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Taco Bell stays down, but China pushes Yum Brands profit up 30%
Taco Bell may still be having a rough time at home, but Yum Brands Inc. is riding high -- and it has China to thank.
The company, which also owns Pizza Hut and KFC, reported a 30% surge in fourth-quarter income due largely to explosive growth abroad. Yum...Tags: Tacos, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Restaurants, Companies and Corporations, Foods and Beverages
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Reports link Taco Bells to 2011 multi-state salmonella outbreak
For days, the speculation has been rampant: Which Mexican food chain – only identified as “Restaurant Chain A” by federal investigators earlier this month -- was linked to a large salmonella outbreak late last year?
This week, Food...Tags: Disease Prevention, Foods and Beverages, Diseases and Illnesses, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Dining and Drinking
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Bagged greens: To wash or not to wash
The salad chefs I know fall into two camps: Some serve pre-washed bagged leafy greens straight from the bag. The others insist on washing them first, even though the bag label promises that the contents are "triple-washed."
Over the years, I've ignored...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Salads, Manufacturing and Engineering, Health and Safety at School, Education
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Salad industry on hunt for solution to tainted greens
For millions of Americans, bagged salads are a miracle food, the perfect mix of health and convenience.
Time-pressed cooks can rip open a bag and pour the leaves right into the bowl, reassured by the "triple-washed" label that some wondrous process has...Tags: Gaming, Cornell University, Health and Safety at School, Science, Medical Procedures and Tests
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FDA finds low levels of fungicide in orange juice concentrate
Trace levels of the fungicide carbendazim were discovered in domestic orange juice samples, the Food and Drug Administration reported Thursday. But the FDA said the levels pose no safety risk, and the orange juice will not be recalled.
FDA spokeswoman...Tags: Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues, Matt Stevens, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics
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Counter-terrorism chemical labs test for synthetic pot
When Jeffery H. Moran goes to work each day, he swipes his security badge, passes into an airtight chamber, opens a bombproof door and enters a lab full of deadly toxins.
As chief of the counter-terrorism laboratory at the Arkansas Department of Health...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Finance, Synthetic Marijuana, Maytag Corp., Symptoms
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Fatter cows, sicker people
When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration restricted the routine use of a class of antibiotics known as cephalosporins in livestock, it picked an easy target. The agency's move is better than nothing, but nonetheless it is a reminder of the FDA's...Tags: Chemicals, Chemicals, Drugs and Medicines, Cancer, Agriculture
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California cantaloupe farms regroup after listeria outbreak
A tragedy 1,300 miles away changed a way of life in this Central California farm town that proudly calls itself the Cantaloupe Center of the World.
This would normally be the season when farmers plan the summer crop that in good years is valued at nearly...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Tomatoes, Listeria Outbreak (2011), Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance
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FDA changing course on antibiotics in livestock
Only 20% of the antibiotics sold in the U.S. are given to people who are sick with bacterial infections, such as ear and urinary tract infections and pneumonia. Most of the penicillin, tetracycline and other antibiotic drugs used in this country are given...Tags: Health Organizations, Staphylococcal infection , Drugs and Medicines, Diseases and Illnesses, Pneumonia
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FDA limits some antibiotic use in food animals
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration prohibited some unapproved uses of antibiotics in livestock on Wednesday.
Farmers will no longer be able to administer a class of antibiotics called cephalosporins to cattle, pigs, chicken and turkeys in unapproved...Tags: Health Organizations, Drugs and Medicines, Diseases and Illnesses, Agriculture, Pneumonia
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The culprit in a cookie dough E. coli outbreak could be raw flour
An investigation of a 2009 outbreak of E. coli traced back to raw cookie dough finds the culprit may be raw flour.
A report released Friday in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases provides the details of the analysis, from the first outbreaks of E....Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nestle SA, E. coli Infection, Health, Diseases and Illnesses
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Possible food poisoning on a plane: What is Clostridium perfringens?
The family of a man who died of a heart attack while aboard a plane this spring has sued the airline, alleging food poisoning and that it allowed the man to travel while notably ill. The family claims in their lawsuit that the man's meal was...Tags: Health Organizations, Disease Prevention, Mayo Clinic, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Diseases and Illnesses
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