List of food processing disasters
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Food processing disasters are defined as any man-made disaster caused by food production or transport accidents, that often result in large amounts of food or drink being distributed in an area, often involving fires. While many involve environmental pollution from ingredients such as alcohol, mass food contamination such as 1971 Iraq poison grain disaster is not covered.
- London Beer Flood 1814
- Dublin whiskey fire 1875
- Great Mill Disaster 1878
- Port Colborne explosion 1919
- Douglas Starch Works Plant Explosion 1919[1][2]
- Great Molasses Flood 1919
- Hamlet chicken processing plant fire 1991
- The Wild Turkey Distillery Fire[3][4][5][6]
- On May 9, 2000, a fire destroyed a seven-story aging warehouse at the company in Anderson County, Kentucky. It contained more than 17,000 wooden barrels of whiskey.[7] Burning whiskey flowed from the warehouse, setting the woods on fire, causing limestone deposits to explode. Firefighters saved Lawrenceburg's water treatment plant from destruction. However, an estimated 20% of the whiskey flowed into the Kentucky River.[8] The river contamination required the temporary shutdown of the water treatment plant. Officials ordered water usage restrictions. Businesses and schools were closed because of the water shortage.[9] The alcohol spill also depleted the oxygen in the river, killing an estimated 228,000 fish along a 66-mile stretch. The EPA and the Coast Guard's Gulf Strike Team aerated the river using equipment mounted on barges.[9] The company paid $256,000 to the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife in an effort to restore the fish population in the river.[9]
- 2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion
- Honolulu molasses spill, September 2013
- 2013 Brunost blaze
- Pepsi fruit juice flood, April 2017
See also
References
- ↑ "The Day Cedar Rapids Shook- The Douglas Starch Works Plant Explosion of 1919". Dust Safety Science. 2021-03-12. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
- ↑ "25 DEAD, 100 HURT IN BIG EXPLOSION AT CEDAR RAPIDS". www.encyclopedia-titanica.org. 2005-03-11. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
- ↑ Suckow, Alex (2021-05-18). "ARCHIVES: In May 2000, fire at Wild Turkey filled Kentucky air with burning bourbon". WLKY. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
- ↑ "Wild Turkey warehouse fire mixes whiskey and water in Kentucky". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
- ↑ "Wild Turkey Warehouse Burns". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
- ↑ "Bourbon And Smoke". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
- ↑ Sun, Baltimore. "Wild Turkey warehouse fire mixes whiskey and water in Kentucky". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
- ↑ "Bourbon And Smoke". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "EPA aerates Kentucky River to save fish". UPI. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
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