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After a hard day's work on his Crystal Beach home, Everett Johnston just wanted a cold beer. He grabbed a Tecate Light out of his fridge and began to sip. But, Johnston said, something didn't taste quite right. He said his wife looked in the bottle and noticed a rat's head floating inside. Johnston filed a lawsuit recently in Galveston County against FEMSA Cerveza (CCM), the Mexican maker of Tecate, as well as Heineken, which distributes the beer in the United States, among other defendants. He's citing the severe psychological damage he says he has suffered. The 59-year-old retired firefighter...

Rat’s head leads to cracker recall March 19, 2008 When it was revealed that a rat head was found in a jumbo-size packet of shrimp crackers, the public reaction was fast and furious. With consumers quickly focusing on the fact that the product might have come from China and might go beyond a single container of the popular noraebang saeukkang snack, the manufacturer, Nongshim, was forced to make a public apology yesterday and to recall up to 30,000 cases of the crackers. Nongshim accepted sole blame for the accident involving what it says is Korea’s No. 1 snack food and...