The FDA announced additional and expanded items that are being recalled. The following recalls have been announced 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:Continue Reading Salmonella Pistachio Product Recall Expanded
Yet Another Reason E. coli O157:H7 Has No Place in Our Food
Donna Roy was part of the 2006 Dole Spinach E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak. She developed Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS), which is a severe, life-threatening complication of an E. coli O157:H7 bacterial infection. It is now recognized as the most common cause of acute kidney failure in childhood in the United States. E. coli
Two Dead from Sea Cucumber Food Poisoning
Two people died while four others are in critical condition in Cebu after eating a fried sea cucumber delicacy on Saturday, a report said. The sea cucumber, a herbivore, is not known for being poisonous but it secretes blue ink from its skin which is potentially lethal to any predators.
According to one official –
Raw Milk, Campylobacter jejuni, President Roosevelt and Guillain-Barré Syndrome РSix Degrees of Separation?
I spent part of the day working on the sad case of a Crescent City, California woman, Mrs. Tardiff, who contracted Campylobacter jejuni from consuming raw milk purchased at Alexandre Family EcoDairy Farms. The farms stopped the sale of raw milk. The Del Norte County Department of Public Health eventually linked at least 16 people
Easter Egg Hunt – Staphylococcal Food Poisoning – A Great Way to Ruin Your Easter
So, between reading my emails, I read the 1984 JAMA Article by G. A. Merrill, S. B. Werner, R. G. Bryant, D. Fredson and K. Kelly
Staphylococcal food poisoning associated with an Easter egg hunt
Staphylococcal contamination of intact, hard-boiled eggs resulted in the food poisoning of an estimated 300 children out of 850 who
Great Email to Get on Easter Sunday – Little Brother Peanut Vents
So, I get home from visiting my parents for Easter and I get this email from hugh.parnell@yahoo.com. The email came from Lynchburg Virginia – home of Falwell Ministries, Liberty University, Stewart Parnell and the Peanut Corporation of America:
You have got to be a money crazy son of a bitch, with a big mouth.
Foodborne Illnesses Increase – 2008 FoodNet Data on the Incidence of Infection with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food
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In 2008, a total of 18,499 laboratory-confirmed cases of infection in FoodNet surveillance areas were identified. The number of infections and incidence per 100,000 population were reported as follows: Salmonella (7,444; 16.20), Campylobacter (5,825; 12.68), Shigella (3,029; 6.59), Cryptosporidium (1,036; 2.25), STEC O157 (513; 1.12), STEC non-O157 (205; 0.45), Yersinia (164; 0.36), Listeria
Off to Texas and Georgia in a Week to Tour the Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella Manufacturing Plants
Georgia
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California Department of Fish and Game – Preliminary Research Results Find Less Than One Half of One Percent Occurrences of E.coli O157:H7 in Wildlife in California Central Coast Counties
Bacteria, specifically E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks and illnesses, linked to leafy greens have sickened hundreds in dozens of outbreaks in the last several years. The "salad bowl" of the nation has been hit with recall upon recall. No one, regulator, farmer, consumer or environmentalist knows quite what to do to protect consumers, business and the
Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) – The Ultimate Humiliation – “None of its Salmonella is in My Product.”
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The picture speaks for itself. I am not sure I ever recall a case where a product specifically said that it did not contain another company’s product. A friend did just send me the following photo stemming from the 2006 spinach E. coli outbreak:
