Subject:

Food Poisoning

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Taco Bell Salmonella Alert

    According to the Chinese zodiac, 2012 is the Year of the Dragon, but it should be renamed the "Year of the Salmon--ella outbreak and consequent civil suits."Too long?Two lawsuits due to salmonella poisoning have been filed against Taco Bell this year. The second lawsuit, also filed by Marler Clark, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    15 Food Statistics That Should Make You Cry

    2 million: Dogs and cats abused and killed by the international fur industry each year -- including by the Burlington Coat Factory, which used to sell "Mongolian Dog Fur" that was made from domesticated dogs. Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).24: Number of cats it takes to make a fur coat i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    Fifty Million a Year Become Ill from Eating

    Michael Batz, head of food safety programs at the University of Florida Emerging Pathogens Institute (EPI).​The University of Florida Emerging Pathogens Institute (EPI) has named the foods commonly responsible for food-related illness.Contrary to what most people think, those huge outbreaks of con ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2011

    Sun Life Stadium Should Ban Meat

    Salmonella bacteria​British soccer stadium Forest Green Rovers Football Club recently instituted a ban on burgers and sausages. Its vegan owner first barred the team's players from partaking in red meat for "health and performance reasons," and then extended the policy to patrons as well, reasonin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    Top 10 Worst Food Recalls of 2010

    image via portorikan on flickr.Food poisoning.​Blech! We used to think food recalls were a rare phenomenon. Turns out American factory culture may not have changed enough since Upton Sinclair wrote "The Jungle," to stop bacterium-infected food products from hitting store shelves.The last year has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2010

    Foodborne Illnesses 101: Eat and Run (To the Bathroom)

    Nina Mathews on flickr Eat me at your own risk.​Last year it was peanut butter. Last month it was eggs. Who knows what food-borne illness outbreak will hit us this month. Seems like outbreaks are coming at us faster than New Jersey-based reality TV shows these days. But besides satisfying ... More >>

  • News

    June 25, 2009

    Death and Tacos

    A young mother suffered an unhappy fate at a classic Miami-Dade greasy spoon.

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2009

    Death and Tacos: Young Mother Suffered an Unhappy Fate at Miami-Dade Mexican Eatery

    via flicker ccTacos from some other restaurant.On a Sunday night last January, a bubbly brunette waitress named Courtney Rhon stopped for takeout at El Toro Taco in Homestead. The 32-year-old mother of two ordered a beef chimichanga and a taco dish for her 14-year-old son. There was food at home for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2008

    Pedophilic Weatherman Released from Jail

    Never use the Internet when you're laid up with food poisoning, and never trust your own legal defense. Those are the lessons supposedly learned from the bizarre criminal saga of former WSVN Channel 7 weatherman Bill Kamal, who was released from jail last week. In actuality, Kamal, using the screen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2008

    5 Food Stories You Need to Read

    Never use the Internet when you're laid up with food poisoning, and never trust your own legal defense. Those are the lessons supposedly learned from the bizarre criminal saga of former WSVN Channel 7 weatherman Bill Kamal, who was released from jail last week. In actuality, Kamal, using the screen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2008

    Florida Most Dangerous State For Eating Out

    Never use the Internet when you're laid up with food poisoning, and never trust your own legal defense. Those are the lessons supposedly learned from the bizarre criminal saga of former WSVN Channel 7 weatherman Bill Kamal, who was released from jail last week. In actuality, Kamal, using the screen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2008

    Burger King Pitches Penny To Tomato Pickers

    Never use the Internet when you're laid up with food poisoning, and never trust your own legal defense. Those are the lessons supposedly learned from the bizarre criminal saga of former WSVN Channel 7 weatherman Bill Kamal, who was released from jail last week. In actuality, Kamal, using the screen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2007

    Food Critic Poisoned!

    Never use the Internet when you're laid up with food poisoning, and never trust your own legal defense. Those are the lessons supposedly learned from the bizarre criminal saga of former WSVN Channel 7 weatherman Bill Kamal, who was released from jail last week. In actuality, Kamal, using the screen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2007

    Food Critic Poisoned!

    Never use the Internet when you're laid up with food poisoning, and never trust your own legal defense. Those are the lessons supposedly learned from the bizarre criminal saga of former WSVN Channel 7 weatherman Bill Kamal, who was released from jail last week. In actuality, Kamal, using the screen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2007

    The ABC's of Restaurant Cleanliness

    Never use the Internet when you're laid up with food poisoning, and never trust your own legal defense. Those are the lessons supposedly learned from the bizarre criminal saga of former WSVN Channel 7 weatherman Bill Kamal, who was released from jail last week. In actuality, Kamal, using the screen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2007

    The ABC's of Restaurant Cleanliness

    Never use the Internet when you're laid up with food poisoning, and never trust your own legal defense. Those are the lessons supposedly learned from the bizarre criminal saga of former WSVN Channel 7 weatherman Bill Kamal, who was released from jail last week. In actuality, Kamal, using the screen ... More >>

  • Dining

    July 26, 2001

    Fishy Reaction

    Off tuna

  • Dining

    October 28, 1999

    Dish

    Analyze This, Don't Eat It

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