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Yet, another reason not to fly, or at least consider bringing your own food

Posted on January 02, 2010
Here are portions of the FDA 'WARNING LETTER AND NOTICE OF PROVISIONAL STATUS' Ms. Sondra Lehman?, Chief Operating Officer? North American Region? LSG SkyChefs? 6191 N. State Highway 161?Irving, Texas 75038 Dear Ms. Lehman: This letter serves as your formal notification that the U...

The Pathogenic Dangers of . . . Wooden Shipping Pallets?

Posted on January 01, 2010
Yes, even wooden shipping pallets. These days, it seems that nothing is immune from being linked to an outbreak of foodborne disease. Spinach, lettuce, sprouts, peanut butter, cookie dough, pizza, shellfish . . . everything. And now, a pharmaceutical recall highlights the potential risks posed by something as seemingly innocuous as wooden shipping pallets...

AP Reports: "Customers Back Ammonia-Treated Beef after Report"

Posted on January 01, 2010
The AP reports today that "Restaurant chains and beef processors defended their products' safety Thursday after a report that an ammonia treatment thought to kill harmful germs in meat isn't as effective as the industry and regulators believed. ...

Meat Trade News Daily misses only a couple

Posted on January 01, 2010
The Meat Trade News Daily misses only a couple major food safety issues (i.e. outbreaks) in yesterdays summary of ten major food stories in 2009. In the blog post, titled "USA - Food Safety a Bloody Disgrace," MTND includes: 1...

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Carino's Italian Voluntarily Removes Recalled Meat At All Restaurants Supplied By National Steak and Poultry

Posted on December 31, 2009
From a Company Press Release: AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - December 31, 2009) - Carino's Italian has voluntarily removed and safely disposed all meat products provided by its supplier, National Steak and Poultry (NSP). Carino's Italian took immediate steps and followed the appropriate safety procedures in the removal and disposal of all potentially affected meat products as soon as NSP notified the company of the USDA's Food and Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) request for the broad recall...

NMA Responds to New York Times

Posted on December 31, 2009
From a NMA Press Release: New York Times reporter Michael Moss, in a lengthy article, has questioned the technology developed and used by Beef Products, Inc. to ensure improved safety of beef and beef trimmings in today's publication. Beef Products, Inc is a long-time member of NMA...

Food Safety News - Emerging Food Safety Issues for 2010

Posted on December 31, 2009
Over at Food Safety News, we have been working on what we think are the issues that face the Food Safety community in 2010: Laws The U.S. Congress and Legislatures in most of the 50 states will all be back in session as 2010 begins. In Washington D.C...

Ammonia Burger, Anyone?

Posted on December 31, 2009
Over at the New York Times, writer Michael Moss has published yet another excellent piece, titled Company's Record on Beef Treatment Questioned, regarding a meat industry practice that many folks likely have never heard of--ammonia-treated meat trimmings used in many pre-fabricated beef patties...

Scombroid Poisoning Associated with Consuming Certain Fish

Posted on December 30, 2009
Here at Marler Clark, we are currently investigating an instance of probable scombroid poisoning for a client that contacted us recently. We are not contacted by victims of scombroid poisoning with the same frequency as E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella, and Hepatitis- A...

National Steak and Poultry Meat Tested Positive for E. coli O157:H7 - Nineteen Ill

Posted on December 29, 2009
Thankfully Kim Archer of the Tulsa World Herald is adding to the slow roll of information on this outbreak and recall – 'Owasso beef linked to E. coli.' Here is some clarified and newer information: Nineteen sickened, so says the CDC: The E. coli outbreak — considered a Class 1 recall because the health risk is high — has sickened at least 19 people, said Arleen Porcell-Pharr, a spokeswoman for the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta...

CDC confirms 19 ill in 16 States due to Mechanically Tenderized Steaks Tainted with E. coli O157:H7

Posted on December 29, 2009
According to State Health Department officials in six States, as of Monday there were reports of 1 illness each in Washington, Michigan, Iowa, Kansas and Colorado and 2 in South Dakota linked to the National State and Poultry E. coli O157:H7 beef recall linked to 'mechanically-tenderized' steaks...

Is Meat the Source for the E. coli Infection in your Urinary Tract?

Posted on December 29, 2009
Urinary tract infections (UTI) are a serious health problem affecting millions of people each year. In fact, they are the second most common type of bodily infection, accounting for about 8.3 million doctor visits annually. Escherichia coli--a family of bacteria that includes E...

E. coli-tainted Meat Causes Illnesses in Six States; The Public Needs to Know More!

Posted on December 28, 2009
Authorities Have Not Revealed Which Restaurants Received The Tainted Steaks On Christmas eve the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a notice that National Steak and Poultry (NSP) was recalling 248,000 pounds of beef steaks contaminated with the highly virulent pathogen E...

National Steak and Poultry Links Moe's, Carino's Italian Grill, and KRM Restaurants to E. coli Outbreak Outbreak in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, South Dakota and Washington

Posted on December 28, 2009
According to recent press reports, a statement from National Steak and Poultry and discussions with various state health officials, Colorado has confirmed that at least one person in that state was sickened there in November but wasn't hospitalized. Iowa and Kansas each confirmed one illness...

Pay E. coli Victims Medical Bills and Lost Wages, Marler Clark Urges National Steak and Poultry

Posted on December 27, 2009
Bill Marler, food safety advocate and attorney, whose Seattle law firm, Marler Clark, has been contacted by victims of the E. coli outbreak traced to the National Steak and Poultry steak recall that has sickened people in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, South Dakota and Washington, called today on National Steak and Poultry to pay the medical bills and lost wages of all individuals...

