Sindhu Sundar of Law360 reported today “Cargill Wins $9M From Beef Supplier In Tainted Meat Suit.” According to the article, Cargill Inc., on Monday was awarded a $9 million verdict by a Nebraska federal jury in its dispute with an Omaha, Nebraska-based Greater Omaha Packing Co., that it accused of selling it beef products
Michigan Reading Summer Festival Salmonella Outbreak Update
Hillsdale Daily News reports that the Salmonella outbreak which struck the Reading Summer Festival Days the weekend of July 31 was part of an eight-state outbreak from contaminated berries or melons, according to health officer Steve Todd of the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Counties Community Health Agency (CHA).
Todd said the outbreak now has 12 lab-confirmed cases
Campylobacter Strikes at Least 19 on Durand High Football Team
Jessica Bringe of WEAU reports that more than 100 total Durand High School students were reported absent last week with Durand’s football team being hardest hit by the illness. There are 19 confirmed cases of Campylobacter; all are members of the football team.
Now, Pepin County Health officials are trying to figure out how
South Carolina Salmonella May Match National Cluster
Zach Murdock reports that the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control is investigating about nine cases of Salmonella poisoning in Beaufort County, including one illness matched to a national cluster of salmonella, according to a state spokeswoman.
The department has received reports of eight people with gastrointestinal symptoms, and laboratory testing has confirmed several
31% Hospitalized, 344 with Salmonella in 42 States from Pet Chickens
A total of 344 person infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Infantis, Salmonella Newport, or Salmonella Hadar have been reported from 42 states and Puerto Rico. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (9), Arizona (3), Arkansas (3), California (3), Colorado (5), Connecticut (2), Florida (1), Georgia (17),
Will Two Heads Be Better Than One?
Meatingplace – where all information about Food Safety and Inspection Service seems to be leaked, reported this evening that Food Safety and Inspection Service Administrator (FSIS) Al Almanza was named deputy under secretary for food safety.
According to Meatingplace , Almanza, a 36-year FSIS veteran, will work alongside Brian Ronholm, who will also have the
Listeria: Foster Farms Recalls Chicken Breast Grilled Strips Sold at Costco
Foster Farms, a Farmerville, La., establishment, is recalling approximately 39,747 pounds of frozen pre-cooked chicken products due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The frozen Chicken Breast Grilled Strips product was produced on August 5, 2014, and then shipped to retail
Campylobacter Knocks Durand Football Game Out
The Durand School District reported today that the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene have confirmed that the outbreak of gastrointestinal illness occurring in Pepin County, Wisconsin, was caused by Campylobacter. To date, Campylobacter has been detected in specimens from 9 ill individuals. Not all of the ill
Chicken Marsala with a touch of Clostridium perfringens Sickens at Food Safety Summit
Food Safety News reported that it was the pan-seared breast of Chicken Marsala served by the Baltimore Convention Center’s exclusive caterer was the food item most commonly consumed by the 216 attendees sickened by the lunch served last April 9 at the Food Safety Summit’s annual conference. It was likely contaminated with Clostridium perfringens (C.
Final CDC Report on Hepatitis A Pomegranate Kernels Out
165 people were confirmed to have become ill from hepatitis A after eating ‘Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Blend’ in 10 states: Arizona (24), California (80), Colorado (29), Hawaii (8), New Hampshire (1), New Jersey (1), New Mexico (11), Nevada (6), Utah (3), and Wisconsin (2). [Note: The cases reported from Wisconsin resulted from exposure to