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Lawyers, Microbiologists, and Safe Food

Posted on July 01, 2010
There must be a good joke about a lawyer who sidles up to a bar and strikes up a conversation with the microbiologist on the next stool. I don't know the punch line, but rest assured it will have something to do with the microbiologist peering through a microscope, and the lawyer chasing ambulances...

Skokie Country Club Salmonella Outbreak Continues

Posted on July 01, 2010
The Salmonella outbreak at the Skokie Country Club in Glencoe, IL remains the top priority for the Cook County Department of Public Health.Cook County has identified the strain involved as Salmonella enteritidis, one of the most common strains of Salmonella...

Raw Milk Blamed in Colorado Outbreak

Posted on July 01, 2010
Colorado has ordered the Billy Goat Dairy to stop selling raw milk after 16 of its customers became ill.Two of the 16 were children who required hospitalization, the Boulder County Public Health Department said Wednesday.Laboratory tests on the ill confirmed the presence of both Campylobacter and E...

Will Oil-Eating Bacteria Plague the Gulf?

Posted on July 01, 2010
As though the Gulf Coast states don't have enough to worry about with crude oil spewing into the water at an estimated rate of 5,000 barrels a day, they soon may also have to worry about bacterial plumes.A microbe called Vibrio parahaemolyticus, common in warm coastal waters like the Gulf, thrives off of crude oil...

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Biden Visits Gulf, Discusses Seafood Safety

Posted on July 01, 2010
"Sometimes life's not fair," said Vice President Joe Biden, as he addressed a small crowd in New Orleans, Louisiana yesterday. "Y'all have been hit with Katrina, Gustav and now the BP oil spill. You've been through more than any community has a right to be asked to go through...

Allergy Alert Out on Pure Base Spreads

Posted on June 30, 2010
A California company has recalled its 4 ounce bottles of "Pure Base Garlic Spread - Concentrate" and 7 ounce bottles of "Pure Base Garlic Spread - Ready to Spread" items because they may contain undeclared milk and wheat. Pure Base Distribution LLC, based in Ontario, CA, is asking customers who are allergic to milk or wheat products to return the spreads to their retail store for a full refund...

Food Poisoning Strikes 26 in Hong Kong

Posted on June 30, 2010
Food poisoning has struck 26 people in Hong Kong, the Center for Health Protection announced Monday.The unit of Hong Kong's Department of Health said it was investigating five clusters of suspected food poisoning. Here is how the Center for Health Protection described each cluster:The first involved a male and two females aged from 12 to 51 who developed abdominal pain, fever, vomiting, and diarrhea about three to seven hours after consuming food purchased from a restaurant in Jordan on June 26...

Multiple Salmonella Strains Found In HVP Facility

Posted on June 30, 2010
The processing facility that made the hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) included in 177 separately recalled products earlier this year still has some explaining to do with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.In a June 23 warning letter to Nevada-based Basic Food Flavors Inc...

Agencies to Hold Meetings on Food Safety Progress

Posted on June 30, 2010
FSIS, FDA, and CDC Announce Dates for Public Meetings to Measure Progress The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced this week a series of meetings to work on measuring progress in reducing the public health burden of foodborne illness from contaminated food...

Airline Food Lacks Adequate Safety Precautions

Posted on June 30, 2010
Many people regard airline travel as nothing short of a headache. The long lines, uncomfortable luggage, security procedures, and general confusion filling most airports are enough to work up an appetite in even the most veteran fliers. The feeling of finally sinking into your seat after a hectic airport experience is one of unique relaxation...

No Takers for Food Safety Acreditation in India

Posted on June 30, 2010
The Food Safety and Standard Authority of India's initiative to accredit food establishments has found no takers, since not a single eatery has responded to the authority's offer for accreditation through Quality Control of India. The Food Safety and Standard Authority recently handed Quality Control of India the accreditation process, directing it to decide the norms and, accordingly, accredit restaurants, eateries, and dhabas--roadside restaurants--across the country...

FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Antibiotics in Ag

Posted on June 30, 2010
The federal government may be a step closer toward banning--or severely limiting--the subtherapeutic use of antibiotics in animal agriculture in the interest of public health. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released draft guidance Monday "intended to help reduce the development of resistance to medically important antimicrobial drugs" that are widely used in food animal production to ward off disease and promote growth...

California Finds Lead in Imported Candy

Posted on June 29, 2010
The California Department of Public Health is warning consumers not to eat Flash Pop Candy imported from China. Tests conducted on the candy last week revealed unacceptable levels of lead in the product.Flash Pop Candy is imported and distributed by Kidsmania, Inc...

Canada Tracks Contaminated Cardamom

Posted on June 29, 2010
Green Cardamom, an herb from the ginger family native to Southeast Asia, apparently now grown in Guatemala, has turned up with Salmonella contamination in Canada.Since the middle of last week, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has been scrambling to get its arms around the problem...

