For cantaloupe to start attacking people. Listeria again this year. I'd be much more heartbroken if it was watermelon, I admit, but still... I understand some of you folks actually like cantaloupe, so figured I should pass on the warning.

Last August, it was salmonella.

2011 was listeria, and an outbreak that took months to trace and sickened

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning U.S. consumers not to use the emergency birth control medicine labeled as Evital. These products may be counterfeit versions of the “morning after pill” and may not be safe or effective in preventing pregnancy. Evital has not been approved by the FDA for use in the United States. This ( Read more... )

That I've been offline all week because of probable food poisoning, and here the first thing I post is recall warnings. About, in case you wonder, things I have not been eating. No, I don't know what I actually have or where it came from, but antibiotics have made today a MUCH more pleasant day than the rest of the week. (Spending it lounging ( Read more... )