Citing an existing health hazard, President Obama announced during his Saturday radio address, the creation of a special interagency panel on food safety, arguing that the status quo was "unacceptable." The Food Safety Working Group, chaired by the secretaries of health and human services and agriculture, will coordinate US government activities aimed at upgrading and
Rector v. Kellogg Complaint – Peanut Salmonella Outbreak
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Documents, Documents, who has the Peanut Corporation of America’s Documents?
It is excellent that our Federal Government is doing such a great job of organizing the Peanut Corporation of America’s documents pursuant to a search warrant. I especially like that they saved the "Black trash bag containing shredded documents near the back door." Next time it would be nice if the Federal Government would
Dueling E. coli O157:H7 Vaccines – Time to have a Vaccine-off?
Lately my blog seems to have turned into an “all Salmonella – all Peanuts – all the time.” In any event, there is other news, and perhaps it is good news – at least in the fight against E. coli O157:H7.
A few days ago, Epitopix received a USDA conditional license for America’s first E.
Judge Rules US Almonds Must be Pasteurized
I talked to San Francisco Chronicle reporter George Raine (who has been covering food business litigation since at least the Odwalla E. coli outbreak in 1996 when I first met him), about the perceived “setback for organic almond growers and handlers in California’s Central Valley, [when] a federal judge this week dismissed a lawsuit protesting
Nebraska lists 45 ill, Iowa 21, South Dakota 5 and Kansas 5 – SunSprout Enterprises, Inc. Recalls Salmonella St. Paul Alfalfa Sprouts, Onion Sprouts, and Gourmet Sprouts Because of Health Risk
FDA PRESS RELEASE
SunSprout Enterprises, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska, is initiating a voluntary recall of Alfalfa Sprouts, Onion Sprouts, and Gourmet Sprouts based on communications it has had with Nebraska State officials regarding several cases of Salmonella St. Paul reported in Nebraska and Iowa. The sprouts were distributed to food distributors located in Iowa and Nebraska who further
FSIS Changes in Sampling Frequency for E. coli O157:H7 Testing in Raw Ground Beef – Real or Imaginary Changes?
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So, we do not forget what we are really talking about, see the attached "E. coli Movie" – here is the script.
FSIS released "[t]his notice announces that inspection program personnel (IPP) may receive FSIS Form 10,210-3, Requested Sample Programs, for E. coli O157:H7 sampling and testing of raw ground beef products (MT43) at
Peanut Corporation of America Bankruptcy Hearing Attended by Lawyers for Victims of Salmonella
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According to press reports today, although today’s hearing concerns bankruptcy matters (court documents filed March 6 show Peanut Corp. has almost $11.4 million in assets and $4.8 million in debt. It has nearly 500 creditors), attorneys representing people with salmonella injury and death claims against the peanut processor showed up as well. Attorney Bruce Clark
MRSA – methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus – The risk to our food supply and to us.
I travel a lot, so I bought one of those electronic books so I can download books and newspapers whenever I want. I just finished reading “Our Pigs, Our Food, Our Health,” an Op-ed by Nicholas D. Kristof of The New York Times. I have now lost my appetite.
His Op-ed is the story of
Food Democracy Now
Had a very nice chat today with the folks at Food Democracy Now – Check them out:
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