Thanks to the Bug Lady for outing another time where the FDA seems to think that we do not need to know. As she said, leading the list of Class 1 Food recalls in the Enforcement Report for February 8, 2012 is the following item:
PRODUCT: Robert’s S 1 cut leaf spinach; “Curly” spinach. There
Its been a busy week.
Stephanie Armour of Bloomberg – “Expanded E. Coli Testing on Hold Until June 4, USDA Officials Announce:”
The industry has fought the regulation, saying there’s no proof the expanded testing will prevent illnesses or outbreaks and that it may cost as much as $300 million a year.
“Hopefully this will
I got an email from an acquaintance in public health (one of few who will still admit it) suggesting why “naming, names” of companies that poison customers is less common in journals and other publications:
It is a long and “honored” custom to describe companies by anonymous designators in presentations and publications.
So, perhaps non-disclosure
Would the 1993 Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak ever have happened?
Over the last few weeks I have been I taking industry (well, Taco Bell) and government (well, CDC, FDA and eight states) to task for the failure to give up the name of mystery “Mexican-style fast food restaurant chain, Restaurant Chain A”
As I said to King 5 a few months ago:
“Sprout seeds can be contaminated when they’re grown, cause they’re grown outside,” says food safety attorney Bill Marler, of Seattle, “When the Sprouts are sprouted, you have to be exceedingly careful with the quality of the water, and how those sprouts are germinated because it’s
Food Safety News dogged reporters did what the government and Taco Bell did not do, be open with the public about the Salmonella Outbreak Linked Taco Bell restaurants in ten states. FSN first reported that Oklahoma and Michigan broke ranks with the FDA, CDC and other states when those two states let FSN know the
Come on, at some point people that produce food need to stop with the BS and put food safety first.
Laboratory testing by the Department of Health has identified Clostridium perfringens as the cause of the outbreak associated with the Pierre-Mitchell high school boys’ basketball game held in Pierre January 31. The investigation, which included voluntary questionnaires, implicated the tacos as the source food of the outbreak – of those completing questionnaires, 75% who ate
Press reports tonight have Pennsylvania state health officials saying there are now 43 confirmed cases of Campylobacter infections linked to raw milk from a Franklin County farm.
The confirmed cases of Campylobacter infection include 36 people in Pennsylvania, four in Maryland, two in West Virginia, and one in New Jersey.
Officials announced last week that
There is a truism today (and perhaps it always has been that way) that if a document exists, even if you stamp “FOR INTERNAL DISTRIBUTION ONLY” on it, it will become public eventually. So, despite the silence from the CDC, FDA and eight states, here is the Taco Bell or “Mexican-style fast food restaurant chain
