16.jul.07
Hernando Today (FL)
Donna Peacock
http://www.hernandotoday.com/health/MGB74VB974F.html
Her cousin called from the hospital where he had spent the previous three days in intensive care. He was suffering from hemorrhagic colitis, more commonly called E-Coli, which is the bacteria that causes the illness. He was convinced that the source was hamburger meat that she, his cousin, had brought to a family gathering the previous weekend.

24.jun.07
The Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2007/06/24/his_latest_challenge_keeping_our_food_supply_safe/
In this story Globe staffer Diedtra Henderson reported an interview she conducted with Dr. David W.K. Acheson , the Food and Drug Administration's newly named assistant commissioner for food protection, about food safety matters.
Q You've got a tough assignment: securing the food supply as safety questions loom about pet food and feed for cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry, and farm-raised fish and shrimp. Why take that job now?

20.jun.07
Alberni Valley Times (B.C.)
Julia Carinci
The Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA), according to this story, offers residents the opportunity to view the history of food inspections at every restaurant, deli and food service establishment in Port Alberni (along with every other island community).
The information is available via the health authority website at www.viha.ca
A link on the site allows residents to view the latest inspection record for local restaurants (listed in alphabetical order).

21.jun.07
The Record (Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge, Ontario)
The discovery of toothpaste containing poisonous diethylene glycol on store shelves in Guelph and elsewhere, on the heels of the tainted pet-food scare that killed dozens of pets across North America this spring, is, according to this editorial, a sober reminder for all consumers.
Canada enjoys a highly regulated and efficient food inspection system and, as a result, Canadians can be secure that the food they serve on their table is, by and large, quite safe.

09.jun.07
Associated Press
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-China-Tainted-Food.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
BEIJING -- China was cited as saying Saturday it had rejected a shipment of pistachios from the United States because it contained ants, the latest indication the government may be retaliating as Chinese products are turned back from overseas because of safety concerns.

18.may.07
The Columbus Dispatch (Ohio)
Misti Crane
http://www.columbusdispatch.com/dispatch/content/local_news/stories/2007/05/18/HEPATITIS.ART_ART_05-18-07_A1_U36OL7H.html
Vaccines against hepatitis A and rotavirus are now included in a list of recommended vaccines that protect against 16 illnesses by the age of 18.
Public health officials herald the development of new vaccines as a way to minimize suffering and sometimes death, and to lower health-care costs associated with the illnesses.

May 18, 2007
Beverage Daily
http://www.beveragedaily.com/news/ng.asp?n=76543&m=2FLG518&idP=6&c=bvgvywgxsucqeol

Coca-Cola has reformulated two of its soft drinks in the US to halt a lawsuit alleging they may contain the cancer-causing chemical, benzene.

Coca-Cola,, while still denying the allegation, said it changed formulas in its Vault Zero and Fanta Pineapple drinks last September to minimise benzene formation, the settlement document says.

May 16, 2007
New Scientist
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn10971?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=dn10971

New Scientist has received an unprecedented amount of interest in this story from readers. If you would like up-to-date information on any plans for clinical trials of DCA in patients with cancer, or would like to donate towards a fund for such trials, please visit the site set up by the University of Alberta and the Alberta Cancer Board. We will also follow events closely and will report any progress as it happens.

May 9, 2007
Food Engineering Magazine
http://www.foodengineeringmag.com/CDA/Articles/Manufacturing_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000104481

According to a recent LA Times story, Kentucky Fried Chicken will be displaying warning brochures and labels in its California outlets to explain to its customers that its fried and baked potatoes and potato chips may contain acrylamide, a carcinogenic byproduct of the reaction of chemicals in food to high heat. The initiative is part of a 2005 law suit settlement with the state of California.

17.apr.07
The Record (Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo, Ontario)
Dana Flavelle, Toronto Star and Canadian Press
The sudden unexplained loss of millions of bees in the Niagara region -- up to 90 per cent in some commercial colonies -- has, according to this story, prompted Ontario beekeepers to ask experts at the University of Guelph to investigate.
The story says that the move comes amid the mysterious disappearance of millions of bees in the U.S., in a phenomenon so unusual that it has spawned a new phrase -- "Colony Collapse Disorder.''