Seriously, which “Mexican-style fast food restaurant chain, Restaurant Chain A” has restaurants in all these states?
As the CDC reported as of January 19, 2012, a total of 68 individuals infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Enteritidis have been reported from 10 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state with the
When AP reported this week that an owner of Jensen Farms was being fined by the U.S. Department of Labor for failing to provide safe migrant worker housing, I must admit even I was a bit shocked. Could it be that an owner of a business that allowed the deadly fecal bacteria Listeria to coat
That is the question I am asking myself after reading the letter Mark McAfee, CEO of Organic Pastures Dairy LLC received from the California Department of Public Health, Food and Drug Branch (FOB) after the dairy was linked to five E. coli O157:H7 illness (three resulting in hemolytic uremic syndrome – HUS) and after
Shhh, do not tell a soul which “Mexican-style Fast Food Restaurant” has sickened 68 with Salmonella in 10 states. Really, CDC? Do you think the public “can’t handle the truth?”
According to the CDC report today the CDC collaborated with public health officials in multiple states and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to
Thanks to my good friend David Gumpert over at the Complete Patient for providing me the California Department of Public Health letter to Organic Pastures outlining the likely cause of the 2011 E. coli outbreak linked to Organic Pastures products. According to David, here are the highlights:
* Out of “a significant number of samples”
THe 32 death (30 reported by CDC, plus the miscarriage, plus Paul Schwarz) and a total of 146 ill is bad enough, now the AP reports that Jensen Farms, who was implicated following an outbreak of listeria that killed 30 (32) people last year was fined by the U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday for failing to provide safe migrant worker housing.
The federal agency said grower Eric Jensen rented migrant workers unsanitary, overcrowded rooms at a motel he owns. Inspectors said many rooms lacked beds, laundry facilities and smoke detectors. Jensen faces $4,250 in civil penalties. The fine was not linked to the outbreak.
“Profiting at the expense of vulnerable workers is not just inhumane, it’s illegal,” said Chad Frasier, the Wage and Hour Division’s district director in Denver.
The outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe last fall was the deadliest outbreak of foodborne illness in 25 years. Thirty (32) people died, 146 people were sickened and one woman suffered a miscarriage after eating tainted cantaloupe, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
As a former migrant worker myself, the thought of having your employees working under those conditions should make the Jensens repent. But likely not – according to the AP:
Jensen said Thursday the fine was unwarranted. He said he didn’t know the people who rented the rooms for a month were migrant workers.
“It was closed at the time, and they wanted to rent it,” Jensen said. He added that he didn’t know he had to verify their employment status.
See full Press Release from Department of Labor:
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Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., today announced an immediate Class I voluntary recall of all LEASA Living Alfalfa Sprouts sold in the 6 oz. package with a UPC code of 7546555912. According to the Federal Drug Administration (FDA), the product is potentially contaminated with Salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young
The Recall: Frisia Dairy and Creamery says it’s recalling its fluid raw milk products because of the danger of contamination with potentially harmful E. coli bacteria. There have been no reported illnesses related to the recalled products, the dairy said.
The dairy initiated the voluntary recall after a test by the Washington State Department of
#46. Bill Marler, Foodborne Illness Lawyer and Attorney – So says the Daily Meal.
In the last several days since my father died, I have been putting things in the context of what he would think or say. “As one friend put it, once your parents are gone, you are ‘on deck.’ Another the
The Bullitt County Health Department updated its investigation into the event which sickened employees at the Zappos warehouse in Shepherdsville on December 5, 2011.
A total of 58 employees who worked the same shift became ill with a gastrointestinal illness early on Monday morning. At least twenty-nine sought medical attention—none were hospitalized. In most affected
