Dr. Mark Horton, director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), today warned consumers not to eat Del Monte whole cantaloupe sold at Northern California and Nevada Raley’s, Bel Air, Nob Hill Foods and Food Source stores between October 5 and October 16, 2009 because the cantaloupe may be contaminated with Salmonella. Raley’s, which
Cow Tonsils can carry Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)? What will I now eat with a beer?
Nebraska Firm Recalls Beef Tongues That Contain Prohibited Materials
J.F. O’Neill Packing Company, an Omaha, Neb., establishment is recalling approximately 33,000 pounds of beef tongues that may not have had the tonsils completely removed, which is not compliant with regulations that require the removal of tonsils from cattle of all ages, the U.S. Department of
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions take up Food Safety
The Committee just announced that it will have a hearing next week. It might be a quick hearing considering that no one is listed as a witness. Perhaps they are looking for my phone number? Email? Seriously, I assume they will be talking about S.B. 510. If you were Senator Harkin who would you invite?
www.foodsafetynews.com is being read worldwide – well, almost
We are now into the fourth week of the publication of www.foodsafetynews.com. Our offices in Seattle, Denver and Washington DC have been busy gathering the most up to date news on food safety – there has been a lot. In analyzing visitors to the site today, the USA, including Alaska (is that you Sarah?)
Marler as Don Quixote?
I just finished reading an editorial from Capital Press “Food safety comes from market.” The opinion writer opined:
But Seattle attorney Bill Marler, a veteran litigator of damage suits over foodborne illness incidents, had some of the trappings of the Spanish dreamer and idealist Don Quixote as he traveled to Washington, D.C., to try
CDC Recommends Increased Testing and Surveilance of all Shiga toxin E. coli
A few weeks ago I posted “Petition for an Interpretive Rule Declaring all enterohemorrhagic Shiga Toxin-producing Serotypes of Escherichia coli (E. coli), Including Non-O157 Serotypes, to be Adulterants Within the Meaning of 21 U.S.C. § 601(m)(1),” and hand-delivered the Petition to USDA Secretary Vilsack.
Now the CDC suggests in “Recommendations for Diagnosis of Shiga Toxin–Producing
Hey, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, tell David Wood to take a hike, academic freedom is too important
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According to Meatingplace.com, once again “Big Ag” seems to be stepping in the academic freedom cow pie. Apparently, the administration of Cal Poly is so worried about $150,000 from David Wood that it is bending to that donor’s will.
"Wood, according to the LA Times, has pledged $150,000 to help build a new meat
GAO Report on Enhancing Food Safety of Imported Foods
The below GAO Report (click on image to download) that landed on my desk today points out the potential risks of imported foods and what our agencies, FSIS and FDA, can do lighten that risk. The reality, however, in my 17 years of food litigation experience has been that domestically produced food does a marvelous
Say it ain’t so, Mr. President and Mr. Secretary – OMB Watch Say “USDA Budget Leaves Food Safety Agency Wanting”
According to OMB Watch:When Congress finalized on Thursday the Department of Agriculture’s FY 2010 budget, it fulfilled President Obama’s request to give a modest funding boost to the Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS). Unfortunately, it appears the agency will be unable to close the gap in its inspection force responsible for policing the nation’s
So, I made Letterman Tuesday Night
Well, not really, it was just the tape of my reaction when Larry King butchered the word "E. coli." Click on the below image and watch the last part of the third monologue segment:
