Posts tagged Food Poisoning

• The Source of Tainted Pet Food

  Susy Owen | April 27, 2007 8:50 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  As the pet food recall widens yet again, the contamination has reached hogs as it makes its way into the human food chain. "This is something quite new," said Grant Maxie, a clinical pathologist and director of the Animal Health Laboratory at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. "We haven't seen this before, and we may never see it again." Let hope not. The problem is heart breaking. So...

• Contamination Enters the Human Food Chain

  Susy Owen | April 25, 2007 4:06 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  It may not be the ideal time to eat pork since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday that they have been forced to quarantine hog farms in no less than five states. The concern is that feed that was given to the hogs may have been contaminated with melamine. Additionally, one poultry farm in Missouri is also feared to be contaminated. The affected states are California,...

• Was the Pet Food Contamination Deliberate?

  Susy Owen | April 16, 2007 5:26 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  When the pet-food recall originally began almost a month ago, consumers were told that the cause was unknown. It then came to light that the tainted pet food may have been due to the presence a chemical used to kill rodents, albeit not in this country. Soon after that, wheat gluten, a source of protein, was blamed for tainting pet food. Finally, it was noted that another chemical, melamine, used...

• Deadly Chemical Found in Pet Food

  Susy Owen | April 05, 2007 2:39 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The pet food recall nightmare began long before March 2007 when the recall was announced by Menu Foods. The contaminated pet food was sold to consumers at least as far back as December 2006. Now, more pets are dying and getting seriously ill from contaminated pet food as the recall list broadens. The pet food recall now includes some dry food. Additionally, Del Monte Foods has announced a...

• Replacing Recalled Pet Foods

  Susy Owen | March 31, 2007 6:11 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Roger and Kathy Polifka of Crivitz thought that they were feeding their adopted Cocker Jordon, healthy food in 2005, after all, it was a reputable brand. They were dead wrong. Jordon died after eating contaminated dog food that they served him. Unbelievably, when Jordan died, the only answer the Polifka's were able to get from the manufacturer as to why their dog got sick was that somehow the...

• Tips on Dealing with Contaminated Pet Food Scare

  Susy Owen | March 26, 2007 12:17 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Due to pet food that is contaminated with a rat poison, at least 16 cats and dogs are dead, and thousands of others are sick and/or dying. It now appears that the contamination came from a pesticide spray, which contaminated wheat that was exported from China. Many people are very worried. Even if pet owners are relying on the recall list provided by the manufacturer, Menu Foods, to decide...

• Pet Deaths Blamed on Rat Poison Banned in U.S.

  Susy Owen | March 23, 2007 12:36 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  To the horror of pet owners in the United States, Canada and South America, their dogs and cats are being poisoned by their pet food. The result of ingesting the tainted food is death and/or kidney failure with a less then uplifting prognoses. A chemical by the name of aminopterin, was found in samples of the recalled pet foods that came from the manufacturer Menu Foods. ``We believe it is a...

• Salmonella Contamination

  Susy Owen | February 27, 2007 11:47 AM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A number of lawsuits have been filed against ConAgra in several states, some by individuals, and others as class-action cases. New cases are continuing to come to light. Many consumers of the tainted products find themselves wondering if they need to have kept the jar of Peter Pan or Great Value peanut butter from which they ate. In order to file a lawsuit in the Salmonella tainted peanut butter...

• Salmonella in Redding

  Susy Owen | February 22, 2007 1:18 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Gaye Coonce, a resident of Redding, discovered that the illness that her family was experiencing after eating peanut butter, was probably not what the doctor has originally suggested. Her family got sick before the current, widespread Salmonella contamination was widely known by the general public. She said that her family had the following symptoms: vomiting, diarrhea, fever, headache and...

• Salmonella Reported in California

  Susy Owen | February 21, 2007 1:09 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  It appears that two brands of peanut butter - Peter Pan Peanut Butter and Wal-Mart's Great Value Peanut Butter - have been linked to almost 300 cases of salmonella by federal officials. Those cases were reported in 39 states. On a positive note, it appears that the contaminated brands were produced in a single plant in Georgia.In Santa Barbara, California, it is feared that two new salmonella...