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Today, after several days since Minnesota health officials found salmonella bacteria in a five pound tub of peanut butter manufactured by Peanut Corporation of America, Peanut Corporation of America…
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The Minnesota Health Department of Agriculture & Health released another news report concerning the salmonella recovered from King Nut, InjuryBoard member Jane Akre wrote on today: Health…
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Have you recently eaten peanut butter? Was this peanut butter King Nut or Parnell’s Pride? If yes, this post if for you. This past weekend, Minnesota health officials discovered salmonella…
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Soon after the Minnesota Department of Health and Minnesota Department of Agriculture issued a product advisory after finding the presence of Salmonella bacteria in a five pound container of King…
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Today the Washington Post released an article reporting that an Ohio peanut butter distributor issued a voluntary recall for two brands of peanut butter. This recall was announced after Minnesota…
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Robert Stanley McElhannon of Monroe, Georgia died after a traffic accident this past Monday. It was in the afternoon when his car collided with another car at the intersection of Highway 78 and…
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Georgia is among the states that are part of a national salmonella outbreak. This outbreak has sent a dozen people to the hospital and nearly 400 people have been sick from the outbreak, Atlanta…
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Last month while construction workers were working on building a “Canopy Walk” attraction at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, part of the structure gave way and collapsed. This accident…
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Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a plan to establish a set of five year prevention targets to reduce health care-associated infections (HAIs). HHS is also…
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U.S. regulators said this past Monday that color additives made from insects must be disclosed on food and cosmetics labels by 2011. This is a result of the possibility of allergic reactions from…
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FDA announced a recall on January 2 of UD 30654 of Healon D, an ophthalmic viscosurgical device (OVD). This device is manufactured by Advanced Medical Optics Inc. of Santa Ana, California. On…
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Rosetta Genomics announced earlier this week the availability of its third MicroRNA-based diagnostic test called miRview(TM) meso. The test is the first that can diagnose mesothelioma from other…