Archive for February, 2008
« Previous EntriesFood poisoning: Villagers stop consumption of moi moi
Friday, February 29th, 2008
Punch - Villagers in Bekwarra Local Government Area of Cross River have stopped the consumption of ‘moi moi,’ following reported cases of food poisoning in the area. The moi moi made from local beans also known as ‘Banbara nuts’ is a staple food in …
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Test Confirms Pills Found In Frozen Fish Product
Friday, February 29th, 2008Eyewitness News - … said it’s recalling the frozen fish as a precaution while a laboratory conducts further tests to determine the nature of the pills. The Shrewsbury, Pa., woman who bit into something hard when she bit into a fish fillet was tested for food poisoning …
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Bills report: Notes, quotes
Friday, February 29th, 2008CBS Sportsline - The Bills didn’t conduct a full interview with QB Trent Edwards at last year’s Indianapolis scouting combine, but there was good reason: he had food poisoning.
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Jury hears actor John Ritter’s final message to wife
Friday, February 29th, 2008CNN - GLENDALE, California (AP) — Jurors in the trial of a wrongful-death lawsuit against two of John Ritter’s doctors heard the actor’s voice as he reported to his wife in a phone message that he wasn’t feeling well and thought he had food poisoning. Amy …
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Has China given up on probe for truth? - The Daily Yomiuri
Friday, February 29th, 2008CCTV
Has China given up on probe for truth?The Daily Yomiuri, Japan - 6 hours agoIt would be highly undesirable if the shelving of fact-finding efforts into the recent food poisoning caused by Chinese-made frozen gyoza results in an …China deflects blame in Japan dumpling row AFPChina denies being pesticide source for tainted gyoza The Daily […]
Pill-like objects in frozen fish package prompt scare
Friday, February 29th, 2008Philadelphia Inquirer - Tracy Rowan and her two children were tested for food poisoning after she bit into something hard while eating Gorton’s crispy battered fish fillets on Sunday.
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Tensions Rise over Contaminated Dumplings
Friday, February 29th, 2008Donga.com - Mystery surrounding an outbreak of food poisoning in Japan linked to Chinese-made dumplings is deepening. The case first came to light at the end of January when a highly toxic pesticide called methamidophos was detected in dumplings imported from …
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Live Cells Used to Detect Food Poisoning - RedOrbit
Friday, February 29th, 2008Live Cells Used to Detect Food PoisoningRedOrbit, TX - 6 hours agoIt also recognizes several species of Bacillus, a non-fatal but common cause of food-poisoning, said Pratik Banerjee, a Purdue researcher and first author …
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Technology uses live cells to detect food-borne pathogens, toxins
Friday, February 29th, 2008PhysOrg - It also recognizes several species of Bacillus, a non-fatal but common cause of food-poisoning, said Pratik Banerjee, a Purdue researcher and first author of a study detailing the technology that is published in the February issue of the journal …
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John Ritter Left ‘Food Poisoning’ Message Before His Death
Friday, February 29th, 2008Starpulse.com - Popular actor John Ritter feared he had fallen victim to a serious bout of food poisoning on the day he died, according to a phone message that was played at his wrongful death trial in California. As part of his widow Amy Yasbeck’s testimony on …
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