Recent news on Chloramphenicol

China's honey industry shows sour side  -  May 14, 2007
Miami Herald,In 2002, Chinese honey was blocked first by the European Union and then the United States after shipments tested positive for chloramphenicol, an antibiotic

Chinese beef goes up in flames after raid  -  May 16, 2007
ic Newcastle.co.uk,Products sneaked in from China often contain residues of chloramphenicol, which is a chemical used in drops to treat conjunctivitis.

ALABAMA VOICES: Food safety can't be ignored  -  May 11, 2007
Montgomery Advertiser,In 2002, the department's Food and Drug Lab found chloramphenicol in shrimp. Chloramphenicol is a drug that has been associated with onset of a condition

Japan discovered prohibited substances in VN seafood again  -  May 8, 2007
VietNamNet Bridge,Chloramphenicol, AOZ and Semicarbazide have been found in the consignments of seafood exported to Japan by six Vietnamese companies, including Viet Phu

Court Dismisses Wrongful-Death Suit by Horse Owners  -  May 11, 2007
BloodHorse,...and strict products liability against Wedgewood Village Pharmacy involving the antibiotic product Chloramphenicol Palmitate they claim necessitated the

Japan finds banned antibiotics spotted in Vietnamese seafood  -  May 2, 2007
Thanh Nien Daily,The banned antibiotics found in the foods were chloramphenicol, that has been linked with anemia, AOZ and Semicarbazide. Vietnam Association of Seafood

Thanks for the look ahead  -  May 22, 2007
Lagniappe,Alabama’s Department of Agriculture recently banned imported catfish because of dangerous additives…. wheat gluten, chloramphenicol, nitrofurans,

Sanofi Pasteur Launches www.travel-vaccines.com  -  May 22, 2007
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse),However, strains resistant to chloramphenicol and other recommended antibiotics (ampicillin, cotrimoxazole and even ciprofloxacin) have become prevalent in

Shrimp exports to Japan to undergo semicarbazide testing  -  May 17, 2007
TheFishSite.com,...to compulsory examination must have a certificate stating that they do not contain prohibited anti-biotic residues (Chloramphenicol, AOZ and SEM).

Court Dismisses Wrongful-Death Case Against Wedgewood Pharmacy  -  May 10, 2007
TheHorse.com,They claimed that the antimicrobial chloramphenicol palmitate supplied by Wedgewood, which was used to treat infections, resulted in severe injury to one

Asian fish may hurt market, diners  -  May 10, 2007
The Daily Advertiser,...seafood in 2002 over concerns that products from Asia might be contaminated by the drug chloramphenicol - a contributor to aplastic anemia in humans.

Stiff reminder for firms exporting to the EU  -  May 4, 2007
TheFishSite.com,...that consignments of shrimp, cuttlefish and seafood spring rolls exported by five companies contained Chloramphenicol, AOZ and Semicarbazide residues.

Origin of exports to EU must be thoroughly examined: Nafiqaved  -  May 3, 2007
VietNamNet Bridge,Northern Viking Ltd, Khanh Hoa Seafood Co, Hai Viet Corporation and Viet Thang Private Ltd, contained Chloramphenicol, AOZ and Semicarbazide residues.

Today In Nebraska  -  Apr 27, 2007
Beatrice Daily Sun,Bob Kerrey banned the importation of Canadian hogs and livestock treated with chloramphenicol, a drug not approved for use on food animals in the United

Tainted honey 'came from external source'  -  Apr 16, 2007
Independent Online,Devastated by weekend revelations that its honey had been contaminated with the antibiotic chloramphenicol, which could cause a rare blood disease,

Honey range taken off shelves  -  Apr 15, 2007
Independent Online,Peel's Honey has been taken off Pick 'n Pay shelves since tests have found traces of the antibiotic Chloramphenicol, which can be fatal in sufficient

Good personal hygiene is best  -  Apr 22, 2007
Fiji Times,This drug, Chloramphenicol, is widely available. However, typhoid fever is very contagious. A small number of people recover from typhoid fever but continue

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever  -  Apr 4, 2007
About - News & Issues,Antibiotics are the main treatments for Rocky Mountain spotted fever, including tetracycline, doxycycline, and chloramphenicol. Since tetracycline can cause

Increasing Resistance to Quinolones and Expanded-Spectrum ...  -  Apr 10, 2007
DG News94% vs 94%), tetracycline (93% vs 93%) and chloramphenicol (69% vs 70%) were confirmed, along with the lower resistant rate to kanamycin (about 30%).

