February 2012

IMG_0022.jpgHauser_A01_CD01VICTIMS~p1.JPGYesterday I wrote “The Deadly 2011 Cantaloupe Listeria Outbreak – My View Part 6 – Conclusion.”  This was my conclusion to a six part series on the deadly listeria cantaloupe outbreak.  At the time that the CDC completed its investigation in early December 2011, only thirty deaths were reported: Colorado (8), Indiana (1), Kansas (3)

The Outbreak

Screen Shot 2012-02-21 at 8.20.24 AM.png4.         On February 15, 2012, the Centers for Disease Control announced an ongoing investigation into illnesses linked to the consumption of raw clover sprouts consumed at Jimmy John’s Restaurants in several states.

5.         Among 11 ill persons with information available, 10 (91%) reported eating at a Jimmy John’s sandwich restaurant in the 7

We are now in the middle of yet another Jimmy John’s sprout outbreak.  And, just over a year ago we posted this Press Release:

alfalfa-sprouts-590.jpgMarler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm, announced today that it is pledging $10,000 to the International Sprout Growers Association (ISGA) to assist in the development of a safer method

michael_taylor.jpgWe the undersigned are writing to offer another perspective on Michael Taylor, the deputy commissioner for foods at the Food and Drug Administration, and the subject of a petition that SignOn.org, which is sponsored by MoveOn.org, is circulating on the Internet. The petition attacks Taylor based on his former employment at the controversial agricultural biotechnology

I have a routine when I am home on the Island (which is not that often). I get up early and make the coffee – OK, after I turn on the computer and check my email for the latest food safety disaster.  Last Friday when I was about to take my first sip, the room

One Jimmy John’s sprout outbreak was listed by the CDC in 2009 as “restaurant chain (Chain A).”

Multistate Jimmy John’s Restaurants Raw Clover Sprouts 2011

12 Sickened – On February 15, 2012, the Centers for Disease Control announced an ongoing investigation into illnesses linked to the consumption of raw clover sprouts consumed at Jimmy John’s

Screen Shot 2012-02-21 at 9.37.10 PM.pngDespite attempting to hide behind the “Restaurant Chain A” mask, it was really not very difficult to figure out that where Leah Smith was sickened was an Oklahoma Taco Bell.  (See, Taco Bell Complaint PDF)

Multistate Taco Bell Restaurant Chain Unknown 2011 – 68 Ill – (CDC continues to call this outbreak “Mexican-style fast food