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Food & Entertainment Industries Get Failing Grade For
Pushing Unhealthy Snacks On Kids

Food & Entertainment Industries Get Failing Grade For Pushing Unhealthy Snacks On Kids

The folks over at the Center for Science in the Public Interest recently took a look at how 128 different food and entertainment companies market food to kids. And, perhaps not surprisingly, they gave failing marks to 95 of them for having either weak policies for marketing food products to children or having none at all. [More]

USDA Says Defunct Canadian Meatpacker Was Source Of Recent E.coli Beef Contaminations

USDA Says Defunct Canadian Meatpacker Was Source Of Recent E.coli Beef Contaminations

The U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service has used “DNA fingerprints” to trace the source of recent U.S. outbreaks of contaminated beef back to one shoddy supplier in Alberta, Canada. The company most likely responsible is Rancher’s Beef, Ltd, which went out of business on August 15th, but not before helping sink Topps and contributing to nearly 100 illnesses in the U.S. and Canada.

How Topps Hamburger Overproduced Themselves Out Of Business

How Topps Hamburger Overproduced Themselves Out Of Business

The demand for frozen hamburger patties is overwhelming! Shoppers just can’t get enough of cheap frozen hamburgers.

Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Walmart, Pathmark, Topps Meat For Selling E. Coli Tainted Beef

Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Walmart, Pathmark, Topps Meat For Selling E. Coli Tainted Beef

28 people in 8 states have fallen ill due to e. coli exposure from Topps frozen hamburgers and now a class action lawsuit has been filed against the meat processor and several grocery stores who sold the product. 10 people have been hospitalized. One has hemolytic-uremic syndrome, which causes kidney failure.

Hamburger Recalled For E. Coli After 6 Illnesses Reported In New York

Hamburger Recalled For E. Coli After 6 Illnesses Reported In New York

6 people have fallen ill due to e. coli contaminated frozen hamburger, according to the Associated Press. Three of the illnesses required hospitalization.