More than 50% of food manufacturers don’t know that they are supposed to provide the FDA with updated contact information in the case of emergencies, such as Salmonella or other forms of food contamination, See it here in the federal report to be released yesterday by the Health and Human Services Inspector General’s office. The
Parent’s Food Safety Guide for E. coli and Salmonella
We have had the E. coli guide for awhile and are in the process of finalizing the Salmonella guide. Any suggestions? Click on picture to download:
Raw Milk E. coli and Campylobacter Illnesses – A Big Cold Glass of Reality
I know my friends over at Weston Price Association and the Complete Patient think I spend all my time beating up on raw milk (hmm, did they notice what I did to Cargill last week?). What really gets to me about the "raw milkies," is their religious passion for their personal freedom trumping the fact
E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak Linked to Raw Milk in California in 2006
On September 18, 2006, the California Department of Health Services (CDHS) opened an investigation of a possible outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections after receiving reports of two patients who had been hospitalized with HUS. One was culture confirmed as infected with E. coli O157:H7. Interviews revealed that both patients had consumed unpasteurized cow milk
Stewart Parnell, et al – Have You No Shame? Like Vultures on a Carcass
Coming up on about a year ago the CDC announced that Peanut Corporation of America was responsible for sickening over 700 and killing at least nine. In hearings before the United States House of Representatives, peanut butter with Salmonella positive test results where shown to be knowingly shipped by Stewart Parnell and others. Now the
Have a Very Marler Christmas
Only in a law firm that represents victims of food poisoning would there be a Christmas Tree with stuffed Salmonella and E. coli as ornaments.
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Wishing everyone a happy and healthy holiday season.
Does the Meat Industry and the USDA and FSIS Ever Use Its Collective Brains?
In 2008 we saw this shocking video of the use of "downer cows" in the food supply at a company that supplied the meat into the food supply broadly (143,000,000 pounds eventually recalled) and the school lunch program specifically.
Now, more video today? This time it is "dower pigs." So, where the hell is this
Bacillus cereus РUnilever Conducts Nationwide Voluntary Recall of Slim-Fast® Ready-to-Drink Products in Cans Due to Possible Health Risk
Unilever United States, Inc., in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is conducting a nationwide voluntary recall of all Slim-Fast® ready-to-drink (RTD) products in cans, due to the possibility of contamination with Bacillus cereus, a micro-organism, which may cause diarrhea and possibly nausea and/or vomiting. The probability of serious adverse health
CDC Warning – Princess, do not Kiss the Salmonella Frog
The CDC is investigating a multistate outbreak of human Salmonella serotype Typhimurium infections due to contact with water frogs including African Dwarf Frogs. Water frogs commonly live in aquariums or fish tanks. Amphibians such as frogs and reptiles such as turtles, are recognized as a source of human Salmonella infections. In the course of routine
It is against the law to have E. coli O157:H7 (a.k.a cow shit) in hamburger – Period
This morning’s papers across the United States are covered with paralyzed, former dancer, Stephanie Smith’s battle against food giant, Cargill. Cargill’s hamburger, sold at Wal-Mart, nearly killed Stephanie with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, and has left her, with brain damage, with failing kidneys, with no bowel or bladder control, and facing a life confined to