it that, the first time ever I bought Peter Pan peanut butter it was the recalled brand," says Michell Rich. "I made peanut butter cookies and my son ate quite a few; he kept eating them even though he was sick. We thought he had the flu; it didn't occur to anyone at the time that he had salmonella poisoning." "I never... - Lawsuits Filed After Peanut Butter Recall
Mar-23-07 Chatsworth, GA: Lawsuits have been filed after people fell ill from eating peanut butter contaminated with salmonella. A couple from Georgia filed a lawsuit against ConAgra, the makers of Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter claiming they contracted salmonella after eating the tainted peanut butter. The lawsuit, which has three named plaintiffs, is as... - Smithfield Foods Hog Waste Pollution Settlement
Raleigh, NC: (Mar-13-07) Smithfield Foods, the world's largest pork producer, reached a settlement in an environmental protection lawsuit filed by the state of North Carolina in 2000, in which it agreed to pay the state $50 million over 25 years to improve the environment. The money was offered after hog waste lagoons overflowed and polluted rivers and s... - Peanut Butter Lawsuits Growing
Mar-9-07 Miami, FL "On February 22nd, my son became very weak and nauseated immediately after eating Peter Pan peanut butter that he had for breakfast," says Chakeitha McNear. "He was taken to the hospital (Jackson South) where he had to have blood work done, a urine test. He was then transferred to Miami Children's Hospital where he was hospitalized and put o... - Peanut Butter Contamination Leads to Lawsuits
Feb-22-07 Pittsburgh, PA: More and more lawsuits are piling up in the aftermath of salmonella-contaminated peanut butter . So far, one class action suit and numerous individual suits have already been filed, with more expected to be announced. One lawsuit, filed February 21 in Pennsylvania, claims that contaminated peanut butter killed one woman and made her hu...