WHO Causes Confusion Over Pork - Canadian Pork Safe

The World Health Organization issued a warning today that left Canadian officials scrambling to reassure citizens that our pork is safe to eat. "On Wednesday, the WHO issued a warning about consuming meat from pigs...

Galveston mayor says FEMA delays slowing recovery

"FEMA's inefficient way of evaluating whether homes are habitable has delayed thousands of residents from returning to Galveston, the city's mayor said Friday."""We asked them to reduce the process to two days," she said. "They inspect homes and go back to Houston to complete...

Staphylococcus Bacterial Toxin May Be in Recalled Smoked Meat

Want a case of pneumonia?  It seems that every day we are hearing about a recall of food products here in Canada.  I don't know if the food supply is becoming increasingly compromised or the vigilance...

China Says More Dairy Makers Have Contaminated Milk

The Chinese tainted milk scandal continues to spread each day. Today the country revealed that the number of dairy producers who have the contaminated milk is even wider than originally thought."China, embroiled in the tainted milk scandal that has killed four babies, said 15...

OPINION: Inspection mistake delays 40 American Eagle flights; or are you fee...

"Inspection mistake delays 40 American Eagle flights Transportation Security Administration official touched sensitive equipment,...

Rogers Customers Get Ad-Laden 404 Sites

If you're a rogers customer and you misspell the website you're looking for, you'll be sent to a page with advertisements instead of the normal '404 Not found' error. This has got plenty of customers upset, as...

750 set to make trip to Taiwan from China

Direct flights between Taiwan and China is a great start to the new relationship between the two lands. Before when I made my trips from Taiwan to Shanghai it would take me a whole day to get there. We would leave...

Taxi drivers to tidy up for Olympics

Tigerfarms wrote an article on his experience in China with the taxi drivers here. "Some drivers complain the checks are too strict." I laugh at the drivers who is complaining. Have any of you readers been to...

Border Patrol Agents Rescue 51 Illegal Aliens from Tractor Trailer

"Laredo, Texas – Border Patrol agents from the Laredo North station disrupted a human smuggling attempt and rescued 51 people today.At about 2:30 a.m, agents working at the Border Patrol checkpoint north of Laredo conducted an immigration inspection of the driver of a...

Nuclear Reactor Shut Down in SC

GREENVILLE, S.C. --Investigators say a reactor at the Oconee Nuclear Station will remain off-line until the cause of a vibration discovered as the plant was shutting down for refueling can be pinpointed" .The...

'Traffic-shaping' New Internet Buzzword

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYou know I thought the new Buzzword MisRemembering and MisSpeaking made infamous by Hillary was a new one, apparently this pales in comparison to this weeks New Buzzword...

Ride of Your Life: Thrill rides and the battle for safety

A new Washington Post feature on the safety of amusement park rides entitled "On Thrill Rides, Safety is Optional," details the largely unregulated and unchecked world of the thrill ride. In the article, writer...

$25,000 dessert restaurant closed for health violations

Remember Serendipity, the restaurant selling the $25,000 sundae? It was shutdown yesterday after fialing its second health ispection."On Wednesday night, the store, which has been featured in numerous Hollywood films, apparently kept open its wild zoo of filth for inspectors....

Bush seeks tougher import and food safety rules

"By Christopher Doering WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Tuesday proposed tougher inspection rules meant to keep dangerous food and other products out of the United States and said he wants broader power to recall food that is unsafe for U.S. consumers. The...

US plans to test Canadian meat at border

" CALGARY - Canada dispatched one of its top food inspection officials to Washington Monday as confusion reigned over new "additional import requirements" for Canadian meat and poultry exports heading across the U.S. border. Bill Anderson, meat program director at the...

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