At least 59 people were killed in a fire that broke out in an upscale nightclub in Bangkok early Thursday morning, Thai police said.
Wiping tears from his cheeks, a man who survived avalanches that killed eight snowmobilers in western Canada said Wednesday that he and two others tried to save their friends but made a “gut-wrenching” decision to leave the mountain because of the threat of more slides.
Israel will continue its offensive in the Palestinian territory of Gaza, rejecting a French proposal for a humanitarian truce, a spokesman says. Israel’s fourth day of attacks has sent the Palestinian death toll to more than 375.
The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit was notified December 31 of a laboratory confirmed case of Hepatitis A in a person who works at the Fraser Tavern located at 680 Fraser St. in North Bay. This staff person worked at the Tavern while infectious on November 26, 27, December 3, 4, 10 and [...]
OTTAWA, ONTARIO — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Groupe St-Hubert, Division Detail are warning people with allergies to milk not to consume St-Hubert brand Bar-B-Q Sauce can described below. The affected product may contain milk which is not declared on the label.
The affected product, St-Hubert brand Bar-B-Q Sauce, is sold in a 398 [...]
On October 26, 2007, a family health clinic nurse informed the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) that Campylobacter jejuni had been isolated from two ill persons from different families who were members of a closed community in a rural Kansas county. By October 29, 17 additional members of the community had reported gastrointestinal [...]
The highly secretive business of supplying raw, unpasteurized milk to consumers continues to expand, despite the sour economy.
Dairy farmers like Tim Wightman of Darke County, who supplies milk from five Milking Shorthorns to 157 shareholders in local towns such as Yellow Springs, Kettering and Beavercreek, said demand for fluid milk remains strong, though consumers are [...]
SHANGHAI — The former chairwoman of one of Chinas biggest dairy producers pleaded guilty on Wednesday to selling tainted powdered baby formula and acknowledged for the first time that the company knew of the problem months before alerting local officials to what has become one of the countrys biggest food-safety crises, according to the state-run [...]
State food monitors aren’t performing required inspections for more than a fourth of food service establishments that pose the highest risk to the public, said a report from the state accountability office.
Three state agencies are responsible for ensuring the safety of food service operations across Florida, from day care centers to deli counters. But they [...]