Imagine that the phone call comes or an email pops into your inbox–"Sir, we have been contacted by (you pick: CDC, FDA, USDA, or a state or local health department), and they say your product (lettuce, raw milk, or a frozen dinner) has been linked to illnesses. What do we do?"
So, what do you
Really, I do not mean to beat up on Con Agra just because they are in the middle of yet another product outbreak and recall, however, Con Agra’s past recalls raise some interesting issues with respect to the effectiveness, or lack thereof, of recalls. Here are some interesting examples:
Peter Pan Peanut Butter Salmonella Tennessee
South Gate Meat Co., a South Gate, Calif., establishment, is recalling approximately 35,000 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The products subject to recall include:
20-, 30- and 40-pound bulk packages of "SOUTH GATE MEAT
Crown I Enterprises, Inc., a Bay Shore, N.Y., establishment, is recalling approximately 3,700 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The products subject to recall include:
• 24, 8-ounce burgers in 12-pound boxes of "W.B. STOCKYARD
A confidential settlement was reach yesterday in mediation between Nebraska Beef, Ltd., an Omaha-area beef processor, and a young child severely sickened with hemolytic uremic syndrome by E. coli O157:H7.
On June 30, 2008 recalled approximately 531,707 pounds of ground beef products because the meat was potentially contaminated by E. coli O157:H7. On June
As of yesterday the number of confirmed cases of Salmonella serotype Hvittingfoss stands at 97. Illnesses have reported eating at Subway restaurants located in 28 counties — Bureau, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, Dekalb, DeWitt, Ford, Fulton, Henry, Knox, LaSalle, Livingston, Macon, Marshall, McLean, Moultrie, Ogle, Peoria, Rock Island, Sangamon, Schuyler, Shelby, Tazewell, Vermilion, Warren, Will
Confirmed cases of Salmonella serotype Hvittingfoss – 97.
Age range of confirmed cases: 2 to 79.
Cases have reported eating at Subway restaurants located in 28 counties — Bureau, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, Dekalb, DeWitt, Ford, Fulton, Henry, Knox, LaSalle, Livingston, Macon, Marshall, McLean, Moultrie, Ogle, Peoria, Rock Island, Sangamon, Schuyler, Shelby, Tazewell, Vermilion, Warren
Chris Martin, then age seven, developed an E. coli O157:H7 infection in September 2006 following consumption of raw milk. He was hospitalized beginning on September 8, suffering from severe gastrointestinal symptoms, including bloody diarrhea. Shortly thereafter, he developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). In an effort to properly treat his rapidly deteriorating condition, Chris was moved
To date, according to the CDC, a total of 30 individuals infected with a matching strain of Salmonella Chester have been reported from 15 states. The number of ill people identified in each state with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Chester are as follows: CA (4), CO (2), GA (6), IL (1), KY (1), MA
On January 29, 2009, the Untied States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) implicated Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) of Blakely Georgia as the source of a massive Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak that sickened over 700 and sent about a dozen to early graves. One can only imagine what thoughts are going through the head of PCA
