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Beef and E. coli: the bad start to 2010 continues

Posted on January 18, 2010
Today, the USDA's food inspection branch (FSIS) announced the recall of 846,000 pounds of ground beef products produced by a California company called Huntington Meat Packing, Inc., due, of course, to potential contamination by E. coli O157:H7. In addition to ground beef produced early this month (Jan 2010), the recall includes ground beef products produced as far back as February 19 to May 15, 2008, due to the concern that some of these products may still be frozen in consumers' homes...

California company recalls 864,000 pounds of ground beef

Posted on January 18, 2010
FSIS reported today that Huntington Meat Packing Inc., a Montebello, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 864,000 pounds of beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. Although the recall is Class I--i.e. associated with a very high risk to consumer health--there are no illnesses currently known to be associated with the potentially contaminated meat...

Wisconsin hit by E. coli O157:H7 again

Posted on January 18, 2010
Fox 6 News in Milwaukee reported today that the state of Wisconsin, with the aid of local health authorities, is investigating 6 E. coli O157:H7 illnesses in Belgium, Wisconsin. Wisconsin has been hit hard by E. coli before. Why is it that some states--Minnesota, Utah, and a list of 3 or 4 others--seem to be involved in many major E...

More Nuts Recalled for Salmonella- Hines Nut Company Pine Nuts

Posted on January 17, 2010
The FDA announced Friday that Hines Nut Company of Dallas, Texas has recalled of 270 packages of Pine Nuts, due to potential contamination with Salmonella. The nuts were packaged under the brand name Harris Teeter Farmers Market...

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Nestle Change for Safer Ingredients in Cookie Dough to Slow Production

Posted on January 16, 2010
There is something about the term "cookie dough shortage" that doesn't quite sound serious. Still, the recent events that may lead to such a storage are just that. Elizabeth Weise of the USA Today is reporting that Nestle's cookie dough may be in short supply after making a change in its process to increase safety...

Think Twice Before Drinking a Glass of Raw Milk

Posted on January 15, 2010
Chris Martin, then age seven, developed an E. coli O157:H7 infection in September 2006 following consumption of raw milk. He was hospitalized beginning on September 8, suffering from severe gastrointestinal symptoms, including bloody diarrhea...

MDA consumer advisory: Parkers Farm expands product recall

Posted on January 15, 2010
ST. PAUL, Minn. –The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is alerting consumers to an expansion of the January 8, 2010, product recall issued by Parkers Farm, Inc., of Coon Rapids, Minnesota. The company has expanded its voluntary product recall to include all products produced under its label, as well as a number of products marketed under other labels and produced at its Coon Rapids facility...

Unacceptable level of Campylobacter on retail chicken

Posted on January 15, 2010
Trent Rowe reported yesterday on TheLedger.com about the disturbing prevalence of campylobacter on chicken purchased at retail. Most of the chickens we buy in supermarkets are contaminated with Salmonella and/or Campylobacter bacteria. They make us sick...

Tylenol recall expands

Posted on January 15, 2010
So how does the principle of strict liability--i.e. liability without regard to fault--which is applicable in foodborne illness cases, apply to bottles of Tylenol that make people sick? The answer: very well. For some background, Johnson & Johnson today expanded its recall of various Tylenol products, which, like many food items, are regulated by the FDA, due to potential contamination with a substance that produces a chemical odor that has made a bunch of people ill with gastrointestinal symptoms...

Mandatory Food Code Adoption by the States: one of many good projects for FDA and Michael Taylor

Posted on January 14, 2010
As the newly appointed deputy commissioner for food safety at the FDA, Michael Taylor has a lot on his plate. Many different things to accomplish, not least of which a ramped up, more proactive approach to food safety within the agencies of government...

Investigation and Traceback Continues in Adams Farm E. coli Recall

Posted on January 14, 2010
Federal and Massachusetts State officials continue to investigate the circumstances that led to the recall of 2,574 pounds of beef products from Adams Farm in Athol, Massachusetts. The USDA announced the recall on Monday, January 11, saying the recall resulted from a ground beef sample that tested positive for E...

Salmonella Victims Press Lawmakers to Keep Promise of Reform

Posted on January 14, 2010
A year after outbreak of contaminated peanut products, Congress has yet to pass food-safety legislation WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Victims and families of those who were sickened and in some cases died due to an early 2009 foodborne-illness outbreak are calling on congressional lawmakers to keep their promise to implement food-safety reform...

Parkers Farm Foods Recalled Over Listeria

Posted on January 13, 2010
Listen up, folks. It's time to check your refrigerator and cupboards for food that may be contaminated with listeria monocytogenes, a very serious and potentially fatal foodborne pathogen. This morning, Food Safety News is reporting that Parkers Farm, Inc...

Response to FSN article calling for Uniform Application of the Model Food Code

Posted on January 13, 2010
Jim Mann, the executive director of Handwashing for Life Institute, emailed the following response to the Food Safety News article titled "A Call for Uniform Model Food Code Application": Uniformly good vs. Uniformly enforceable. Of these two choices, I believe the FDA favors the latter...

Nestle USA Announces Safety Enhancement for Nestle TOLL HOUSE Refrigerated Cookie Dough

Posted on January 13, 2010
From a company press release: SOLON, Ohio, Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Nestle USA's Baking Division announced today it will begin using heat-treated flour in the manufacture of its Nestle Toll House refrigerated cookie dough. "Consistent with our quality standards for Nestle Toll House refrigerated cookie dough, this change will only further enhance the safety of our products," said Paul Bakus, General Manager, Nestle USA Baking Group...

