Restaurant Law Group

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The Virginia Department of Health is posting the status of restaurants’ smoking policies on its website.
Pretty bold move, actually, for a state that was founded on tobacco and no doubt reels under its power still.

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HUA XIA, Flushing, New York, is recalling boxes of YILI Brand Sour Milk Drink because it may be contaminated with melamine.
The product is distributed in New York City through Asian grocery stores. FDA tests revealed the product contains melamine, a known carcinogen, which Chinese farmers and processors have added to their milk products to make [...]

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Aunt Mid’s Produce Co. is denying that its lettuce was the source of an e. coli outbreak that sickened some three dozen Michiganders.
The Detroit company is basing its defense against a lawsuit on Michigan Agriculture Department findings that say the lettuce was clean. However, a statement for the department says that their tests were based on lettuce [...]

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Atlantic Croaker
The New York State Agriculture Commissioner warned consumer not to eat frozen salted Croaker, distributed by YS Trading in New York and New Jersey.
The Croaker is uneviscerated, which could lead to botulism, because botulism is more concentrated in the guts of the fish than any other part.
Botulism can be fatal. Symptoms include blurred vision, [...]

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Canadians, who have suffered over a dozen deaths to listeria from lunch meats, are not over the listeria scare yet. After the lunch meats, several cheeses were recalled due to listeria, and now it’s lunch meats again.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a warning against Dunn’s Famous smoked meat pouches, which are sold at [...]

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Amarillo Health Department officials have concluded that the salmonella poisonings linked to an Amarillo IHOP were caused by the restaurant’s practice of keeping the syrup bottles in hot water to keep the syrup warm and smooth-flowing. The water was contaminated with salmonella, which then transferred to the bottles and then to IHOP staff and customers.
According [...]

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In the wake of at least 32 salmonella poisonings in 12 states, the USDA issued a warning to consumers to fully cook chicken dishes and carefully follow the instructions on the packages.
Though the chicken is raw in certain “Chicken Cordon Bleu” and “Chicken Kiev” packages, it appears to be cooked because of breading or pre-browning.  [...]

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Lanmao (Blue Cat) Drinks
Tristar Food, New Jersey, is recalling its nationwide distribution of all 100ml bottles of Blue Cat  (Lanmao) Flavor Drink because FDA testing revealed the product contained melamine.
The product is imported from China and distributed at Asian grocery stores. Consumers should return them at the store where they were purchased for a full [...]

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Georgetown University closed a dining hall in the wake of what is presumably a food-poisoning outbreak that has sent 96 students to the hospital.
The source of the outbreak has yet to be determined.

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The number of E. coli cases linked to iceberg lettuce processed in Detroit has risen to 35, according to the Detroit News.
The company, Aunt Mid’s, has suspended shipments while it continues to search for the source of the E. coli. The lettuce was only shipped to restaurants and institutions, not to grocery stores.
Five people have [...]

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