Treating anaemia with anti-anaemia drugs  -  Apr 10, 2007
Newindpress (subscription),This may be caused by drugs such as chloramphenicol and anti-cancer drugs. Anaemia seen in chronic conditions such as kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis,

Who's Monitoring Chinese Food Exports?  -  Apr 9, 2007
Wall Street Journal (subscription),Over the years, foreign governments have also found and rejected Chinese exports of honey containing the antibiotic chloramphenicol, crushed peppers with

Novoxel seeks to pre-empt MRSA drug concerns  -  Apr 6, 2007
Pharmaceutical Business Review...as these organisms are typically resistant to several other antibiotic agents, including aminoglycosides, chloramphenicol, clindamycin, the macrolides,

OCHA Humanitarian Newsmaker: April 2007  -  Apr 2, 2007
ReliefWeb (press release),There is also a shortage of funds to buy and stockpile the antibiotic oily chloramphenicol which is recommended by WHO for treatment of Meningitis in Africa

* Malaysian Caravan tourists arrive in Danang  -  Apr 1, 2007
Saigon Times Daily,The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) last Friday said that banned antibiotic residues of chloramphenicol and AOZ had been

Study: Drug-resistant plague may signal health threat  -  Mar 30, 2007
CIDRAP,IP275 exhibited high-level resistance to at least eight drugs used for treating plague, including streptomycin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol,

Honey leaves a bad taste in the mouth  -  Mar 28, 2007
Independent Online,Those countries stopped imports of Chinese honey after the chloramphenicol residue of the neo-terramycin antibiotic was found in the honey.

In Vivo Efficacy of Antimicrobial-Coated Devices  -  Apr 2, 2007
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (subscription)Meyers B, Salvatore M. Tetracyclines and chloramphenicol. In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, editors. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's principles and

China dumps contaminated honey in SA  -  Mar 24, 2007
Independent Online,The possible side effects of the antibiotic chloramphenicol - which was found in German, then British imports of Chinese honey in 2002 - are so serious that

Contaminated honey dumped in SA  -  Mar 23, 2007
AND,The possible side effects of the antibiotic chloramphenicol are so serious that it is usually prescribed by doctors only for severe infections.

Bill targets menus, foreign shrimp  -  Mar 17, 2007
Montgomery Advertiser,Lance Hester, Sparks' food safety director, said they have had past problems with imported shrimp that tested positive with levels of chloramphenicol and

Prohibited substance found in shrimp exports to Japan again  -  Mar 7, 2007
TheFishSite.com,Mr Hai has warned that if Japan discovers AOZ or Chloramphenicol in other batches of shrimp, the door to the Japanese market will be closed and Vietnam will

Japan scans Vietnamese shrimp for chemical residue  -  Feb 28, 2007
Thanh Nien Daily,Since last September it has also been testing all Vietnamese shrimp for chloramphenicol and cuttlefish for antibiotics since August.

Test results on freshwater fish  -  Feb 27, 2007
Media Newswire (press release),16 freshwater fish samples from the Cheung Sha Wan and Western Wholesale Food Markets for tests for malachite green, nitrofurans and chloramphenicol.

Tainted turbot fish found  -  Mar 1, 2007
News.gov.hk,Fish Market has been found to contain a trace amount of nitrofurans, but free from malachite green and chloramphenicol, the Centre for Food Safety says.

Molecular Biology Techniques for Identifying Dermatophytes and ...  -  Mar 16, 2007
Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association (subscription)23 Another study 24 reported 85% sensitivity with periodic acid–Schiff, compared with 32% with Mycosel agar (Sabouraud’s + chloramphenicol and

Local shrimp industry struggles against farm-raised Asian stock  -  Mar 21, 2007
Daniel Island News,For years, many Asian shrimp ponds were treated with a powerful antibiotic called chloramphenicol, which is a suspected carcinogen that may cause anemia and

Meningitis in Africa: Hundreds of Thousands Vaccinated  -  Mar 19, 2007
eMaxHealth.com,In the African meningitis belt, improved epidemiological surveillance and prompt case management with oily chloramphenicol - the standard antibiotic

UN AGENCY COORDINATES MASS CAMPAIGN TO FIGHT MENINGITIS IN FOUR ...  -  Mar 16, 2007
Harold Doan and Associates (press release),WHO and its partners are also providing drugs for case management. Prompt treatment with oily chloramphenicol helps control epidemics.

Four more seafood exporters warned  -  Mar 11, 2007
VietNamNet Bridge,VietNamNet Bridge - The Japanese Health - Labour and Social Welfare Ministry has announced that it detected chloramphenicol in batches of shrimp and seafood

Vietnam checks all shrimp batches exported to Japan  -  Mar 3, 2007
VietNamNet Bridge,...has increased to 39 since December 2006, when Japan officially conducted checks on all frozen shrimp batches from Vietnam for Chloramphenicol residues.

Vietnam checks shrimps exported to Japan for contaminants  -  Mar 2, 2007
Thanh Nien Daily,The number of contaminated batches has increased to 39 since December 2006 when Japan began to inspect all frozen shrimp from Vietnam for Chloramphenicol.

Alert issued on contaminated peanut butter products  -  Mar 2, 2007
News.gov.hk,...interception of freshwater fish by the Customs & Excise Department, collected 10 samples for tests for malachite green, nitrofurans and chloramphenicol.

Don't panic, government doctors appeal to North Cotabato villagers  -  Mar 2, 2007
Minda News,..."They can be given antibiotic drugs, like Chloramphenicol or Rifampin if the patient is allergic to penicillin," she said.

* Only 15 days for paperwork to open new business  -  Mar 1, 2007
Saigon Times Daily,Since December, chloramphenicol has been found on 29 shipments of frozen shrimp, Sai Gon Giai Phong reports. The Ministry of Fisheries on February 28 said

HK Releases Food Surveillance Program Results  -  Feb 28, 2007
China CSR,...including geoduck, fresh water fish and marine fish, were found containing antibiotics residues such as nitrofurans and chloramphenicol.

Tips on meningitis  -  Feb 23, 2007
New Vision,Usually, one injection of oily chloramphenicol is enough to recover. The drug has a 98% recovery rate. Only the very sick are admitted in isolation wards

EU gets tough on shrimp antibiotic residues  -  Feb 6, 2007
Financial Express,Exporters here said that earlier consignments containing residues of antibiotic ‘chloramphenicol’ or ‘nitrofuran’ were allowed to be brought back to the

Turbot fish samples free of malachite green  -  Feb 13, 2007
News.gov.hk,Three turbot fish samples taken from Aberdeen Wholesale Fish Market have been confirmed free of malachite green and chloramphenicol, but contained trace

Weekend Consumer Alert: CLARIFICATION  -  Feb 12, 2007
WKRN,News 2 reported the FDA is warning consumers to beware of a banned chemical, called Chloramphenicol, that is turning up in shrimp imported from seafood

Chemical Concerns Over Imported Shrimp  -  Feb 11, 2007
WKRN,It's called chloramphenicol, it is used by shrimp farmers as a preservative, mainly in India. Decreasing blood cell counts and even a link to an increased

Meningococcal disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo  -  Feb 2, 2007
World Health Organization,Meningitis Control has agreed to provide 115 830 doses of bivalent meningococcal vaccine (A/C) along with injection materials and oily chloramphenicol.

Enantiomers and Biological Activity  -  Feb 22, 2007
Bits of News...while its enantiomer is a liver toxin; (R,R)-chloramphenicol is a useful antibiotic but its enantiomer is harmless to bacteria; (R,R)-paclobutrazol is a

Growing antibiotic resistance: Beginning of the end?  -  Feb 20, 2007
New Brunswick Home News Tribune,Sulfonamides, spectromycin, chloramphenicol, quinolones, macrolides — the list became relentless. What followed was sad, inexplicable . . . yet intricately

Limited Vaccine Supply Threatens Response to Meningitis Epidemics  -  Feb 16, 2007
Doctors Without Borders,Even if the disease is diagnosed early and treated with appropriate antibiotics, such as chloramphenicol or ceftriaxone, the case fatality rate remains 5 to

Cell and animal models of mtDNA biology: progress and prospects  -  Feb 12, 2007
AJP - Cell Physiology (subscription)...(12) isolated cytoplasts from chloramphenicol-resistant mouse A9 cells and fused them with a nucleated chloramphenicol-sensitive mouse LMTK – cell line.

An Ode to Louisiana Shrimp  -  Feb 15, 2007
Bon Appetit...to be treated with antibiotics, like the toxic chloramphenicol (banned in the US, but known to be used at shrimp farms in Asia and elsewhere overseas).

Report: Child rushed to PGH for suspected ‘meningo’  -  Feb 14, 2007
GMA news.tv,Chloramphenicol may be given in cases of Penicillin allergy. Prophylaxis is reserved for those who have intimate contact with the patient; household members

Pig farmers to sign loyalty pledge before CNY  -  Feb 12, 2007
Malaysia Star,...on Tuesday the farmers had agreed that they would not be allowed to use three illegal growth enhancer - beta agonist, nitofuran and chloramphenicol.

It's not just Viagra, there's now a whole range of products to buy ...  -  Feb 12, 2007
Glasgow Daily Record,The first, and only, antibiotic to be available without prescription is Chloramphenicol, which treats eye infections.

