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Some jars of Earth's Best baby food are being recalled due to clostridium botulinum. The affected jars are Organic 2 Apple Peach Barely Wholesome Breakfast baby food, manufactured by Bay Valley Foods. The recalled food is for babies 6 months or older, and is sold in 4.5 ounce glass jars, individually or in variety packs. The affected jars are: ... - Oscar Mayer cooked chicken breast listeria contamination lawyer.
A nationwide recall of Oscar Mayer chicken breast strips for bacterial contamination has been issued by the Carolina Culinary Foods of West Columbia, S.C., involving 52,650 pounds of fully cooked chicken breasts produced on Jan. 9 and distributed nationwide to retailers. The six-ounce packages are labeled " Oscar Mayer / Louis Rich Chicken Breast Stri... - Corwith's Auto Body et al. North Sea Landfill Pollution Settlement
Southampton Town, NY: (Feb-07-07) A settlement has been reached today by 29 businesses and government entities with the New York State attorney general's office over the cost of cleanup at the old North Sea landfill in Southampton Town. The defendants included, Corwith's Auto Body , Hampton Jitney, Colossal Carting Co., Kraft Foods Global, MTA, Long Is... - Spinach E. coli: Warnings Unnoticed for Two Days
Dec-4-06 Salinas, CA: Concerns are now being raised that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) did not warn consumers quickly enough about the recent E. coli spinach contamination that killed at least three people and made 200 more sick. Some critics believe that the deaths from the E. coli infection could have been prevented if the CDC had lear... - Tyson Foods Inc. Employee Racial Discrimination Settlement
Ashland, AL: The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a racial discrimination lawsuit on behalf of more than one dozen African American employees who worked at the company's Ashland poultry plant. The lawsuit claimed white workers posted a "whites only" sign on a locked bathroom and only distributed keys to white employees. Black employees c... - Benzene Litigation Similar to Early Days of Asbestos and Tobacco
Nov-1-06 Los Angeles, CA: Legal analysts say that the recent surge of benzene lawsuits is beginning to resemble the early days of asbestos and tobacco litigation. CFO Magazine reports that company CFOs and corporate attorneys "foresee a flood tide of benzene suits, including cases that have nothing to do with occupational exposure." CFO quotes Insurance Inf... - E. Coli Spinach Outbreak could Result in Criminal Charges
Oct-16-06 Salinas Valley, CA The recent spinach E. coli outbreak is now being investigated by federal agents. The agents raided two produce companies in Salinas Valley last week, looking for evidence of criminal activity. Search warrants were executed by the FBI and the Food and Drug Administration's criminal investigations office. The companies under inve... - More Salinas Valley Produce affected by E. coli Recall
Oct-12-06 Salinas Valley, CA In response to findings of E. coli in Salinas Valley water, lettuce sold under the Foxy brand has been recalled. The recall affects lettuce sold between October 3rd and 6th. The lettuce had been shipped from Salinas Valley to at least seven other states. The Nunes Company of Salinas, which makes the Foxy brand, voluntarily recalle... - Bristol-Myers Slaps Black Box Warning On Coumadin
Oct-11-06 Los Angeles, CA After a request by the FDA, Bristol-Myers Squibb slapped a black box warning on the label of the blood thinning drug Coumadin (generic warfarin), to alert the public about a potentially fatal risk of bleeding . The drug's previous prescribing information noted the risk, but the warning was not highlighted by a black box. Without... - Bagged Spinach: E coli Carrier
Sep-26-06 Monterey, CA " Spinach is susceptible of receiving all imprints: It is the virgin wax of the kitchen." This quote from Grimod de la Reyniere begs the questions: What is this spinach outbreak saying about the safety of food? How safe is our farming nowadays and should we be worried? To date, 175 cases of E. coli bacteria in tainted spinach have been r... - Premium Standard Farms Inc. Animal Waste Stench Settlement
Jackson County - Three families filed a lawsuit against the northwestern Missouri hog farm claiming the animal waste stench created a nuisance. Plaintiffs in the case were John and Carlotta Arnold, Leslie and Denise Turner, and David Gwinn and the estate of his father, Roy Gwinn. Premium Standard Farms accepted the Jackson County jury verdict and awar... - Zyprexa: Another Link to Diabetes
Sep-19-06 Truro, NS In September 2005, Mary Allen was hospitalized and treated for manic depression. She was given Zyprexa . "I was never told about any side effects," she says. "My doctor nor I knew at the time of any correlation between Zyprexa and diabetes. "At the hospital, I was a subject of a clinical study to determine whether Zyprexa was more effecti... - Seaboard Foods and PIC USA Pork Waste Settlement
Oklahoma City - The US Department of Justice filed charges against Seaboard Foods and PIC USA regarding animal waste violations . The complaints filed against the firms claimed they allowed lagoons containing pig manure and urine and other waste products to contaminate ground water at five Oklahoma farms. Seaboard was also accused of allowing the relea... - Bayer Cropscience Faces More Lawsuits
Sep-13-06 Little Rock, AR Bayer has been handed yet another lawsuit since the August 18th 2006, announcement by the U.S. Agriculture Department that LLRICE 601 , engineered by Bayer , had been found in long grain rice storage bins in Arkansas and Missouri. LLRICE601 has not been approved for human consumption. LLRICE 601 (also referred to as "Liberty R... - More ReNu Sufferers After Recall
Sep-11-06 New Paltz, NY: In the fall of 2005, Kristen Pondi, aged 27, was diagnosed with a fungal infection in her eyes. She had no idea what caused it and it didn't occur to her that it could have been ReNu , her contact lens solution. Unfortunately, Bausch & Lomb didn't recall ReNu until the following May, 2006. "First of all my doctor gave me a prescript... - Secretary of Labor called on to protect Microwave Popcorn Factory Workers
Aug-18-06 Finally, warnings have been issued regarding the link between microwave popcorn and lung disease. In an effort to protect microwave popcorn factory workers from the "grave danger" of lung disease associated with diacetyl, an artificial butter flavoring used in popcorn, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) and the International... - Hold the microwave popcorn
Jul-27-06 Health experts and labor unions are demanding emergency safety standards to check an outbreak of lung disease among workers in microwave popcorn factories. What has taken them so long? In 2003, a study linked the potential health risks from inhaling artificial butter flavors from microwave popcorn to lung disease. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)... - J.L. Foods and Wampler Foods Listeria Outbreak Settlement
Shakandra Hampton ate deli turkey during her pregnancy several times a week. She became ill and went into labor about a month early, during the height of a listeria outbreak. Her son was born deaf in one ear and also has developmental delays. Hampton filed a lawsuit against the two poultry companies claiming the listeria bacteria lead to the premature b... - George's Processing Inc. Employee Donning and Doffing Settlement
The Department of Labor filed a lawsuit against the poultry processor for allegedly not compensating workers for time spent getting into and out of work clothes. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of current and former employees of George's Cassville, MO plant for not paying workers for time spent donning and doffing work clothes and time spent following... - Aunt Jemima Products Recall
Jan-24-06 Two Aunt Jemima frozen breakfast foods have been recalled by Pinnacle Foods Group Inc. because the packages forgot to list egg products on the cartons and could harm consumers with egg allergies. The company states on its website that "People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to egg may run the risk of a serious or life-threatening allergic reacti...