A friend of mine sent me this tonight – too good not to share:
In a trial, a Southern small-town prosecuting attorney called his first witness, a grandmotherly, elderly woman to the stand. He approached her and asked, "Mrs. Jones, do you know me?"
She responded, "Why, yes, I do know you, Mr. Williams. I’ve
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According to the Toronto Star, Maple Leaf Foods has agreed to pay as much as $27 million to victims of last summer’s listeria outbreak. The funds will be divided based on the severity of the illness. Here is what is problematic: Class actions were filed across the country and involved as many as 10
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Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, 5(6): 853-858
B.A. Houser, S.C. Donaldson, S.I. Kehoe, A.J. Heinrichs, B.M. Jayarao
In recent years, bovine colostrum has gained popularity as a human food because it is an excellent source of bioactive proteins, which have
I received an article from one of my readers today on the risks of raw milk – “Unpasteurized Milk: A Continued Public Health Threat.” In Summary:
Although milk and dairy products are important components of a healthy diet, if consumed unpasteurized, they also can present a health hazard due to possible contamination with pathogenic
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I’m getting flooded with the top ten food safety problems from 2008. So, what are the top ten food safety challenges for 2009?
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So, I spent a few hours today on the China Ministry of Health Website looking for the press release on these banned substances. Here is the release:
China has warned its food producers to rid their products of illegal additives in a latest move to restore trust hurt by the recent tainted milk scandal. The
According to the amusing Wikipedia entry on a favorite culinary cliché, the following foods are said to “taste like chicken”—alligator, fried spider, frog legs, green iguana, huhu beetle, mopane worms, opossum, rabbit, rattlesnake, turkey, and squirrel. And for longtime fans of the reality show Survivor, few have likely forgotten the episode where the contestant trap
Here is the overview of HUS induced renal injury. A more complete picture can be seen at www.abouthus.com. Each kidney has between 700,000 to over a million filtering units called nephrons. The heart of each filter is a microscopic bundle of blood vessels called glomeruli. Blood goes into each glomerulus and waste products pass through
The Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) has released its sixth annual report?Ready or not? Protecting the public’s health from diseases, disasters, and bioterrorism. The report contains state-by-state health preparedness scores for all 50 states and Washington, D.C. based on 10 key indicators to assess health emergency preparedness capabilities. Food safety is one of the main
The entries for Top Ten Food Safety stories of 2008 and for the Top Ten Food Safety Challenges for 2009 are coming in. One person suggested that I do a Santa’s Food Safety Naughty or Nice List for 2008 for those persons, countries, corporations or policies that should get recognition. Email me ideas at bmarler@marlerclark.com
ABSTRACT: A survey of bacteriological quality and the occurrence of Salmonella in raw bovine colostrum