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With the increasing reports of the flu and related complication, President Obama has declared a national health emergency. This allows for certain legal waivers to be lifted and patient care to be expedited.
It also means further opportunities for hackers and criminals to push out fake products:
“Fake Tamiflu is one of many bogus products being [...]

The peanut contanimation and the subsequent recall have been documented in terms of illnesses, deaths and massive product recalls. Now there is a cost estimate in terms of the financial consequences:
“The U.S. peanut industry could lose $1 billion because of an outbreak of salmonella that has caused the biggest food recall in [...]

In China, the solution to deal with those who were responsible for the tainted milk products was very simple. They were executed - and the head of the State Food and Drug Administration was one example. The owner of the Peanut Corp. of America may be fortunate to be accused under a western [...]

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accumulated a list of recalled peanut butter items. This is necessitated by the salmonella concern regarding tainted peanut butter:
“This list includes food products subject to recall in the United States since January 2009 related to peanut butter and peanut paste recalled by Peanut Corporation of America. This [...]

Would a manufacturer knowingly ship tainted product for human consumption? This was done in China with contaminated milk products. Now, in the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has alleged suspicions of similar behaviour:
“The government Tuesday accused the peanut butter manufacturer tied to a nationwide salmonella outbreak of shipping products in [...]

For pet owners, it is like déjà vu. There is another pet treat recall. This time, it is related to the ongoing peanut butter recall:
“PetSmart is recalling seven of its Grreat Choice dog biscuit products because they contain peanut products made by a company that has been linked to a salmonella outbreak in [...]

With the concern about salmonella contamination, some companies have issued warnings and removed retail items for sale. For example, last week, the Kellogg Company warned about its peanut butter crackers product. Now two federal agencies, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Center for Disease Control (CDC), are issuing advisories:
“…The Food and [...]

Melamine is an industrial chemical. It is not a natural by-product of foods. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is finding more melamine in infant formula:
“…Thursday, the FDA said two tests of a sample of Nestle’s Good Start Supreme Infant Formula with Iron showed melamine at levels of 137 and 140 parts per [...]

Melamine is an industrial chemical. It is the chemical that has been implicated in the deaths of thousands of household pets when the animal food supply was contaminated. Recently, melamine has contaminated the milk supply in China. Thousands of children were made ill by this chemical. There have been some deaths [...]

It is with some distress that parents are finding that there are reports of trace amount of melamine in American baby products. It may be trace amounts but, for many people, any amount of impurities contaminating infant formula is simply not acceptable.
There are some manufactures who are stepping forward and stating that their products [...]