Bryan Gentry of the Lynchburg News and Advance stepped back into the Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella outbreak now coming up on the two-year anniversary of the announcement of the outbreak that sickened over 700 and killed nine with his article – “Parnell hopes to move on after Peanut Corp. probe.”
Although I like
According to one of my favorite online Ag magazines – The Packer – In response to a December outbreak of salmonella in the Midwest, Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches is dropping alfalfa sprouts from its menu in favor of clover sprouts — despite clover sprouts being the focus of another recall of sprouts at one of
I have been following Fair and Petting Zoo Outbreaks for several years – http://www.fair-safety.com/ – so it really came as no surprise that Godstone Farm Petting Zoo admitted liability. Last time I was in London I had a chance to meet with counsel for the injured children, and it seemed quite clear that the
We filed this Complaint in Kitsap County Superior Court this morning:
Surtex Foods Co. says it is recalling its Oaxaca (wah-HAH’-kah) string cheese because it may be contaminated with a pair of bacteriums.
The Los Angeles-based company said Monday that its “La Original” brand, which comes in a 17.63-ounce clear package could be susceptible to Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus.
The product was distributed only in
In the Spring of 2009 Hartford City health department officials interviewed cafeteria workers at Aetna’s downtown Hartford office, where five Aetna employees had been stricken with E. coli. The food vector of the outbreak has yet to be determined. The cases occurred over a month time period. At least one, and perhaps more of the
La Placita Botanas Mexicanas, Inc. of South El Monte, California announced it was recalling its Wheat Snacks with Chile, Potato Chips with Chile, and Corn Churritos with Chile after samples of bulk ingredients revealed evidence of contamination. The problem was discovered during an inspection of the manufacturing plant by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Soon the Humboldt County Supervisors will be considering a request from Mark McAfee, Founder and CEO of Organic Pastures Dairy (one of two raw milk dairies in California), to allow raw milk sales in Humboldt County. I have not found Mr. McAfee’s petition, but I did find a fairly blistering response from the California Department
The Food Safety Act of 2010 (an amalgam of S. 510, with Tester/Hagen Amendment, and H.B. 2749) was quietly signed into law by President Obama, along with a few dozen other bills, upon his return from Christmas and New Years in Hawaii. The quiet signing ceremony of legislation that passed overwhelmingly in both Houses, albeit,
Linda Rivera, an E. coli O157:H7 victim, was told today to consider a liver transplant and to ask if her three boys would be the donors. Linda, who Senator Reid profiled several times in the fight for the food safety bill, has remained hospitalized since May of 2009. Medical bills to date are over $5,000,000.
