After giving my speech this afternoon at the 6th Annual Dubai Food Safety Conference, I was approached by a reporter or Gulf News about my thoughts that the doctor, a restaurant’s cook and a supervisor had been fined Dh10,000 each (about $2,750US), and ordered to jointly pay diyaa or blood money (money or some sort
Faster Response to Foodborne Outbreaks Makes “Cents”
Three years after a Salmonella outbreak, first linked to United States Tomatoes and then Mexican Peppers, that sickened about 1,500 people and claimed two lives, U.S. epidemiologists have learned that speed is of the essence in identifying sources of food contamination and preventing further infection. However, in an editorial accompanying the paper in the February
Merle’s BBQ Restaurant linked to Clostridium perfringens Outbreak
According to press reports, the City of Evanston said Merle’s BBQ Restaurant was the source of a recent food borne illness outbreak that caused 30 people to get sick. The Evanston restaurant was catering parent/teacher conferences at Haven Middle School on Feb. 16, and people reported falling ill shortly after. The Evanston Health Department investigated
Dubai Food Safety Conference Starts Sunday
Checking in to the Burj Al Arab at 11:00 PM Friday after a flight from Seattle to Atlanta and Atlanta to Dubai, left me a few more hours to tweak by Power Point for my lunch time speech at the Dubai Food Safety Conference on Monday.
Hopefully, the attendees will be paying attention to my
Find Your Health Department to Report Food Poisoning or Foodborne Illness
Most state health departments encourage consumers to report food poisoning incidents to local health departments. Food Safety News has provided links (see below) to pages on state health department or public health association Web sites where you can directly report a foodborne illness, or where you can obtain contact information to report your illness to your local public health agency.
Food Safety News is considering ways to make it even easier for consumers to report illnesses quickly so foodborne illness outbreaks are stopped and restaurants and manufacturing problems are corrected.
Links below:Continue Reading Find Your Health Department to Report Food Poisoning or Foodborne Illness
Call for Nominations for up to four state or local health or state agricultural department employees to attend IAFP 2011
The IAFP Foundation, through a contribution from Marler Clark, will fully support travel, hotel and registration expenses for up to four state or local health or state agricultural department employees to attend IAFP 2011. Click here for the Awards criteria and Application form. (Note: the application deadline for this award only is April 5
Corrections and Contributions sought for Foodborne Illness Outbreak Database
Welcome to outbreakdatabase.com, a searchable database of illness outbreaks caused by one or more of the following
1. consumption of contaminated foods or beverages,
2. exposure to animals,
3. exposure to contaminated recreational water,
4. person-to-person contact with someone whose illness initiated from animal exposure or consumption of contaminated foods and beverages.
The Centers
Food Safety – the “Rest of the Story, ” or “Show me the Money?”
Michael T. Osterholm, Ph.D., M.P.H., (a.k.a., the god of food safety epidemiology) wrote today in the New England Journal of Medicine – “Foodborne Disease in 2011 — The Rest of the Story” today. Here are the highlights:
So will the Food Safety Modernization Act result in immediate improvements in food safety? The legislation brings long
The Epidemiology of Foodborne Illness with Patti Waller of Marler Clark
It is great to have the best and most experienced foodborne illness epidemiologist in any law firm in the United States a few doors down the hall.
The 2008 Outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul infections linked to Tomatoes … errr … Peppers
If there ever was a reason (in addition to the risk of bio-terrorism) to apply more resources to national and state surveillance of bacterial outbreaks, the 2008 Salmonella outbreak that sickened 1500 people in 43 states, the District of Columbia, and Canada is one that I hear (from consumers and industry) most often. Now thanks