The CDC just reported that four leftover packages of Wegmans brand Organic Spinach and Spring Mix blend collected from four ill persons’ homes yielded the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 that has sickened a total of 28 persons.
The number of ill people identified in each state with the outbreak strain is as follows:
I had a rare Sunday afternoon where I got to focus of something other than yet another company sickening yet another customer (well, I did do some work). I got to see my two youngest daughters get awards for community service at a local church – one for being an “Island Ambassador” and the other
At least 20 people have been counted ill in the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to packaged Wegmans spinach & spring mix sold at Wegmans stores in New York state.
Six of those victims were hospitalized, but all have since been discharged. Patients ranged in age from 6 to 66 years old.
No other states
Publix Super Markets has issued a voluntary recall for 45 various cake products due to the fact that they may contain the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes.
Publix says it received a notification of the contamination from their supplier, Maplehurst, and that the recall is precautionary.
The company says the cake products were distributed to stores between
I get a lot of emails from people asking food safety questions. The latest was about the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday and its centerpiece – a turkey.
So, I turned to someone who knows, Beth Weiss of USA Today. Here are the high lights:
1. Thaw it in the refrigerator:
You, of course, thawed the turkey
AP reports this morning that a California food company has issued a warning against eating or buying containers of its sesame paste because they could be contaminated with salmonella.
Tony’s Imports and Exports of Clovis, Calif. says 141 pails of its Al-Rabih Tahineh were stolen from its warehouse where they were waiting to be destroyed
This is blog post 4,450. After a long day on the road (well, air) from the center of the US (seriously, I know what’s wrong with Kansas) I missed the 9:00 PM ferry to the island. Thankfully, the State of Washington was wise enough to put a bar in the terminal – and, I can’t
Wednesday the FDA posted the following:
The FDA found that between June of 2009 and August of 2012, Sunland Inc. had distributed, or cleared for distribution, portions of 11 lots, or daily production runs, of peanut or almond butter after its own testing program identified the presence of at least one of nine different Salmonella
Short Order recently published part one of our interview with Bill Marler, attorney, blogger, and food safety advocate. He discussed food safety concerns and foodborne illness.
We wrap up our interview today with Marler discussing his most difficult cases and lobbying Congress to pass the Food Modernization Act.
Follow the jump for the second part
Sometimes I just do not get it. Why do manufactures of food think it is OK to feed us crap? These people need to be held accountable.
The FDA has made the observations from its recent inspection of Sunland Inc. publicly available. The inspection was conducted between September 17 and October 16, 2012, and became