Beef and E. coli O157:H7 pick up in 2010 where they left off in 2009

Posted on January 12, 2010
Today's announcement by USDA-FSIS of another beef recall due to E. coli O157:H7 contamination bodes poorly for this new year. Adams Farm Slaughterhouse, LLC., an Athol, Mass., establishment, is recalling approximately 2,574 pounds of beef products that may be contaminated with E...

Massachusetts again the site of a ground beef E. coli outbreak

Posted on January 12, 2010
Adams Farm Slaughterhouse, LLC., an Athol, Mass., establishment, is recalling approximately 2,574 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...

Fecal Bacteria in Fountain Drinks - More Fallout

Posted on January 12, 2010
I originally posted about this new study last Friday that reveals the unpleasant presence of fecal bacteria in nearly half of the fountain drinks tested. As noted then: Tests were conducted on 90 fountain beverages, from both self-service and store-personnel dispensers...

Marler Clark Clients Urge Prosecution of Stewart Parnell for 700 Salmonella related Illnesses and nine Deaths

Posted on January 12, 2010
Over a year after the outbreak of Salmonella in peanut butter that sickened hundreds and caused the deaths of at least nine, criminal prosecution of the responsible parties has yet to begin. Marler Clark, who represents more than 45 of the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) victims, is assisting them in an effort to hold PCA president Stewart Parnell accountable for his actions...

Enterobacter sakazakii Blog Updated ("E. sak," Cronobacter sakazakii): Infections Associated with Powdered Infant Formula

Posted on January 11, 2010
Enterobacter sakazakii was first described as a new bacterial species in 1980, and over a hundred scientific papers have been written about it. From 1980 to 2007 it was known as Enterobacter sakazakii, but in 2007 there was a proposal to reclassify it into a new genus Cronobacter as Cronobacter sakazakii...

Adams Farm Slaughterhouse Recalls Beef Products Due to Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination

Posted on January 11, 2010
Recall Release CLASS I RECALL FSIS-RC-002-2010 HEALTH RISK: HIGH WASHINGTON, January 11, 2010 - Adams Farm Slaughterhouse, LLC., an Athol, Mass., establishment, is recalling approximately 2,574 pounds of beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U...

Author Michael Pollan visits Washington State University

Posted on January 11, 2010
Pollan is the John S. and James L. Knight Professor of Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley. He is a former executive editor of Harper's magazine and a regular contributor to the New York Times Magazine. He has authored several books; 'Omnivore's Dilemma' was named one of the best books of 2006 by the New York Times and the Washington Post newspapers...

HOUSE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE HOLDS HEARING ON FOOD SAFETY; CONSUMERS UNION URGES CONGRESS TO TAKE ACTION ON FOOD SAFETY ENHANCEMENT ACT

Posted on January 10, 2010
Concerns that the Bill Will Unduly Impact Small and Organic Farmers Unfounded Washington, D.C.—Consumers Union, nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports, urges Congress to take swift action on the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 (FSEA), H.R. 2749, before its August recess...

Governor's Food Safety Council Holds First Meeting of 2010

Posted on January 09, 2010
Council Members Discuss Impact of Proposed Federal Food Safety Legislation HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Agriculture Secretary Russell C. Redding and Health Secretary Everette James co-chaired a meeting of the Governor's Food Safety Council on Tuesday, Jan...

Fecal Bacteria in Fountain Soft Drinks - Study

Posted on January 08, 2010
This is the truth. The lunch special from the cafeteria downstairs today included a drink, so I had just finished a fountain soda when I was forwarded a link to this study. Yikes. A study published this month in the International Journal of Food Microbiology reported on the presence of coliform bacteria in nearly 50% of the beverages tested...

Thank God for Food Safety Reporters and Bloggers

Posted on January 07, 2010
According to the CDC (well, actually the Washington Post last week), we know that 21 persons were infected with E. coli O157:H7 in 16 states caused by National Steak and Poultry "mechanically tenderized" steaks. Also, according to the CDC (well, actually efoodalert), the ill persons reside in California (1), Colorado (1), Florida (1), Hawaii (1), Iowa (1), Indiana (1), Kansas (1), Michigan (1), Minnesota (3), Nevada (1), Ohio (2), Oklahoma (1), South Dakota (2), Tennessee (1), Utah (2), and Washington (1)...

Outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 Infections Associated with Beef from National Steak and Poultry Updated January 6, 2010

Posted on January 07, 2010
CDC is collaborating with public health officials in several states and the United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to investigate a multistate outbreak of human infections due to Escherichia coli O157:H7 (E...

Olive Garden, Applebees, Moe's Southwest Grill, Carino's Italian and 54th Street Grill & Bar Linked to E. coli Steak Recall

Posted on January 06, 2010
According to Alan Liddle of Nation's Restaurant News 'at least five restaurant chains are now included in a list of those affected by the late December recall of [250,000 pounds] of beef including,' Olive Garden, Applebees, Moe's Southwest Grill, Carino's Italian and 54th Street Grill & Bar...

CDC Releases Data on National Steak and Poultry E. coli Outbreak

Posted on January 06, 2010
As of Monday, January 4, 2010, 21 persons infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 had been reported from 16 states. The number of ill persons who were identified resides in each state as follows: California (1), Colorado (1), Florida (1), Hawaii (1), Iowa (1), Indiana (1), Kansas (1), Michigan (1), Minnesota (3), Nevada (1), Ohio (2), Oklahoma (1), South Dakota (2), Tennessee (1), Utah (2), and Washington (1)...

About Shigella and Shigella Blog Updated

Posted on January 06, 2010
About Shigella and its companion Shigella Blog were updated once again after extensive revisions by experts in the field and the staff and lawyers at Marler Clark, LLP PS, the only law firm in the United States that focuses its entire practice on foodborne illness litigation...

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