FURTHER to our article “Now the EU spouts off. . . about our milk jugs” on February 3, we have been asked to point out that there is no proposed EU ban on milk jugs or any other milk containers.
The tests referred to in our articles were carried out by the University of Valencia, not at the behest of any agency of the EU.
The European Commission entirely shares the advice of the UK’s Food Standards Agency, that milk jugs that are clean and stored appropriately before and after filling are totally in line with EU legislation. Link
To our print readers:
Although the General Medical Council found that Professors Simon Murch and John Walker-Smith, former colleagues of Andrew Wakefield, had failed in their duties as responsible consultants such that they continue to face charges of serious professional misconduct (“Fall of ‘dishonest’ doctor who started MMR scare”, January 29), it did not find them dishonest or, in the case of Professor Murch, irresponsible, contrary to our report. We were also wrong to say (“The men who started the scare”, same day) that they had not retracted the claim that MMR could be linked to health problems; they did so in The Lancet in 2004. We apologise for the errors. 
We apologise to the staff and pupils of Kilkenny College, a boarding school in south-east Ireland, for mistakenly identifying it as a school that Saoirse Ronan left because teachers and students were giving her a hard time (A name to reckon with, 23 January, page 16, Weekend). Contrary to what we stated, Saoirse Ronan was never a student at Kilkenny College. We accept that Kilkenny College guards the interests of its pupils and regret any implication to the contrary. 
On-the-Spot Dairy in Salford St, Invercargill, staff did use gloves when serving an ice cream during a survey of dairies and their hygiene standards, which was published on Saturday. We’re sorry for any embarrassment we may have caused the dairy’s staff. 
OUR source clearly indulged in too much champagne at the Douglas Hannant party at the Plaza Oak Room the other night. We reported on Wednesday that Countess Nathalie von Bismarck was “on her first night out since her split from the count.” This was incorrect. Count Carl-Eduard and Countess von Bismarck have not split. They are happily married with two small children, and we sincerely regret the error. 
A photograph published in the Toronto Sun Friday incorrectly identified a person who has the same name as a dead drug dealer. The photo showed Shawn James, winner of a Harry Jerome Award in 2005 and a social worker with UrbanPromise Toronto, a Christian-based community initiative working with children, youth and single mothers.
In last week’s article, ‘New bank investors snub Sir Peter Burt’ (10 January 2010) we incorrectly stated that Sir Peter had ‘been forced to sever his ties with the new banking venture being launched by Sandy Chen’. In fact, Sir Peter decided several months ago not to participate in the venture despite being twice invited to do so. We apologise to Sir Peter for this error and, at his request, have made a donation to the Haiti disater [sic] appeal. 
ON 19 June 2008 we reported that Britain’s Next Top Model finalist Jasmia Robinson’s unnamed boyfriend, was in custody for allegedly stabbing a suspected love rival.
The story “Suspect in $150m loan scam fronts court” on Wednesday listed people said to have been charged as part of a fraud syndicate. In fact, only seven of the persons listed in the article, namely Hiba Cornell, Ahmad Hamze, Adam Perez, Rachid Kabhara, Hammoude Badr, Mohamad Sowaid, and Mohamad Diab have been so charged. The Herald apologises to the other persons named in the article, including Mohamed Mehajer, for the error. 
In our report “Brighton TV producer escapes jail for “repulsive” child porn collection” at 5.49pm on Monday December 21 2009, we wrongly identified the defendant accused of downloading “unspeakable” child porn at a trial heard at Southwark Crown Court as Martyn Smith, the Bafta-nominated TV director, producer and writer whose achievements include the BBC programme Dragons’ Den, Mary Queen of Shops and The Apprentice.
The Globe and Mail and Jan Wong did not intend to identify the owners of a Thornhill home whose home was described in the Maid for a Month series in 2006, and apologizes for any harm that may have been caused by the publication of the article to Steven, Georgina and Angelo Nitsopoulos. 
LEST any doubt arose from our articles in August 2008 on the acquittal of Barry George for the murder of Jill Dando, we are happy to make it clear we accept that the jury’s verdict in acquitting Mr George was correct.
This week the Peterborough Examiner in Ontario, Canada published 
Our 5 November report on an alleged incident in a Manchester nightclub involving two beauty queens was wrongly illustrated with a photograph of Sarah Lawrence wearing a “blue angel” outfit.
In the Yorkshire Evening Post of June 11th, we reported that a court had been told that Roman Abramovich had threatened to kill Ken Bates.
FOLLOWING last Sunday’s story (“Charles goes on health drive after hospital scare”) Clarence House has asked us to make it clear that the Prince of Wales was not rushed to hospital in the summer. Nor were there any fears he was having a heart attack. The hospital visit of which we were informed was a routinely scheduled check-up.Editor
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- Metro knows foreign affairs - FagsteinFagstein | February 9, 2010An error in a French paper in Montreal.
- J-Source.ca -- The Canadian Journalism Projectj-source.ca | February 4, 2010
- Fewer copy editors after staff cuts means more grammar errors - Issues & Ideas - MiamiHerald.comThe Miami Herald | January 31, 2010Yet another ombud notes that fewer copy editors = more errors.
- PROW 135: Proofreading and Copyediting: Lecture 4: Fundamentals of AccuracyPROW 135 blog | January 26, 2010
- Andrew Alexander - Why you're seeing more copy-editing errors in The Post - washingtonpost.comThe Washington Post | January 17, 2010
- Now The Details: "Cyberombudsmen" and the Evolution of Media AccountabilityNow the Details | January 17, 2010
- Innovation is required if newspapers are going to revamp copy editingMcGuire on Media | January 20, 2010Glad that my recent CJR inspired such a great post. This is required reading.
- 'Devotion to Accuracy' means owning up to mistakes | Feder | blogs.vocalo.orgblogs.vocalo.org | January 20, 2010
- The fundamental unreliability of America's mediaSalon.com | January 12, 2010
- My Greatest Mistake: Learn From Six Luminaries | MagazineWired.com | December 21, 2009
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