Lisa Lupo of QA Magazine gives the lowdown on the “loathsome cockroach.” • According to a University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) publication, “Cockroaches have been found to be the cause of… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: October 2010
Outbreaks, illnesses and recalls linked to raw (unpasteurized) and pasteurized dairy products, United States, 2010 through October 31, 2010
Summary 10 raw dairy outbreaks with 105 illnesses 1 pasteurized dairy outbreak with 23 illnesses 1 queso fresco Mexican-style cheese outbreak with 5 illnesses 3 sporadic illnesses from illegal Mexican-style… Continue Reading
Should the States and/or the FDA (a.k.a Taxpayers) pay when food is recalled, quarantined or destroyed?
The firestorm of comments on my blog that have surrounded the recall, quarantine and destruction of cheese at Estrella and Morningland got me thinking once again of the 2006 E…. Continue Reading
Health Alert issued for Gourmet Salads Meat and Poultry
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is issuing a public health alert for an undetermined amount of various meat and poultry products produced without the benefit… Continue Reading
Missouri Attorney General seeks destruction of Morningland Dairy cheese
Announced through a press release, Attorney General Chris Koster has asked the Howell County Circuit Court to require Morningland Dairy, located in Mountain View, to destroy contaminated cheese products that… Continue Reading
Off to Arkansas – Food Illness – From Soup to Nuts
I always enjoy teaching at law school when I can. Next week I get to spend a few days with some graduate students at the University of Arkansas School of… Continue Reading
Kosher First LLC. Issues Alert on Listeria in Tuv Taam Salads Nova Lox Salad
KOSHER FIRST LLC. 502 FLUSHING AVE. is recalling TUV TAAM SALADS NOVA LOX SALAD due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The problem was discovered after routine sampling by New York State… Continue Reading
Oklahoma E. coli O111 Victims to Share $4 Million, not $3 Million as Insurers Argued
In a blow to Republic Underwriters and Southern Insurance Companies (and to insurers everywhere), the Federal Magistrate in Oklahoma sided with the 341 victims of the largest E. coli O111… Continue Reading
Listeria Recall – Small Raw Milk Cheese Producers must be treated equally
Boy, have I heard it from the raw milik, locavore, anti-government folks over the last few days. I now agree with them. Big agribusiness and small local farmers should be… Continue Reading
Possible Listeria Risk Causes 54,000 Pound Pork Recall
Autentico Foods, a Hawaiian Gardens, Calif., firm, is recalling approximately 54,000 pounds of ready-to-eat pork products that were not produced in accordance with its food safety plan for its Listeria… Continue Reading