The battle to become the owner of the first Twitter account that has 1 million followers has ended. It was a clash between the old TV, represented now by CNNbrk (CNN breaking news), and the new kid on the block Ashton Kutcher. Ashton Kutcher won the battle to become the first Twitter millionaire. Is that
Clostridium difficile in Food – The Next Thing to Worry About May Already Be Here
Over the last several years we have seen multiple instances where Clostridium difficile and foodborne illness have been related. However, the Clostridium difficile infection has generally been associated with the foodborne illness after treatment for the infection by antibiotics, not as a result of actual ingestion of the Clostridium difficile bacteria. However, in the recent
E. coli O157:H7, Spinach and Children Do Not Mix – Well
Severe illness – Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) – caused by E. coli O157:H7, impacts kids the hardest. Here is another family’s story of when feeding your kids something healthy goes very wrong.
Chloe Palmer Spinach E. coli and HUS from Marlerclark on Vimeo.
Another E. coli O157:H7 Death Caused by Tainted Spinach
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E. coli Victim: June Dunning from Marlerclark on Vimeo.
An Agenda for Strengthening State and Local Roles in the Nation’s Food Safety System
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Spice Recall Increased Because of Salmonella Contamination
FDA announced that Union International Food Co. is expanding a spice recall to include all Lian How brand and Uncle Chen brand sauces, oil and oil blends in various size packages because the products may be contaminated with salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections, especially in young children, the elderly and those with weakened immune systems. The company had previously recalled Lian How brand and Uncle Chen brand dry spices.
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California state health department officials say the salmonella outbreak has sickened 33 people throughout northern and central California, and nine others in Nevada, Oregon and Washington. No deaths have been reported. Officials say most of the people sickened appeared to have been exposed to salmonella while eating at Asian restaurants that used the company’s spices.The company said salmonella was isolated from an open container of Lian How white pepper.
The Uncle Chen and Lian How brand products were distributed to retailers, wholesalers, distributors, restaurant suppliers and restaurants. Details: By phone at 510-471-6799; on the Web at http://www.ufunionfood.com.
The recall includes the following Lian How brand items:Continue Reading Spice Recall Increased Because of Salmonella Contamination
Raw Milk Outbreaks – 2009 Update
Thanks to my friends at Kansas State – click below:
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Bill Marler – The food-safety litigator – Interview with Culinate
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Had a great chance to speak with Miriam Wolf of Culinate. Here is the interview:
In 1993, as a Seattle trial lawyer, he was hired to litigate against the fast-food restaurant chain Jack in the Box, whose E. coli-contaminated hamburgers had killed four children. Since then, he’s worked on nearly every major case of food-borne illness in the U.S., including the current salmonella-in-peanut-butter scandal.
Marler — who keeps a blog about food-safety issues — talked with Culinate recently about raw milk, locally grown food, and food-safety reform.Continue Reading Bill Marler – The food-safety litigator – Interview with Culinate
Hepatitis A in Imported Green Onions – Its Impact on One Man
In late October 2003, Beaver County ER doctors reported an alarming number of Hepatitis A cases. Investigators from the Pennsylvania Department of Health initiated an investigation immediately and discovered that many, if not all, cases had eaten at Chi Chi’s restaurant in Monaca, Pennsylvania’s Beaver Valley Mall. Along with the health department, the federal Centers
Royal Society for Public Health – E. coli: Cases, Controls and Common Sense
I have the great honor to once again speak before the Royal Society for Public Health in London next month. It will be great to share the stage again with Hugh Pennington. Professor Pennington just finished an extensive investigation into an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak that sickened many and killed a child. I also look