I must admit that I am a bit perplexed by the proponents of raw milk. On average it seems that they spend a disproportionate amount of time twittering on Twitter and posting angry comments on blogs – mine in particular – about “Food Nazis” – of which I am apparently one, along with a long
November 2010
E. coli Illnesses in Arizona (19), California (3), Colorado (11), New Mexico (3) and Nevada (2) linked to Bravo Gouda Cheese
The Outbreak
The CDC posted a few moments ago an update on the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to Bravo Gouda Cheese sold at Costco. To date thirty-eight persons infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 have been reported from five states. The number of ill persons identified in each state with this…
Mason Jones E. coli O157:H7 death still causing anguish across the pond
Most of you likely have not followed the story of Mason Jones, who in 2005 at the age of five died of E coli O157:H7 poisoning after eating a school lunch. I have followed it closely, in part because over the last few years, as I have spoken at Food Safety Conferences in Wales and…
Chocolate Lovers against Salmonella – it is time to fight for Food Safety – Pass S 510
If this does not galvanize everyone to lay down their rhetoric and pass food safety legislation, I do not know what will.
Artisan Confections Company is voluntarily recalling a limited quantity of its Dagoba Organic Chocolate new moon Rich Dark Chocolate 74% cacao 0.32 ounce squares because they may contain Salmonella. No other sizes or…
Crumland Farms Nursing home Maryland Salmonella Outbreak – sickens seven and kills one
Karen Gardner of the Frederick News Post posted an article last night; “Salmonela Outbreak Sickens Eight at Frederick Nursing Home.” She noted that the “residents [were] infected over four months.”
Salmonella sickened eight people at Homewood at Crumland Farms nursing home in Frederick from July to early this month, according to the Frederick County Health…
Bravo Recalls ALL Cheese – Listeria and E. coli Included
Bravo Farms of Traver in the Central Valley is expanding its previous cheese recall to include ALL Bravo Farms cheese.
Bravo Farms had previously issued a recall on its Dutch Style Gouda, and now “out of concern for any further contamination we have decided to further expand the recall to include all of our cheeses,&rdquo…
USDA/FSIS Jumps into Listeria and Cheese
Calabro Cheese, a East Haven, Conn. establishment is recalling approximately 57 pounds of Rotolini, meat and cheese roll appetizer products, that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The products subject to recall include:
• 8-ounce packages of “CALABRO All Natural ROTOLINI Mozzarella…
Use a Thermometer over the Holidays
It is good for your health and bad for my business. If you do not have one, shoot me an email at bmarler@marlerclark.com. From my friend Pete: “People trust the accuracy of the bimetallics, thinking that they are protecting their families’ health by using it, could actually be putting their families at risk. Bill, can…
Domino’s Employees Face Criminal Penalties, but Parnell and DeCoster?
We all remember this video:
Today I learned that the Domino employees, Kristy Hammonds and Michael Setzer, who made a video of Setzer, 32, putting cheese up his nose before putting it on a sandwich, passing gas on a piece of salami and sneezing on an order of cheese sticks, then hiding the mucus under…
West Broward High School in Florida Receives $10,000 Food Safety Scholarship
West Broward High School students interested in science have new incentive to pursue higher education today. Marler Clark, the Seattle-based food safety law firm, announced a donation of $10,000 to the newly established Marler Clark – Samantha Safranek Scholarship Fund.
The fund’s namesake, Samantha Safranek, was one of forty people who became ill with E.