The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Sunsations Inc., of Virginia Beach, Va., has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $60,000. The penalty agreement (pdf) has been provisionally accepted by the Commission (5-0). The settlement resolves CPSC staff allegations that Sunsations knowingly failed to report to CPSC immediately, as required by […]
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Listeria Outbreak In 4 states
CDC is collaborating with public health officials in several states, including Colorado, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a multistate outbreak of listeriosis. Listeriosis is a serious infection usually caused by eating food contaminated with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. Investigators are using DNA analysis of Listeria isolated from patients to identify […]
Cargill Foods Recalls Tainted Turkey
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service and Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. in Springdale, Ark. announced yesterday a recall of approximately 185,000 pounds of Salmonella-tainted ground turkey meat. According to the FSIS, this current food safety alert is tied to the earlier recall of 36 million pounds of turkey meat contaminated with Salmonella […]
Concrete pours over workers injuring 4
Four workers at a San Francisco construction site were injured when they were hit by concrete as it was being poured today, according to a San Francisco Fire department spokesperson. The accident happen an apartment building currently under construction 2235 Third St. near 19th Street at around 8:00 this morning, said Mindy Talmadge of the […]
Fatal four-car crash in Napa County injures Pinole man
Muriel Rollins, 58, of Pinole, was named as one of those injured in the four vehicle crash that claimed the life of one man in Napa County on Monday. The accident which occurred at around 10:30 Monday morning happened just west of the Solano County line in a no-passing area closed Highway 12 for eight […]
