The National Journal reported on the “Moo-in” in Washington D. C. where Morgan the cow held court. It looked like all had fun poking fun at the FDA and touting the taste and alleged benefits of raw milk. However, this quote (which I hope someone has on tape) was really quite shocking:
Sally Fallon Morell
In response to the Rally for Raw Milk (a.k.a., “Mrs. Moo goes to Washington,” “The Million Moo March” or “All the President’s Cows”) to be held in Washington D.C., I thought I would give (before Ron Paul, et. al., don the “moostache”) a few statistics from the last year and a half on raw milk
OK, help me out here. I travel a lot. I spend too much time in airports and hotels. However, in the past few months I have been mistaken for Newt Gringrich (now Presidential candidate and three time groom) and Robin Williams (Mrs. Doubtfire and Mork and Mindy fame). Please, say it is not so.
The
From Ron Paul’s website:
Mr. Speaker, I rise to introduce legislation that allows the shipment and distribution of unpasteurized milk and milk products for human consumption across state lines. This legislation removes an unconstitutional restraint on farmers who wish to sell or otherwise distribute, and people who wish to consume, unpasteurized milk and milk products.
Rose & Shore Meat Co., a Vernon, Calif., establishment, is recalling approximately 15,900 pounds of ready-to-eat deli meat products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The products subject to recall include:
• 40 to 50 pound boxes containing packages of “OLYMPIC
I thought Connie Mears did a great job of telling the personal back story on the back of the Jack in the Box E. coli O157:H7 outbreak. Hopefully, my kids will feel the same.
Before Jack-in-the-Box introduced its quirky ball-headed mascot, its marketing strategy pivoted on one slogan: “And make it snappy, Jack!” If America wanted fast food, Jack was determined to deliver it faster than anyone else.
But then, in 1993, 500 people were sickened from eating Jack’s under-cooked hamburgers. Three children died, horribly ravaged from the inside out. The deadly E.coli virus caught Jack asleep at the grill and startled the public who, post Cold War and pre-9/11, had become comfortably numb.
Bainbridge Island resident Bill Marler remembers the outbreak well. After graduating from WSU, Marler was a third-year associate at the Seattle law firm of Keller Rohrbach. While the drama dominated the national media, Marler received a call from the mother of one of the afflicted children. A high-stakes legal battle ensued, wrought with cinematic-worthy drama.
The landmark $15 million settlement Marler won in a class action suit against the fast food chain propelled him into the spotlight. These days, Marler is considered the nation’s leading food safety lawyer.
“Honestly, in the last 18 years I must have heard 50 times ‘Wow, that’s a really interesting story. Somebody ought to write a book about that.’ But no one ever stayed around to do it,” said Marler from the Seattle office of his firm Marler Clark.Continue Reading Bainbridge Island Review reviews Poisoned
The American Meat Institute (AMI) reported today that new federal data show that E. coli O157:H7 is found in less than one quarter of one percent of ground beef samples, a 72 percent decline since 2000 in ground beef samples testing positive for the pathogen.
The data are from Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
The Kane County Health Department and the Illinois Department of Public Health, along with other local health departments, continue to investigate an outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium in northeast Illinois. Currently, 13 people have been confirmed as having the infection with the same PFGE, or genetic, code.
Of the 13, seven are from Kane County, four
I generally deal with things people consume and then get sick, but I do find it perplexing that this outbreak has been going on for years and has been traced to an unnamed California frog breeder.
• As of May 9, 2011, a total of 222 individuals infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium
The Kane County Health Department, and the Illinois Department of Public Health Laboratories and other local Health Departments, have reported a recent increase in Salmonella ser. Typhimurium in Northeastern Illinois. In approximately the past two weeks, 10 cases of Salmonella ser. Typhimurium with a matching PFGE, or genetic, pattern have been reported
