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“Phillip Sherman of Arkansas learned that lesson after he left his phone behind at a McDonald’s restaurant and the photos ended up online. Now he and his wife, Tina, are suing the McDonald’s Corp., the franchise owner and the store manager. The suit was filed Friday and seeks a jury trial and $3 million in damages for suffering, embarrassment and the cost of having to move to a new home.” [Link]
“The $52 billion acquisition, announced in November, creates a new entity, Anheuser-Busch InBev, which immediately becomes the world’s largest brewer, with a brand stable that includes Budweiser, Bud Light, Stella Artois, Beck’s, Michelob, Busch, Brahma and many other brews. ” [Link]
“The results, shown on the administration’s Web site, indicate a further widening of the scandal that has sparked massive product recalls in China and countries that received Chinese food exports ranging from infant formula to chocolate. The contamination is blamed for the deaths of four children and kidney ailments among 54,000 others.” [Link]
“The recall of four batches of Lipton’s 3-in-1 milk tea powder came after the company’s internal quality check found melamine, used to make plastics and fertilizers, in the products, Unilever Hong Kong Ltd. said in a statement. ” [Link]
“Cadbury Asia Pacific told the Hong Kong government’s Center for Food Safety the chocolates were made in Cadbury’s factory in the Chinese capital Beijing, the Hong Kong government said in a statement. It wasn’t immediately clear if tests found the industrial chemical melamine in the products.” [Link]
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Rihanna’s just like us! She goes out to eat at KFC…
“People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, cofounders of Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc., urging them to replace cow’s milk they use in their ice cream products with human breast milk, according to a statement recently released by a PETA spokeswoman. ‘PETA’s request comes in the wake of news reports that a Swiss restaurant owner will begin purchasing breast milk from nursing mothers and substituting breast milk for 75 percent of the cow’s milk in the food he serves,’ the statement says.” [Link]
“A Chinese dairy that sold baby milk powder linked to kidney stones in infants and one death knew weeks before it ordered a recall that the product contained a banned chemical, the Health Ministry said Saturday, as the number of sick babies rose to 140. A Health Ministry statement gave no indication as to why Sanlu Group, China’s biggest milk powder producer, failed to warn consumers immediately. ” [Link]
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“Thailand’s prime minister was forced out of office Tuesday along with his Cabinet after a court ruled that he had broken a conflict-of-interest law by hosting TV cooking shows. Samak Sundaravej’s party later unanimously agreed to re-nominate him as a candidate for prime minister, indicating that Thailand is still not free from its deep political crisis that has virtually paralyzed the government, spooked the financial markets and scared away tourists.” [Link]
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“Col. Harland Sanders’ handwritten recipe of 11 herbs and spices was to be removed Tuesday from safekeeping at KFC’s corporate offices for the first time in decades. The temporary relocation is allowing KFC to revamp security around a yellowing sheet of paper that contains one of the country’s most famous corporate secrets. The brand’s top executive admitted his nerves were aflutter despite the tight security he lined up for the operation.” [Link]
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