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ONLY ON AP Belarus milk tainted after Chernobyl
As the 30th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear accident approaches, Belarusian farmers near the Chernobyl plant continue their work as usual. Nikolai Chubenok's herd of 50 dairy cows grazes on land just 45 kilometres (25 miles)...
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In an interview with the Associated Press, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg says the agency soon will update guidance for pregnant women on the appropriate levels of mercury in seafood but won't require mercury labeling. (May 30)
The Food and Drug Administration is updating its advice for pregnant women on the appropriate levels of mercury in seafood but Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said Friday that it won't require mercury labels on seafood packages.
In an...
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ONLY ON AP Wal-Mart struggles with China growth
Zhong Guoyan sifted through piles of fish at a Wal-Mart in Shenzhen, China's fifth-largest city. She studied the fins, to make sure they were bright red and firm. She peered at the eyeballs - were they bulging?"I like when the products...
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CDC warn consumers not to eat romaine lettuce
Health officials in the U.S. and Canada on Tuesday told people to avoid eating romaine lettuce because of a new E. coli outbreak.
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Man who set up support group for tainted milk victims pleads not guilty
1. Wide of Zhao Lianhai''s wife, Li Xuemei with lawyers representing her husband, and child
2. Close of Li Xuemei, tilt down to reading the defence documents
3. Mid of Li Xuemei reading documents
4. Close of defence documents
5. Zoom...
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Tainted eggs fear spreads across Europe
The risk of getting sick from eating a Dutch egg tainted with insecticide is negligible, but that hasn't stopped stores in Germany and the Netherlands from stripping them from supermarket shelves and other food safety agencies in Europe...
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Meat giant Cargill is recalling 36 million pounds of ground turkey after a government hunt for the source of a salmonella outbreak that has killed one person in California and sickened dozens more.
HEADLINE: Salmonella Scare Forces Cargill Turkey Recall
CAPTION: Meat giant Cargill is recalling 36 million pounds of ground turkey after a government hunt for the source of a salmonella outbreak that has killed one person in California...
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Presser on investigation into poisoned dumplings
Beijing - 28 February 2008
1. Wide of interior of State Council conference on tainted dumplings
2. Cutaway of cameras
3. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Yu Xinmin, Deputy Director General of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ministry of...
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The FDA and EPA are advising pregnant and breastfeeding women to eat low-mercury seafood, but are not requiring package labeling. The agencies say the nutritional benefits from most seafood outweigh any mercury risks. (June 10)
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(SUPER = Voice of: Dr. Stephen Ostroff, Acting FDA Chief Scientist)
"Emerging science now tells us that limiting or avoiding fish during pregnancy and early childhood can mean missing out on...
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The government has decided that food from cloned animals is safe to eat and does not require special labeling.
HEADLINE: FDA Approves Milk, Meat From Cloned Animals
CAPTION: After more than five years of study, the federal government concluded food from cloned animals is safe to eat. (Dec. 28)
[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE]
Food from cloned animals could...
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Tour of food quality facilities after contaminations
1. Wide of worker at fruit juice production line
2. Boxes of tomato juice on production line
3. Worker checking orange juice boxes
4. Boxes of orange juice on production line
5. Wide tilt-down of exterior of Beijing Entry-Exit...
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Judge rejects packing plant's request to stop recall of 50,000 tons of meat
Oss, Netherlands
1. The sign on Willy Selten's meat packing plant
2. Wide of the Selten meat factory with closed gate
3. Close up of a chain lock on the front gate of the Selten meat factory
4. Equipment in front of the Selten meat...
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Gaza bombing, prayers, funerals; Khan Younis shelling, aid convoy
AP Television
Gaza City, Gaza Strip
1.Wide of Gaza skyline, flares, purportedly white phosphorous, exploding
AP Television
Gaza City, Gaza Strip
2. Wide of Gaza skyline, flares, purportedly white phosphorous, exploding
Ramattan TV
Gaza...
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Fukushima fallout fears: South Koreans turn their backs on seafood
Sales of seafood have plummeted in South Korea with consumers fearing it could be contaminated following the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
The government in Seoul has already banned fish imports from 8 prefectures near Fukushima, but...
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Peru issues health alert over tainted milk fears
The Peruvian authorities issued a health alert on Monday for the alleged contamination of children's milk products from France.
At a press conference, Luis del Carpio, Peru's Directorate General for Environmental Health...
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Peru issues health alert over tainted milk fears
The Peruvian authorities issued a health alert on Monday for the alleged contamination of children's milk products from France.
At a press conference, Luis del Carpio, Peru's Directorate General for Environmental Health and...
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New crackdown on milk products after more tainted goods found
Beijing - February 2, 2010
1. Wide of people in supermarket
2. Medium of woman looking at milk
3. Wide, pan of dairy products displayed in supermarket
4. Wide of people in dairy products area
5. Close of yogurts
6. Wide of people...
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State health officials say a California resident is the lone known death in a spate of salmonella poisonings across the country that appear to be linked to eating ground turkey meat.
HEADLINE: Salmonella death linked to Calif. ground turkey
CAPTION: State health officials say a California resident is the lone known death in a spate of salmonella poisonings across the country that appear to be linked to eating ground...
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FRANCE: FIRST RESULTS OF BSE TESTS RELEASED
French/Nat
More than 30 cases of B-S-E were discovered during extensive tests on cattle across France earlier this year, it was announced on Monday.
The French Food and Safety Authority - AFSSA - released the first results of BSE tests...
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Local council comments after second case of bird flu confirmed in a week
A spokesman from the Netherlands Food Safety Authority said on Thursday that there's no need to start thinking about "worst-case scenarios", referring to the second case of bird flu confirmed in a week at a chicken farm in the country....
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The head of the Southern California slaughterhouse at the center of the largest beef recall in U.S. history said Wednesday no unsafe beef was processed at his plant but that his company is ruined despite no evidence of contamination.
HEADLINE: Slaughterhouse president talks to Congress
CAPTION: Steve Mendell, the president of a California slaughterhouse at the center of the largest beef recall in U.S. history, acknowledged Wednesday that cattle were illegally...
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Safety concerns over tainted milk not revealed for months
1. Wide of exterior of factory entrance
2. Close-up pan of sign (English and Chinese) reading "Shanghai Panda Dairy Industry Co., Ltd."
3. Office buildings inside the compound with lights still on seen through gate
4. Zoom out from...
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Diplomatic preparations ahead of Fox's visit to Washington
1. President George W. Bush in Oval Office photo opportunity with Senator Trent Lott
2. Cutaway of press
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) US President George W. Bush
"I'll tell him that this administration, I know many members of Congress are...
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Scandal farm forced to dump milk, farmers struggle to sell
Yuanshi County, Hebei province, China
1. Milk being dumped from tank
2. Close of milk being dumped tank
3. Medium, pan of milk being discharged and flowing on ground
4. Close of man sweeping dumped milk
5. Wide of man sweeping...