July 2009

Here is the Obama Administration’s position:

The Administration strongly supports House passage of H.R. 2749, the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009. The legislation includes many of the recommendations of the President’s Food Safety Working Group and focuses on key Administration goals by prioritizing prevention, strengthening
surveillance and enforcement, and improving response and recovery. This

The incubation period (time from exposure to onset of symptoms) is 15-50 days, with an average of 30 days. Thus far at least 25 people have contracted Hepatitis A and over 10,000 or more were exposed. 5,000 have received IG or Hepatitis A vaccines to hopefully prevent illness onset.  It appears the second Ill McDonald’s

The first lawsuit on behalf of a customer sickened in the Milan McDonald’s outbreak was filed today in the Circuit Court of the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit of Rock Island County. The lawsuit was filed against McDonald’s Inc., and Kevin Murphy, the owner of the McDonald’s restaurant at 400 West First Street in Milan, IL, by

Once again contaminated food products are shipped to US grocery stores and consumers become ill.  The US pubic continues to be the "canary in the coal mine."  As FSIS reports:

As a result of an ongoing investigation into an outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium DT104 associated with ground beef products, the Colorado Department of Public Health

I am so glad Al Gore (or whomever) invented the internet.  I can not tell you how many emails I get from former employees or whistle-blowers.  Here is one I received a few days ago:

“Mr. Marler:  I was an employee at the ________________ plant and was told that they had a power outage and uncooked

My daughter is 17 and took a partime job busing tables as a local restaurant.  Can you imagine being a parent and urging your kid to get a Summer job at McDonald’s?  Here is an email I received tonight:

My son Dillon is 16 and had to be hospitalized because he caught Hepatitis A after