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Man arrested in Italy after threats to adulterate food products

By News Desk on June 25, 2022

A man has been arrested in Italy for threatening to tamper with food and water products in supermarkets.

Investigators said the 47-year-old man claimed he would target mineral water and food items in supermarkets by…

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Spanish poisoning survivors stage museum protest

By News Desk on October 22, 2021

A group of people affected by a large poisoning outbreak in Spain from adulterated olive oil several decades ago have tried to raise awareness of the incident, according to media reports.

Reuters reported the survivors…
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Police charge man for suspected food contamination

By News Desk on August 27, 2021

Police in London have arrested a man on suspicion of contaminating food at three supermarkets.

Metropolitan Police detained Leoaai Elghareeb in Hammersmith and Fulham after foodstuffs at the stores were injected with an as yet…
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Prosecutors drop charges in strawberry tampering incident involving needles

By News Desk on July 15, 2021

Charges against a woman accused of putting needles in strawberries in 2018 in Australia have been dropped.

My Ut Trinh, an ex-farm worker, had been charged with contamination of goods and was scheduled to go…
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Stricter food contamination penalties proposed in New Zealand

By News Desk on January 17, 2019

Plans to create stronger penalties for deliberate food contamination are being considered in New Zealand.

Nathan Guy, a member of parliament for the New Zealand National Party, has proposed a Member’s Bill to protect people…
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Police investigating after needles found in Australian strawberries

By Joe Whitworth on September 14, 2018

Sewing needles have been found in six brands of strawberries sold at Woolworths in four Australian states.

Queensland authorities warned people who bought the Berry Obsession, Berry Licious, Love Berry, Donnybrook Berries, Delightful Strawberries, and…
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Report: Food Recalls Have Nearly Doubled Since 2002

By News Desk on July 22, 2015

http://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-photography-egg-recall-image15750047The number of U.S. food products recalled — and the costs associated with those recalls — have nearly doubled since 2002, according to a report by reinsurance company Swiss Re. In more than half…
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As Online Sales of Breast Milk Rise, Experts Warn of Dangers

By James Andrews on April 20, 2015

With information abounding on the health benefits of breast milk for infants, a growing number of under-producing mothers are eschewing formula and instead turning to online marketplaces to buy breast milk directly from other moms.
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Raw Milk: A Mother’s Story

By Mary McGonigle-Martin on April 11, 2012

My interest in health and nutrition began some 30 years ago. At 19 I quit smoking and for the first time in my life put on some extra pounds. (I’m sure it had something to…
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Gulf Seafood Not So Safe for Pregnant Women, Children?

By Dan Flynn on October 13, 2011

If people living on the Gulf Coast trusted the federal government all that much, they might be in trouble right now.  

In the first peer-reviewed challenge to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s)…

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