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Frequent-shopper cards helped pinpoint source of a Salmonella outbreak
Booster ShotsThose cards you swipe at grocery stores — sure, they'll shave some money off your bill and give stores all kinds of info about your food and personal-toiletry preferences — well, now they're a public health tool. With shoppers' permission,...... -
Nature's Variety pet food recall expands over salmonella concerns
L.A. UnleashedLINCOLN, Neb. — Nature's Variety has expanded its recall of chicken-flavored pet food because of concerns over salmonella. The Lincoln, Neb.-based company said Monday that the raw, frozen food is being recalled because it could be contaminated with... -
Meat roulette
Nauseating as it was, last week's record-setting beef recall and the apparent feeding of meat from crippled "downer" cattle to our nation's children and others should come as little surprise. Although egregious to the point of obscenity, this latest...Tags: Employees, Prosecution, Parties and Movements, Happiness (state of mind), Companies and Corporations
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Food police, reporting for duty
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe pineapples were fragrant, but not overly so. The mangoes were perfect for salsa: ripe yet still firm. And the cilantro -- wait a sec. Where was the cilantro? Ciudad executive chef Jeremy Tummel was nosing his way through a tower of produce boxes...Tags: Health, Cilantro, Tomatoes, Wars and Interventions, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Making California pistachios safe again
In the spring of 2004, five years before pistachios grown in the San Joaquin Valley became tainted with salmonella, health investigators were hunting for the same deadly bacteria in the same stretch of our state -- this time in the almond orchards.
The...Tags: Agricultural Research and Technology, Pistachios, Almonds, Farms, Laws
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Today's daily briefing
Keep up-to-date with the latest health headlines. Every day, you'll find links to the newest articles on medicine, health and wellness -- the information you need to stay informed. -------------------- Brain anomaly linked to sudden infant death -...Tags: Vaccines, Health, Pharmaceuticals, Preventative Medicine, Chicago Sun-Times
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Simple elixir called a 'miracle liquid'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIt's a kitchen degreaser. It's a window cleaner. It kills athlete's foot. Oh, and you can drink it. Sounds like the old "Saturday Night Live" gag for Shimmer, the faux floor polish plugged by Gilda Radner. But the elixir is real. It has been approved...Tags: Saturday Night Live (tv program), Japan, Gilda Radner, Electrical Appliance, Salt
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Peanut Corp. of America files for bankruptcy
The peanut processing company at the heart of a national salmonella outbreak filed for bankruptcy Friday, a sign the beleaguered company plans to cease business in the wake of the health scare. The Virginia-based Peanut Corp. of America filed for Chapter...Tags: Peanuts, Peanut Corporation of America, Bankruptcy, Heads of State, Companies and Corporations
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Who's watching what we eat?
The federal agencies that are supposed to safeguard the nation's food have long resisted calls, including those from us, for merging into a single food authority. Amid the peanut-product salmonella outbreak, though, it's hard to imagine how their...Tags: Peanuts, Health, Peanut Corporation of America, Health Organizations, Drugs and Medicines
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Salmonella found in central Calif. pistachio plant
Federal officials confirm they found traces of salmonella in a central California pistachio processing plant that sparked a nationwide recall of the nut. The Food and Drug Administration said today state and federal inspectors found the bacteria in...Tags: Pistachios
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Are rotten tomatoes the future?
Today's question: Is the scare over salmonella-tainted tomatoes a sign of a real problem, or just something we should expect to happen every now and then? All week, Paul Roberts and Jacob Grier debate the new food economy. Fast, cheap and contaminated...Tags: Tomatoes, Economy, Business and Finance, Consumers, Salads, Economic Sanctions
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Fear of tomatoes
Andrew C. von Eschenbach, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, visited the editorial board Wednesday. The FDA is facing an outbreak of salmonella in tomatoes and attempting to upgrade its processes to deal with the changing food market....Tags: Lettuce, Science, Tomatoes, Science and Technology, Illnesses
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