Tag Archives: Food poisoning

February 2019 Business Daily; The Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) has suspended permits of two more firms whose peanut butter brands have also been found to have exceeded the maximum aflatoxin content, alongside ordering the recall of Jetlak Foods Limited’s Nuteez product. The agency says food manufacturers Triclover — producer …

November 2018 Standard media; Some of the blood transfused in hospitals is contaminated with dangerous substances. This chilling admission by insiders at the blood transfusion centre comes amid reports that some patients were being dangerously exposed to cancer causing radiation, while most soils and Lake Victoria water are contaminated with toxic chemicals. The …

November 2018 Dailynation;That unusually nasty hangover you feel when you wake up after chugging your favourite pricey whisky brand could be because you consumed a counterfeit drink. This is because counterfeiters have now started targeting premium liquors in a new smuggling and counterfeiting scam. With intensified crackdowns on illicit and …

August 2018 TheStandard; A new study has raised fears that 95 per cent of breakfast snacks fed on children are laden with cancer related herbicide. According to studies conducted by the Environmental Working Group, a US-based public health organisation, 43 out of 45 oat-derived products sampled were found to have significant levels …

June 2018 BusinessDaily; The National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) is holding 984,102 bags of maize worth nearly Sh3.1 billion that is unfit for human consumption in the wake of a scandal that saw the agency pay fake farmers billions of shillings. A report, acting NCPB managing director Joseph Liguko …

March 2018 BusinessDaily; Soft drinks company Coca-Cola has launched its own study to ascertain the presence of micro-plastics in Dasani bottled water following a report published on Thursday indicating that the product is among world famous brands contaminated by tiny pieces of plastic. Coca-Cola in a statement said it has …

March 2018 Dailynation; The world’s leading brands of bottled water are contaminated with tiny plastic particles that are likely seeping in during the packaging process, according to a major study across nine countries published on Wednesday. “Widespread contamination” with plastic was found in the study, led by microplastic researcher Sherri Mason …

February 2017 DailyNation; The public should be sensitised on food safety standards in order to keep contamination-related diseases at bay. This is particularly necessary in the slums where fraudsters take advantage of the low income earners to sell unauthorised food products. These were some of the sentiments which emerged last …