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Small Intestine Senses Bitter Toxins in Food (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 9 (HealthDay News) -- If bitter-tasting food makes
you feel ill, it may just be your digestive system doing its job, a new
report says.
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CEO says listeria in Toronto meat plant no surprise (Reuters)
Reuters - Maple Leaf Foods Inc Chief Executive Michael McCain said on Thursday it was not surprising to find listeria bacteria lingering in a Maple Leaf meat plant in Toronto whose products have been linked to at least 20 deaths in a food-poisoning outbreak.
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More listeria cases found at Maple Leaf plant (Reuters)
Reuters - Maple Leaf Foods halted distribution for a second time at a Toronto plant at the center of a tainted-meat crisis linked to at least 20 deaths after Canadian investigators found four new positive samples of listeria in products.
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Europeans have little appetite for Frankenfood: survey (AFP)
AFP - Europeans are generally opposed to meat from cloned animals, feeling not enough is known about the long-term effects of eating it, according to an EU survey published Thursday.
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Germ linked to dairy kills three in outbreak: CDC (Reuters)
Reuters - An outbreak of Listeria food poisoning from a Massachusetts dairy killed three elderly men, caused the stillbirth of a baby and the premature birth of a second baby, U.S. health officials reported on Thursday.
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Europeans reject animal cloning for food: survey (Reuters)
Reuters - Most Europeans have reservations about cloning animals for food, while 67 percent see cloning as justified if used to preserve rare animal species, a survey that could help forge EU policy in the area showed on Thursday.
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China sets melamine levels for milk products (AP)
AP - China has adopted its first rules governing allowable levels of an industrial chemical at the center of the tainted milk scandal, as it tries to assuage a growing number of countries that are banning its imports.
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Latest warning highlights dangers of microwaving (AP)
AP - Zapping frozen meals in the microwave may be fast and easy, but it also can make you sick if it's not done properly.
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China tries to contain tainted milk fallout (AFP)
AFP - China attempted Sunday to contain the fallout from the tainted milk scandal, announcing a new survey of dairy products showed no traces of melamine and promising to subsidise farmers hit by the scare.
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Tainted Cadbury chocolate found in Hong Kong (AP)
AP - Hong Kong said Sunday it found two Cadbury chocolate products contained considerably more of the industrial chemical melamine than the city's legal limit in a growing scandal over tainted food made in China.
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