KFC Australia has confirmed it will appeal a judgment in the NSW Supreme Court which found it to be responsible for causing the salmonella poisoning of a young girl in Sydney in 2005. The family of Monika Samaan had sought compensation from KFC claiming Monika had become ill after eating a chicken Twister purchased from one of its Sydney stores in October 2005. Monika suffered organ system failures and injuries, septic shock, severe brain injury and spastic quadriplegia. These injuries mean that... ...Read more »

Australia’s leading airline Qantas has apologised to one of its passengers after live maggots were found in the passenger’s on-board flight snack food. According to reports, Victorian woman Victoria Cleven had begun eating a pack of trail mix, supplied on-board a Qantas flight from Los Angeles to Melbourne, when she realised the pack had live maggots crawling around inside. Qantas announced yesterday that it has compensated the woman for the incident. The Herald Sun newspaper in Melbourne quoted... ...Read more »

As a Chinese court prepares to sentence those responsible for the melamine milk contamination that rocked China, 213 families have gone to the highest court in search of compensation. The families believe a payout scheme created by the government is not adequate. The criminal contamination of milk powder last year was linked to the tragic deaths of six babies and 294,000 infant illnesses and sparked a spate of consumer level recalls on Chinese dairy products. It was caused by the adding of the chemical... ...Read more »