After a long day, it can be nice to come home and grab a frozen meal from the fridge for a quick and easy dinner. If youve been stocking up on P.F. Changs frozen meals, you might want to double-check they arent included in a recently expanded recall of more than 195,000 pounds of frozen dinner product that may contain metal fragments.
Nearly two months after CRF Frozen Foods set off a massive recall of vegetables thought to be contaminated with listeria and linked to at least two deaths and eight illnesses, a second frozen vegetable supplier National Frozen Food Corp. has initiated a separate recall over listeria concerns, and many of the recalled products are from the nations largest retailers.
A wildfire driven by wind in central Oregon is burning about 2,000 acres and threatening an estimated 1,200 homes, prompting officials to notify residents to be ready to evacuate. Oregon Department of Forestry officials said the Akawana Fire was reported Tuesday and is burning on private forest land some 13 miles north of Sisters.
Community members are collecting donations for a Hermiston family working to rebuild their lives after losing their home to a fire on Saturday. Ayden Prewitt, a Hermiston High School senior, had walked with his class earlier in the day and was going home to get ready for the school-wide graduation party when he was greeted by a wall of thick black smoke at his front door.
A Union Pacific train towing oil cars derailed and caught fire in the Columbia River Gorge Friday, evacuating schools in the nearby town of Mosier and closing down Interstate 84 between Hood River and The Dalles.
Amid a massive frozen foods recall involving millions of packages of fruits and vegetables that were shipped to all 50 U.S. states, Canada and Mexico, authorities who want to stem the listeria-linked illnesses and deaths worry itll be difficult to get consumers to dig through their freezers and check for products they may have bought as far back as 2014.
A Portland jury on Friday awarded more than $1.6 million to an 84-year-old man who slipped in liquid laundry detergent at the Safeway store in St. Helens, breaking his leg and hindering him from living the active life he once had.
Nine of ten businesses experienced at least one hacking incident in the past year, according to a survey of business risk managers released today by The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company (HSB), part of Munich Re.
A local family said the tragic death of their newborn became even worse after they were given the wrong babys ashes. The parents of a premature baby who died just days after he was born have now filed a $3 million lawsuit against a Portland hospital, funeral home and mortuary service for the mistake.
CRF Frozen Foods is expanding a recall of frozen organic and traditional fruits and vegetables over possible listeria contamination. The recall includes some 358 products sold under 42 brand names, including items like kale, potatoes, blueberries, strawberries, broccoli and various vegetable medleys, among others.
Medical errors, including wrong diagnoses, botched surgeries and medication mistakes, are the third leading cause of death in the United States, a new study suggests.
Under pressure from U.S. regulators, Japanese air bag manufacturer Takata Corp (7312.T) is expected to announce as early as Wednesday that it is recalling 35 million to 40 million additional inflators in U.S. vehicles, three sources briefed on the matter said on Tuesday.