Milk in Hot Sauce Chips Brings Recall in Canada

Posted on June 29, 2010
Canada's Loblaw Companies Limited (Loblaw) is warning the public not to consume President's Choice Louisiana Hot Sauce Thick Cut Dipping Chips because the product contains milk ingredients.The affected product, President's Choice Louisiana Hot Sauce Thick Cut Dipping Chips is sold in a 275g package and has a UPC number of 0 60383 99282 8 and a code date on package 2010 JL 12...

DOT's Peanut Ban on Airlines is Grounded

Posted on June 29, 2010
After using the federal rule-making process to solicit a couple hundred pro and con comments on a proposed ban on peanuts on commercial carriers, the U.S. Department of Transportation had to admit it was all just a drill. DOT lacks the authority to impose such a ban...

Food Security at Top of Global Agenda

Posted on June 29, 2010
In his opening statement at the Global Consumer Goods Forum's summit in London last week, Pick n Pay chairman Gareth Ackerman voiced concerns about land reform ahead of the expected release of a South African government policy document on the topic. South African farmers fear the nationalization of land, which Ackerman said would harm farmers' ability to expand...

The Perils of Punditry: Everyone Has an Opinion

Posted on June 29, 2010
Back in the day, when I was studying for my degree in philosophy, during my senior year I was required to take a 400-level seminar on Plato and Aristotle, which, in large part, consisted of reading large amounts of both philosophers' work, and then discussing the work in class...

House to Hold Hearing on School Nutrition Bill

Posted on June 29, 2010
The House Education and Labor Committee has announced it will hold its first hearing on the Improving Nutrition for America's Children Act, an $8 billion bill to fund federal nutrition programs, next Thursday. The legislation was introduced earlier this month by committee chairman George Miller (D-CA), celebrity chef Rachael Ray, and a group of bipartisan lawmakers...

Reusable Shopping Bags: Safe?

Posted on June 29, 2010
According to a joint food safety research report issued by researchers at the University of Arizona and Loma Linda University, reusable grocery bags can serve as a breeding ground for dangerous foodborne bacteria and pose a serious risk to public health...

Hong Kong Found Few Food Problems in April

Posted on June 28, 2010
Hong Kong's Center for Food Safety has released the findings of its Food Safety Report for April. Out of the 3,700 food samples tested, three samples were found to be unsatisfactory and the overall "satisfactory" rate was 99.9 percent.A spokesman for the Center for Food Safety said that about 2,500 food samples were taken for chemical tests and the remaining 1,200 for microbiological and other tests...

CFIA Finds no Disease at Alberta Plant

Posted on June 28, 2010
After being called in to investigate an "animal health situation" at a meat processing plant in Red Deer, Alberta, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has ruled out a reportable disease such as foot and mouth. According to Winnipeg Free Press, the Olymel plant was shut down to hog shipments early last week and tests began immediately...

'Foreign Materials' Force BBQ Chicken Pizza Recall

Posted on June 28, 2010
Romeoville, IL-based Great Kitchens, Inc. recalled approximately 109,800 pounds of BBQ chicken pizza products that may contain foreign materials on June 25.According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the health risk for this second-class recall is low...

Study Finds Tons of Bushmeat in Paris

Posted on June 28, 2010
A new study has found that more than 5 tons of bushmeat slips through Paris' main airport each week. This is the first time experts have documented how much bushmeat is smuggled into any European city. According to the Huffington Post, the research has been published in the journal Conservation Letters...

Q&A With T&E Meats: Small Meat Food Safety

Posted on June 28, 2010
As part of our ongoing expert Q&A series, a conversation with Joe Cloud who co-owns a small USDA-inspected abattoir with Joel Salatin of Polyface Farm, The Omnivore's Dilemma, and Food, Inc.Joe Cloud knows local meat. In 2008, he used his retirement savings to help save True & Essential Meats (T&E Meats), in Harrisburg, Virginia, one of the few remaining independent, USDA-inspected abattoirs in the mid-Atlantic...

USDA Releases Farmer's Market Guide to SNAP

Posted on June 28, 2010
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the release of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) at Farmer's Markets: A How-To Handbook. The handbook provides farmers market managers with step-by-step directions on how to install Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) machines and accept SNAP benefits...

Letter From The Editor: Summer Interns

Posted on June 27, 2010
As we near our 300th day of publishing Food Safety News, we are experiencing one of the big benefits of the season--our summer interns!We are very fortunate to have three talented and aggressive young women helping us this summer. Together they've really give added punch to our daily fare...

Fresh Spinach Recalled for Listeria

Posted on June 26, 2010
Routine Spinach sampling by the North Carolina Department of Food & Drug Protection came back positive for Listeria monocytogenes and sparked a multi-state recall this week.Fresh Spinach sold under the brand names of Krisp-Pak, Lancaster Fresh, Giant, and America's Choice and distributed in a half dozen states are being recalled by Maryland-based Lancaster Foods LLC...

Kellogg's Recalls 28 Million Boxes of Cereal

Posted on June 26, 2010
Some of its most popular breakfast cereals have flunked Kellogg's taste and smell tests, prompting it to voluntarily issue a recall of up to 28 million boxes of the involved brands. The Battle Creek, MI-based cereal company said it has been working with the U...

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