As fewer and fewer of us take part in the production and processing of the food we eat, we leave this vital task in the hands of faceless strangers and corporate monoliths — entities who may not have our best interests at heart (or stomach).
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Semen from several diseased men is found in restaurant food.*
"Mayonnaise" in fast food chicken sandwich is pus from a tumor.*
Customer at fast food chicken outlet is served a batter-fried rat.*
Girl's salivary glands become infected from roach eggs ingested with taco.*
A human finger was found in a can of menudo.*
Customer becomes sick after eating a steak at a chain restaurant; analysis of her meal reveals the presence of urine in the meat.*
A human penis was found in a jar of fruit punch.*
Brewery employees discover body of worker in vat of beer.*
Restaurant after-dinner mints contain urine from customers who fail to wash their hands.
Dropped food remains germ-free if picked up within
The FDA has issued a warning about a possible connection between
HIV+ blood has been slipped into ketchup dispensers in fast food restaurants.*
An Atlanta restaurant was caught accepting a shipment of rats and mice.
Patron dining at a Wendy's fast food outlet found a human finger in her bowl of chili.*
A girl required surgery after swallowing a wire that had come loose from a barbeque grill cleaning brush and was cooked into a hamburger.
Baby carrots are made from deformed full-sized carrots that have been permeated with chlorine.
Bacteria formed on cut onions and potatoes is responsible for more food poisoning than is spoiled mayonnaise.
Growth hormones injected into chicken wings cause ovarian cysts in women.
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