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Listeria-Tainted Meat Causes Deaths in Canada
At least 13 people have died from eating processed meat products
from Maple Leaf Foods, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that turned out
to be contaminated with listeria. Lawsuits have been filed
against the company in four provinces, and Maple Leafs stock is
taking a beating.
The contaminated meat...
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Cold News for Hot Pockets
More than 200,000 frozen pepperoni pizza Hot Pockets have been
recalled by their producer, Nestle Prepared Foods Co, which said
they might contain "foreign materials."
The recalled items include the 54-ounce, 12-pack cartons, with
"8157544614D," "BEST BEFORE JAN 2010," and "EST 7721A" printed ...
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New York Teens Expose Fish Fakery
A number of New York City sushi restaurants and grocery stores
are playing bait and switch with fish, say two high school
students turned high-tech sleuths who have been using DNA testing.
Kate Stoeckle and Louisa Strauss, who graduated this year from
the Trinity School in Manhattan, took on a...
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Madagascar Shrimp Certified by Friend of the Sea
Gel-Pêche, Bougenais, France, has obtain the international
sustainability certification from Friend of the Sea for its
shrimp, following audit by independent certification body.
According to the latest official stock assessments reported by
FAO, the Penaeus species fished by Gel-Pêche supplie...
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Nissin Getting Down to Cold Business
Nissin Food Products of Japan plans to make a full-fledged entry
into the prepared frozen food market in September, just a month
before it spins off its frozen operations/.
The company will launch eight prepared frozen meal products
featuring high quality, aiming to attract middle-aged and eld...
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ConAgra Graduates to Recycled Plastic for Food Trays
ConAgra Foods, Omaha, Nebraska, has opted to incorporate
post-consumer recycled plastic in its frozen meal trays, a move
it said will divert approximately eight million pounds a year of
plastic from landfills to the recycling stream.
Most frozen meals trays are made of crystallized PET plastic...
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American Seafoods Expands Fleet
America Seafoods Group (American Seafoods), Seattle, Washington,
USA, has acquired the factory trawler HIGHLAND LIGHT and the
fishing vessel TRACY ANNE from subsidiaries of Yardarm Knot,
Inc. following the receipt of applicable government approvals.
With the acquisition, American Seafoods ...
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Brazil Taps India for Poultry Exports
A deal has been reached for the export of unprocessed poultry
meat from Brazil to India -- potentially reaching 300,000 tons in
the first year.
The Brazilian Association of Chicken Producers and Exporters
(ABEF) said that this could make India the number one buyer of
Brazilian chicken. Until ...
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