Miscellaneous

• Trade Group Seeks Guidelines for Food Imports

  Courtney Mills | September 18, 2007 3:28 PM | 0 CommentsFort Collins, CO

  Seeking to allay current anxiety about the quality of food imports in the country, the Grocery Manufacturers Association introduced a series of steps Tuesday to strengthen present regulatory guidelines for imports. The country's largest industry trade group undertook these steps principally out of public concern about the recent trade calamity with China, including DEG-laced toothpaste,...

• California Growers Recall Salmonella-Tainted Spinach

  Courtney Mills | August 30, 2007 1:34 PM | 0 CommentsFort Collins, CO

  Metz Fresh LLC announced on Wednesday that it was voluntarily recalling fresh spinach from grocery stores after a sample tested positive for salmonella.The first "presumptive" positive test for salmonella came back to Metz on Friday last week, which is when the company was able to disengage over 90% of the 8,000 cases of spinach in transit by placing "holds" on the company's product. The...

• The FDA has Proposed New Rules for Sunscreen

  Jenny Albano | August 23, 2007 8:53 PM | 0 CommentsFort Collins, CO

  The FDA has announced that they have proposed new rules for sunscreen. The agency now wants sunscreens to have a label that says if the product has UVA protection as well as UVB protection. For the past 30 years sunscreen manufacturers have only been required to list the UVB protection on the bottles, but UVA rays can also damage skin and increase the risk of skin cancer.The agency has...

• Government Warns About Kids' Cough and Cold Meds

  Courtney Mills | August 16, 2007 12:17 PM | 0 CommentsFort Collins, CO

  The FDA announced on Wednesday that it would examine the efficacy of over the counter cough and cold medicines in children by calling together experts in the field this fall to discuss the growing discord over their use. In the meantime, the FDA has advised parents not to administer cough medicines to children under two years of age without a doctor's order.Several doctors have raised questions...

• Teen With Meningitis Could Have Infected Fellow Plane Passengers

  Jenny Albano | July 24, 2007 1:19 PM | 0 CommentsFort Collins, CO

  A teenager, who was traveling on an AirTran Airways flight was found to have bacterial meningitis. The girl traveled from Orlando, Florida to Atlanta, Georgia and then to Wichita, Kansas and became very ill and unresponsive on the second flight. Crew members called for an ambulance to meet her upon arrival and the airline notified the CDC on Sunday.Now AirTran is trying to contact passengers...

• E. Coli Cause of Inmates Illness

  Jenny Albano | July 12, 2007 7:48 AM | 0 CommentsFort Collins, CO

  A food-borne illness which was caused by E. coli bacteria is the source of an outbreak of illness among over 70 inmates at the Jefferson County jail. The inmates have reported symptoms such as abdominal cramping, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and bloody stools.Illness from the shiga toxin-producing E. coli has been linked with eating undercooked beef or spinach, raw milk, unpasteurized apple...

• Melamine Put in Fish Food and Animal Feed

  April Armani | May 31, 2007 4:13 PM | 0 CommentsFort Collins, CO

  Melamine found in animal feed production plants.A voluntary recall of animal feed from a Colorado and Ohio manufacturer went into place today because melamine was found in the ingredients. Melamine is an industrial compound used in the production of plastic. Melamine has been blamed for the recent recall of pet food due to numerous pet deaths.The Associated Press reports that "the announcement...

• Couple Wins near $8 Million in Insurance Lawsuit

  Christina Cole | April 09, 2007 2:01 PM | 0 CommentsFort Collins, CO

  A couple will receive almost $8 million from a Menlo Park Insurance Company they sued, after the company had refused to cover the damages to their home caused by a landslide.Pacific Specialty Insurance was found guilty of insurance bad faith and breach of contract. The four week trial was regarding a landslide from five years ago that caused an estimated $500,000 in damages to their home. The...

• J. Kyle Bachus and Darin L. Schanker

  Staff Writer | February 25, 2007 9:17 AM | 0 CommentsFort Collins, CO

  J. Kyle Bachus Memberships and OfficesColorado BarFlorida BarThe Florida Bar Association Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers Denver Bar Association Colorado Bar Association Colorado Trial Lawyers Association - Board of Directors of Colorado Trial Lawyers Association (1999 -- present)- CTLA Outstanding Trial Lawyer 2001.Co-Chair of the Auto Litigators Committee (2005-present)Association of...

• Bachus & Schanker, LLC

  Staff Writer | February 25, 2007 9:13 AM | 0 CommentsFort Collins, CO

  The attorneys at Bachus & Schanker, LLC fight every day to level the playing field for individuals and their families. At Bachus & Schanker, LLC, our team of trial lawyers provide innovative and aggressive legal representation for the victims of motor vehicle collisions, semi-truck and other commercial trucking accidents, drunk driving victims, product liability, insurance disputes, insurance...