July 2007

Sitting in airports (in Dallas on my way to visit a client) gives you time to read.  Ya’ll (tip to the South) should all pick up this week’s Newsweek.

At least 300 million Chinese citizens—roughly the same number as the entire U.S. population—suffer from food-borne diseases annually, according to a recent report by the Asian


According to the USDA/FSIS website, FSIS has decided to increase the number of scheduled raw ground beef product samples for FSIS E. coli O157:H7 testing that it will collect in July. The Agency has taken this action following an increased number of positive Agency E. coli O157:H7 results that occurred within a short period of

Given the recent rash of food poisoning cases coming out of China, I thought it might be helpful if I had my Bio translated into Mandarin:

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Veggie Booty has been voluntarily recalled by the “manufacturer” Robert’s American Gourmet due to possible Salmonella contamination. The recently recalled product, Veggie Booty, was also a component of many gift baskets created by www.wellbaskets.com.  Interesting statement on the Well Basket site:

Well Baskets specializes in healthy get well baskets for the basic cold to