More Chinese candy contaminated with melamine is showing up in the U.S. - White Rabbit Creamy Candy was found at two stores in New Haven, Connecticut. Tests found traces of the industrial additive, melamine.
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It’s in chocolate, too. The disturbing and frightening melamine mess has made its way to candy bars. British candy maker Cadbury just recalled chocolate made in its Beijing factory after tests show it contains melamine, the industrial chemical that has made tens of thousands of Chinese children sick.
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I’ve written about energy drinks a couple of times already here at FFTV. You can see the results of a  Consumer Reports test on 12 of these caffeine-filled beverages over here. And just last month, I mentioned a new study that finds just one can of Red Bull may increase the risk of heart damage. [...]

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As you are out enjoying all the yummy food at get-togethers this holiday weekend, it’ll make you feel good to know you don’t have to worry about avoiding peppers or tomatoes anymore - the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says the salmonella outbreak that made 1,400 people sick across the country seems to [...]

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Just one can of Red Bull may increase the risk of heart damage, says a new study from Australia. When researchers looked at university students between the ages of 20 and 24 years old, they found drinking one can of the caffeinated energy drink increased the “stickiness” of the blood and raised the risk of [...]

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Just as the illnesses from tomatoes and peppers seem to be winding down, the fear of contaminated food moves from fruits and vegetables to meat.
Last month, tainted ground beef from a meat plant was linked to about 50 illnesses. Now, the same plant - Nebraska Beef Ltd. - has recalled 1.2 million pounds of other [...]

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Jalapenos are not the only peppers definitely linked to the massive salmonella outbreak. The Food and Drug Administration has found contaminated serrano peppers and irrigation water on a farm in Mexico.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) narrows its earlier warning on jalapeno peppers as the investigation into the salmonella outbreak continues. The FDA now says to avoid only raw jalapeno peppers from Mexico - it believes the ones grown in the U.S. are not connected to the nearly 1,300 salmonella cases reported since April.
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There’s a break in the salmonella investigation - the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says a jalapeño pepper grown in Mexico and processed in Texas has tested positive for the strain of salmonella that has made more than 1,200 people sick over the past few months. But the FDA stresses the case is not closed [...]

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It’s okay to eat any type of raw tomato again. After months of concern that tomatoes were linked to the salmonella outbreak, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lifts its alert because the farms that may have shipped tomatoes at the beginning of the outbreak are no longer harvesting them.
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