Newsflash: Driving With Your Window Open Causes Skin Cancer  -  Feb 4, 2007
American Chronicle,...chewing gum, Chinese food, Chinese herbal supplements, chips, chloramphenicol, chlordane, chlorinated camphene, chlorinated water, chlorodiphenyl,

Meningococcal disease in southern Sudan, 31 Jan 2007  -  Feb 1, 2007
ReliefWeb (press release),The WHO Country Office has provided the government with injection materials, oily chloramphenicol, transport media and rapid test kits to control this

So what meat is safe?  -  Jan 28, 2007
New Straits Times,..."Even duck farmers use Salbutamol while those rearing chicken inject their livestock with banned cancer-causing antibiotics such as chloramphenicol and

Fisheries Ministry vows to scrutise shipments to Japan  -  18 Jan 2007
Nhan Dan,12 for containing chloramphenicol. The Fisheries Ministry said it has repeatedly sent written instructions to local fisheries authorities and export

Japan begins inspecting 100% of Vietnam-sourced shrimp  -  Dec 28, 2006
VietNamNet Bridge,Most recently, the agency discovered Chloramphenicol residues in frozen natural shrimp exported by the Nam Can Seafood Import – Export Company in Ca Mau

Freshwater fish samples chemical-free  -  Dec 20, 2006
News.gov.hk,Tests on 10 freshwater fish samples have found no trace of malachite green, nitrofurans and chloramphenicol, Centre for Food Safety says.

Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis reducing child deaths by preventing ...  -  Jan 11, 2007
Aidsmap,When specific antibiotics were considered, the reductions were significant for penicillin, chloramphenicol, ciprofloxacillin, cloxacillin, erythromycin,

Pet Hamsters Can Give You Salmonella  -  Jan 4, 2007
Medical News Today,...samples were found to be resistant to a range of antibiotics such as tetracycline, streptomycin, ampicillin, chloramphenicol and sulfisoxazole.

Hamster Are Cute, Cuddly, and Potentially Pathogenic  -  Jan 3, 2007
MedPage Today,Worryingly, all the isolates were resistant to ampicillin, chloramphenicol, streptomycin, sulfisoxazole, and tetracycline, Dr. Swanson and colleagues found.

Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium ...  -  Jan 3, 2007
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription),Human, rodent, and environmental isolates were resistant to ampicillin, chloramphenicol, streptomycin, sulfisoxazole, and tetracycline.

Action urged on fish and vegetables (SCMP) 12月21日星期四00:03AM  -  Dec 21, 2006
雅虎香港,Meanwhile, tests on 10 freshwater fish samples showed they were all free from the malachite green and two antibiotics, nitrofuran and chloramphenicol.

Freshwater fish samples chemical-free  -  Dec 20, 2006
News.gov.hk,Tests on 10 freshwater fish samples have found no trace of malachite green, nitrofurans and chloramphenicol, Centre for Food Safety says.

Warning issued on imported honey  -  Dec 15, 2006
CBC.ca,The products, which were imported from Ukraine, may contain chloramphenicol which poses a risk of causing aplastic anemia, a blood disorder.

CFIA: Health Hazard Alert-Imported Honey Bearing a Label in ...  -  Dec 14, 2006
CCNMatthews (press release),Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning people not to consume the honey products described below because they may be contaminated with chloramphenicol.

Nafiqaved declares three reasons for unsafe seafood  -  Dec 14, 2006
Vietnam Economic Times,In addition, the fact that processing workers use hand cream which contains chloramphenicol also accounts for the presence of this antibiotic substance in

Seafood processors try their best to retain Japanese market  -  Dec 6, 2006
VietNamNet Bridge,During the catching and storing, farmers use chemical substances for keeping cuttle-fish fresh, which contain chloramphenicol. As for shrimp products,

Action urged on fish and vegetables (SCMP) 12月21日星期四00:03AM  -  Dec 21, 2006
雅虎香港,Meanwhile, tests on 10 freshwater fish samples showed they were all free from the malachite green and two antibiotics, nitrofuran and chloramphenicol.

MIP Technologies Signs Exclusive Distribution Agreement with Supelco  -  Dec 6, 2006
MassSpec.net (press release),MIP Technologies' products available so far include Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) cartridges for specific analysis of chloramphenicol, tobacco nitrosamine

Supelco and MIP Technologies Sign Exclusive Agreement  -  Nov 28, 2006
Genetic Engineering News (press release),Currently available MIP products include SPE cartridges for specific analysis of chloramphenicol, tobacco nitrosamine derivatives, triazines, clenbuterol,

Supelco Signs Exclusive Distribution Agreement With MIP Technologies  -  Nov 28, 2006
Drug Newswire (press release),Currently available MIP products include Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) cartridges for specific analysis of chloramphenicol, tobacco nitrosamine derivatives,

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