In the wake of a 65-person (now 71) Campylobacter outbreak linked to unpasteurized (raw) milk produced by Scotland, Pennsylvania-based dairy, The Family Cow, food safety advocate and attorney William Marler is calling for warning labels to be placed on all raw milk products.
According to Food Safety News, The Family Cow is currently working to
Chris Ingalls’s final part to his story “Mold at WA food plant reveals flaws in food safety net” underscores the need to consider a single food safety agency or at a minimum to get the USDA and FDA working together. So says, “Bill Marler, a Seattle attorney and renowned food safety advocate (blush).”
According to Food Safety News, the Pennsylvania Department of Health has added another six cases to the ongoing Campylobacter outbreak linked to raw milk from Your Family Cow dairy in Chambersburg, PA, bringing the number of confirmed infections to 71. At least 9 individuals have been hospitalized.
The current age range of those sickened is
This is the first of a six part series on my view of the deadly cantaloupe Listeria outbreak of 2011.
First, a Bit of History
Although the 2011 outbreak was the first known Listeria outbreak associated with cantaloupe, cantaloupe outbreaks are by no means a new phenomenon. Since 1985, in fact, there have been no
Chris Ingalls of Seattle’s King 5 News does a great job of telling a story where once again, one agency (USDA) charged with food safety is ignoring it to move product along and also not communicating with another agency (FDA) which is also charged with food safety.
I was interviewed for the story too, and
Pennsylvania Department of Health reported an additional five Campylobacter cases have been confirmed linked to raw milk produced by the Your Family Cow dairy. The total now stands at 65 the Pennsylvania Department of Health reported Monday.
The latest breakdown of illnesses by state are:
Pennsylvania (56),
Maryland (4),
West Virginia (3), and
New Jersey
After Food Safety News broke the story that Taco Bell was the mysterious “Restaurant Chain A” linked to a Salmonella outbreak that sickened 68 people in 10 states, ABC Evening News praised Food Safety News for shining light on this story and the issue of the government’s lack of transparency when businesses make people sick.
Yesterday it was a Boise, Idaho Cheesecake Factory restaurant that had an employee test positive for Hepatitis A while he or she worked, presenting a risk of infection to restaurant customers. The Boise employee apparently was not involved in food preparation however, so the risk of infection to customers is thought to be low. Though,
An employee at the Cheesecake Factory on Milwaukee Avenue in Boise Idaho may have exposed some diners at the restaurant to Hepatitis A between December 13, 2011 and January 22, 2012 according to the Central District Health Department.
The employee who was confirmed to have Hepatitis A wasn’t involved in food preparation, and the risk
According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, the total number of Campylobacter cases linked to raw milk produced Edwin Shank’s Family Cow Dairy has hit 60 total cases. The per State breakdown is:
51 in Pennsylvania
4 in Maryland
2 in New Jersey
3 in West Virginia
