Marler Blog - Valley Meats recalled hamburger due to E. coli O157:H7 contamination AFTER illnesses were found in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinois - Why are we not all "Testing and Holding?" - Comments http://www.marlerblog.com/ Food Poisoning Lawyer & Attorney : Bill Marler : Marler Clark en Copyright 2012 Wed, 16 May 2012 04:49:02 -0800 Wed, 16 May 2012 04:49:02 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.32-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Phyllis Entis I am 100% supportive of "test and hold", not just for USDA-inspected plants, but for all food processors. It's time that some food companies stopped using the consumer as a "canary in the mine shaft".

I don't know how practical it would be to do genetic testing each time a pathogen is detected, but that would certainly be helpful, too.

I would like to see an OPEN database of PFGE profiles. Anyone interested in monitoring pathogen isolation patterns should be able to do so. Perhaps, with more pairs of eyes on the subject matter, some outbreaks might be spotted sooner, or geographically isolated clusters linked together more quickly.

]]> http://www.marlerblog.com/lawyer-oped/valley-meats-recalled-hamburger-due-to-e-coli-o157h7-contamination-after-illnesses-were-found-in-ohi/#8863 http://www.marlerblog.com/lawyer-oped/valley-meats-recalled-hamburger-due-to-e-coli-o157h7-contamination-after-illnesses-were-found-in-ohi/#8863 Lawyer Op-Ed Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:21:03 -0800 marler@marlerclark.com (E. coli Lawyer)