A German supermarket employee got a surprise this week when she opened two boxes of bananas to find them filled with more than 60 pounds of cocaine worth $2 million, police said.
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- Top cocaine smuggler nabbed, Mexico saysAn alleged top cocaine smuggler has been captured, Mexican authorities said Monday. MORE: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~3/221134500/...
- ‘Drug subs’ help flood U.S. with cocaineSophisticated submarine-like boats are the latest tool drug runners are using to bring cocaine north from Colombia, U.S. officials say. MOR...
- Newly discovered banana ripening genes – (CropBiotech Update)Scientist from the Department of Postharvest Science of Fresh Produce, Volcani Center, Israel, the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca...
- Smuggler breaks leg to wear cocaine castSpanish police arrested a man arriving at Barcelona’s airport from Chile after determining that the cast on his fractured left leg was made of c...
- SINGAPORE: Where has that banana leaf been? Stacks of leaves left uncovered in the dirt outside eateries – (The Electric New Paper)http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4136,163750,00.html http://barfblog.foodsafety.ksu.edu/2008/05/articles/yuck-factor/banana-leaves-left-uncov...
- Mexican navy confiscates 7 tons of cocaineThe Mexican navy confiscated 7 tons of cocaine being transported on a fishing vessel in international waters in the Pacific Ocean, the navy secretary ...
- ONTARIO: Family shocked by ’stinky’ juice boxes – (TheStar.com)A southern Ontario family is rattled that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has yet to issue a public warning about faulty juice boxes that could po...
- US: North Aire Market issues allergy alert on possible traces of almonds in Chicken Dumpling soup mix – (U.S. FDA Press Release)http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/northaire04_08.html North Aire Market of Shakopee, MN is recalling 99 boxes of Chicken Dumpling Soup Mix because ...
- State inspectors find more recalled meat at NEW JERSEY stores – (Associated Press)State inspectors were cited as saying Wednesday they have found more boxes of potentially tainted meat on store shelves more than a month after a nati...
- Dad gets life after son sucks ‘cocaine fingers’Read full story for latest details. MORE: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~3/315334410/index.html
- FLORIDA firm recalls ground beef products due to possible E. coli O157:H7 contamination – (FSIS News Release)Washington — Blue Ribbon Meats, a Hialeah, Fla., establishment is voluntarily recalling approximately 8,200 pounds of frozen ground beef product...
- Police: Cocaine in Goa death girl’s bodyRead full story for latest details. MORE: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~3/255478174/index.html
- US: Meat sold at commissaries is recalled amid E. Coli suspicion – (Stars and Stripes)The recalled products … The following four items were sold at commissaries worldwide and recalled due to possible E. coli contamination: * Mik...
- NEW JERSEY: 6 Hudson stores sold recalled beef – (North Jersey Media Group)Six additional Hudson County food stores have, according to this story, been found selling frozen hamburger and beef products recalled by the Topps Me...
- Chiquita: $25M fine for terror paymentsBanana producer Chiquita will pay a $25 million fine and serve five years’ probation for once paying millions of dollars to groups in Colombia c...
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- NEBRASKA firm recalls beef products due to possible E. coli O157:H7 contamination – (Congressional and Public Affairs)WASHINGTON, June 30, 2008 — Nebraska Beef, Ltd., an Omaha, Neb., establishment is recalling approximately 531,707 pounds of ground beef componen...
- AUSTRALIA: Probation for food contamination – (ABC News Online (Australia))A north west Tasmanian man has been placed on three years probation for contaminating several thousand dollars worth of supermarket food. Forty-four-y...