Appl Environ Microbiol. 2010 Jan 15.
Xia X, Meng J, McDermott PF, Ayers S, Blickenstaff K, Tran TT, Abbott J, Zheng J, Zhao S. Department of Nutrition and Food Science, and Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742; Center for Veterinary Medicine, Food and Drug Administration, Laurel
So the rumor mill that is Washington DC is saying. AND IT WAS RIGHT.
And, rumors seem to even leak all the way out to this other Washington. The position of Undersecretary of Agriculture has been vacant since Dr. Richard Raymond retired in October of 2008. It appears that Dr. Hagen will fill the position. I do not
According to the CDC, a total of 187 individuals infected with a matching strain of Salmonella Montevideo have been reported from 39 states since July 1, 2009. The number of ill persons identified in each state with this strain is as follows:
AL (2), AZ (5), CA (30), CO (3), CT (4), DE (2), FL
I do not sleep much. So, in the middle of the night when Valley Meats press release hit the wire about their “Multiple Testing and Safety Procedures in the Processing of Beef Products,” I was awake and could not help but think what will Abby’s grieving parents will think about Valley Meats new-found love for
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Honestly, I have no idea, but then I suppose neither does the CDC, FSIS, FDA or Daniele.
With the CDC telling us that the Salmonella Montevideo outbreak was caused by “a widely distributed contaminated food product,” and with the FSIS citing Daniele’s belief that black pepper is a possible source of the contamination, I looked
I love getting these email updates as of late from Linda’s brother-in-law:
Sent: Sat, January 23, 2010 9:46:41 AM
Subject: Linda Rivera Continued Improvement
1-23-2010 @ 9:45am PST
Linda continues to improve, slowly, but surely. Richard went over some daily labs with me and they are all normal, except for some anemia. Of major note
Not much new to report this morning on the now 1.25 million pound salami recall by Daniele from Costco, Walmart, Sam’s Club, Kroger and on Amazon.com. Most were sold under the Daniele brand, but several items with the Boar’s Head, Black Bear and Dietz & Watson labels are included. All of the recalled products have
I got several emails today from irate salami eaters and apologists of the FSIS’s and CDC’s slow recall action. One emailer said I had “sour grapes” for not getting appointed USDA Undersecretary for FSIS – well, perhaps.
So, just to be fair, I thought I would turn my attention to an FDA inspected product &ndash
Rumors have swirled over the last several weeks in the food poisoning/food safety/meat industry/public health alleys that I lurk in, that a Salmonella Montevideo outbreak was about to break.
Frankly, it was an open secret between industry, government, retail and the media for a month. It was just the public that was left in the
And it is good to see the product list recalled – See post below. Now comes the question – "what stores sold this stuff, and why are they not being named?"
As I posted before, on August 18, 2008 after years of hand wringing, the FSIS finally put public health before “proprietary” business interests when
