For anyone that does not think that politics can be front and center in decisions on the safety of our food, order your eggs “sunny side up” and sit down with Lyndsey Layton’s front page story in the Washington Post “Unsafe eggs linked to U.S. failure act” at your local diner this morning. You may
A Food Safety Fish in a Northwest Puget Sound Pond
When I was asked by King 5 anchor, Jean Enersen, to talk about food safety history, I never thought she had video of 18 years ago too:
New numbers on burden of foodborne illness in the United States coming soon
A few weeks ago I was looking at the 2009 FoodNet data and started thinking about the upcoming release of new numbers on the burden of foodborne illness in the United States. As you might recall in 1999 Mead and colleagues published estimates of the annual burden of foodborne illness in the U.S. These estimates
Jasper County Missouri resident dies of E. coli after family gathering
John Hacker of the Carthage Press reports that a Jasper County resident died earlier this week from E. coli food contamination and the Jasper County Health Department is investigating other possible cases that might be related to a single family gathering over Thanksgiving weekend.
Jasper County Health Department Director Tony Moehr said the victim died
Mr. Bill goes to Washington, D.C. – again
Honestly, I have lost track how often I have done the back and forth to “the other Washington” over the last several years. For the longest time (when the Republicans held the House and Senate) nothing moved on food safety issues and walking the halls of the House and Senate was beside the point. That
Still time to Vote for the top 2010 ABA Journal Blawg 100
Not that I am suggesting that being in the top 100 is bad, but with a little help from you and friends, I could move up the chart a bit(e) more. Interestingly, I am in the Torts category (not the cake). You have to scroll down a little to find it. Thanks.
“In the Beginning”
In between watching the debate on food safety on CSPAN, suing Bravo in a cheese E. coli case in Colorado, suing King Nut in a peanut butter Salmonella case in Minnesota, and preparing for a trip to the capitol next week, I have been cleaning out some old files from my office in preparation for
Hartmann Dairy and customers get caught with 400 gallons of Raw Milk in the snow
In between watching on CSPAN the House argue, albeit politely, over inserting S. 510, with Tester/Hagen Amendment into the 2011 spending bill, I had a chance to talk with Mark Steil and MPR for his story, “State ratchets up pressure on raw milk seller:”
The state has made repeated efforts to stop Michael and Roger
So, what is the deal with E. coli O157:H7 and Meat Imports?
According to US Customs, in 2007, the United States imported 3.048 billion pounds of beef or 10.7% of the overall beef consumption for the year. That amount was slightly lower than in 2006 and about 500 million pounds less than in 2005 and 2004. According to the latest USDA WASDE report, total beef imports were
House inserts S. 510 (with Tester) into Spending Bill, and the Vote will be?
With Congressmembers Rosa DeLauro, Bart Stupak and John Dingell leading the charge, the Senate’s version of food safety, S. 510, has been absorbed into the House Omnibus Spending Bill (payments to keep lights on in Washington). And, after what appears to be an upcoming party-line vote, it (the Omnibus Spending Bill with S. 510 inserted)