Cases of Illness between March 14 – April 7, 2011
* 79 Cases Total (78 in Rhode Island, 1 in Massachusetts)
* 30 Hospitalizations (2 Discharged, 1 Current)
* 48 Lab-confirmed Salmonella
* 2 Salmonella-associated Deaths
Is the chicken safe that you bought at your local grocery?
Most consumers would be surprised that USDA/FSIS’s website explains chicken inspections as:
All chickens found in retail stores are either inspected by USDA or by State systems, which have standards equivalent to the Federal government. Each chicken and its internal organs are inspected for signs of disease. The “Inspected for wholesomeness by the U.S. Department
DeFusco’s Bakery Salmonella Zeppoles now linked to 78 Illnesses and 2 Deaths
Cases of Illness between March 14 – April 7, 2011
78 Cases Total (77 in Rhode Island, 1 in Massachusetts)
29 Hospitalizations (27 Discharged, 1 Current)
46 Lab-confirmed Salmonella
2 Salmonella-associated Deaths
Reported as of April 15, 2011
Multi-drug-resistant Staph Found in ¼ of meat samples starts food fight
The internet is abuzz with the findings of a study funding by The Pew Charitable Trusts done by Lance B. Price, Ph.D., senior author of the study and Director of TGen’s Center for Food Microbiology and Environmental Health Nationwide. The study found that U.S. meat and poultry is widely contaminated Multi-drug-resistant Staph:
… Nearly
DeFusco’s Bakery zeppoles now linked to 75 Illnesses and 2 Deaths
On Friday, March 25 HEALTH issued a recall of all baked goods from DeFusco’s Bakery in Johnston. The following is a list of food establishments that purchased zeppole (cream or pastry shells) or other baked goods from DeFusco’s. If you purchased any of the following baked goods from the food establishments on the purchase dates
Marler Clark Open House and “Poisoned” Book Signing
We will be having an open house at our new offices on May 18 as well as a book signing by author, Jeff Benedict, for his new book “Poisoned” – The true story of the deadly E. coli outbreak that changed the way Americans eat
See you then.
Real Raw Milk Facts Presents The Parent Food Safety Guide for Raw Milk.
From the people who brought you Real Raw Milk Facts, please download the Parent Food Safety Guide for Raw Milk.
It is past time for the USDA/FSIS to deem “the Big Six” E. coli as adulterants
In October 2009 that we filed a “Petition for an Interpretive Rule Declaring enterohemorrhagic Shiga Toxin-producing Serotypes of Escherichia coli, Including Non-O157 Serotypes, to be Adulterants Within the Meaning of 21 U.S.C. § 601(m)(1)” with the Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS). Since I filed the Petition, I have also filed two supplements (See, First and
Rhode Island Health Releases New Numbers on DeFusco’s Salmonella Outbreak
The Rhode Island Department of Health posted an update in its ongoing investigation of the Salmonella outbreak linked to DeFusco’s bakery in Johnston, Rhode Island. The new numbers released today:
* 70 Cases Total (69 in Rhode Island, 1 in Massachusetts)
* 29 Hospitalizations (25 Discharged, 4 Current)
* 42 Lab-confirmed Salmonella
* 2 Salmonella-associated
DeFranco Hazelnut E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak Hits Eight in Three States
As of April 1, 2011, the CDC reported eight persons infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli serotype O157:H7 were reported from Michigan (1), Minnesota (3), and Wisconsin (4). Reported dates of illness onset range from December 20, 2010 to February 16, 2011. Ill persons ranged in age from 15 to 78 years, with