FSIS recommendations on tenderized beef . . . from 1999

Posted on December 27, 2009
In 1999, the USDA-FSIS asked the National Advisory Comittee for Microbiological for Foods whether tenderized beef presented increased risks of contamination by E. coli O157:H7. The answer, of course, was that it does, and that risks to consumer health increased correspondingly...

The Problem with Tenderized Beef

Posted on December 26, 2009
Injury issues aside (see John Mcdonalds HUS story), the problem with tenderized beef is that it internalizes bacteria from the surface of intact cuts of beef, thereby reducing the likelihood that cooking will serve as an effective kill step. The recent (ongoing???) outbreak of E...

My Steak has been needle or blade penetrated or hammered - Really? What about E. coli?

Posted on December 26, 2009
My email box is filling up following yet another FSIS recall – this time the issue is 'mechanically tenderized' steaks contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 linked to illnesses in several states. So, how often are our steaks penetrated or hammered? As you can imagine, that information is not that readily available...

Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and E. coli O157:H7

Posted on December 26, 2009
Every time an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak occurs, we get yet another reminder how devastating the bacteria can be, particularly when it causes hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). See www.about-hus.com.. And every time we represent a young child with HUS, I am reminded of the story of Regan Erickson, who was sickened in the spinach E...

NSP E. coli O157:H7 outbreak: How Many Ill?

Posted on December 26, 2009
Certain circumstances surrounding the National Steak and Poultry E. coli O157:H7 outbreak have me worried. The pathogen is incredibly dangerous; the vehicle (non-ground beef products) is often not cooked to a high enough temperature to kill E. coli; many of the beef products recalled are frozen, thus extending the shelf-life, putting more people at risk over a longer time frame, and frustrating public health detection efforts; and perhaps most concerning, the list of products is really long: 4-ounce 'NATIONAL STEAK AND POULTRY BONELESS BEEF SIRLOIN STEAK,' with an identifying case code of 'SC68408...

National Steak and Poultry E coli Outbreak

Posted on December 26, 2009
E. coli O157:H7 strikes again, this time stealing some of Santa's thunder and delivering a pile of bad news (for the meat industry, the consumer, everybody) on Christmas Eve. The outbreak linked to National Steak and Poultry, an Oklahoma-based purveyor of pre-portioned beef products, has sickened people in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, South Dakota, and Washington...

Marler Clark Calls on National Steak and Poultry and the FSIS to Reveal What Restaurants Received the 248,000 Pounds of E. coli-Tainted Steaks

Posted on December 25, 2009
On Christmas Eve, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) released an advisory that there was 'a recall of approximately 248,000 pounds of steaks that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.' This is a CLASS I RECALL - which means - 'This type of recall involves a health hazard where a reasonable probability exists that eating the food would cause serious, adverse health consequences or death...

Just in Time for Christmas Dinner, Listeria Ham and E. coli Steaks Recalled

Posted on December 24, 2009
E. coli Steaks National Steak and Poultry, an Owasso, Okla., establishment, is recalling approximately 248,000 pounds of beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today...

NICE: Food Safety News Issues Second Part of its 2009 Naughty and Nice List

Posted on December 24, 2009
List Follows Yesterday's Naughty Entries Food Safety News, the web-based newspaper that covers all things food safety, today released the second part of its 2009 Food Safety Naughty and Nice list. The web-based newspaper's 'Naughty' list was published yesterday and included food safety missteps, missed opportunities, and downright dirty deeds...

Just in time for Christmas - The Complete Food Safety Naughty and Nice List

Posted on December 24, 2009
Naughty - Stewart Parnell, President of Peanut Corporation of America, for asking for nearly $1 million from his bankrupt business for his own criminal defense fund after shipping peanuts his own tests showed were contaminated with Salmonella that sickened over 700 and killed at least nine...

Wisconsin veterinary group opposes bill to allow raw milk sales

Posted on December 24, 2009
DVM NEWSMAGAZINE Madison, Wis. -- The Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association (WVMA) is taking a stand against a proposed state law that would allow the sale of raw milk, citing public health concerns. The "Raw Milk Bill" under consideration by state leaders would allow farmers to sell raw milk directly from the farm...

Food Safety News Naughty List 2009

Posted on December 23, 2009
by Suzanne Schreck at Food Safety News | Dec 23, 2009 After much thought and consideration, here is the Food Safety News Naughty list for 2009:?? NAUGHTY: Stewart Parnell, President of Peanut Corporation of America, for asking for nearly $1 million from his bankrupt business for his own criminal defense fund after shipping peanuts his own tests showed were contaminated with Salmonella that sickened over 700 and killed at least nine...

Study Finds Majority of Commercial Chicken Has Bacterial Contamination

Posted on December 23, 2009
Consumer Reports has unveiled the results of a study that provide a frightening look at commercially sold uncooked chicken in the U.S. - two thirds of the chicken tested was positive for either Salmonella, Campylobacter, or both. The consumer organization tested 382 chickens from 100 different stores in 22 states...

CSPI Finds a Troubling Decline in Foodborne Outbreak Investigations by State Health Officials

Posted on December 23, 2009
WASHINGTON—In a troubling trend, state health departments completed fewer foodborne illness investigations in 2007 than in the previous decade, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest. 'The decline in fully-investigated outbreaks could reflect a serious gap in state public health spending,' said CSPI food safety director Caroline Smith DeWaal...

LSG SkyChefs loses its "approved" status

Posted on December 22, 2009
Food Safety News is reporting tomorrow.... The LSG SkyChefs catering facility at Denver International Airport has lost its 'approved status' after U.S. Food and Drug Administration inspections found food safety problems that include positive test results for the deadly Listeria pathogen...

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