That is not meant as a slam against the Democrats now or when the Republicans took us in year’s past from a surplus to tax breaks for the weathly, medicare drug benefits and two wars.
I was having a relaxing evening for a change until I received an email from John Stanton of Roll Call
I got up really early to watch the vote of CSpan and still can not quite beleive it passed and with a margin of 73 in favor and 25 against. The Bill that in large part will do:
Allow the FDA to order a recall of tainted foods;
It must be my day. The Senate passes a food safety bill by breakfast, FSIS deems a pathogenic strain of E. coli an adulterant before lunch, and I get nominated into the ABA’s Top 100 Law Blawgs. Now it is time for readers to weigh in on the ABA Site and vote.
I know it is a bit odd for a foodborne illness trial lawyer to act as publisher (think of me as a good Rupert Murdoch) of an online newspaper, but I a very proud of what the staff, interns, freelancers and contributing writers have accomplished over the last year, and look forward to FSN’s continued
For those that recall back to August 2010, Cargill Meat Solutions Corp., recalled approximately 8,500 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O26. The product subject to recall included: 42-pound cases of “GROUND BEEF FINE 90/10,” containing three (3) – approximately 14 pound chubs each. These products have a “use/freeze
Here is the link to CSpan on Food Safety
In the morning, the Senate may well actually vote on the bill, although the debates on 1099 forms and earmarks have been a bit entertaining – coming from a political science major.
“This is like déjà vu all over again” by Yogi Berra is what I was thinking as a read the below article from the REVUE CANADIENNE DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE as I was researching the FDA’s “60 day rule.”
An Outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 Hemorrhagic Colitis Associated with Unpasteurized Gouda Cheese
Lance Honish, BSc, Gerry
Boy do I know how to have fun; cleaning up the yard after a wind and snowstorm (that carried sub-freezing temperatures), and doing the bi-weekly chicken house cleaning (sorry, no eggs yet). Between those tasks, I have been reading up on the genesis of the 60-day aging of cheese (21 CFR 133 et seq.). I
According to Derek Demo of KHSL TV 12 in Chico-Redding E. coli O157:H7 victim Olivia Henderson is out of the hospital, but not out of the woods.
“It’s just hard to put into words. You hear of people having E. coli, but you never think of it actually happening to a member of your family&rdquo
And, what will the numbers be in 2011 when the CDC releases new estimates of foodborne disease?
In 1999 the CDC using FoodNet estimated that foodborne diseases caused approximately 76 million illnesses, 325,000 hospitalizations, and 5,000 deaths in the United States each year. These numbers are cited as frequently as we also hear the phrase:
