“Food is essential, and safety should be a top priority. Food safety is closely related to people’s lives and health, economic development and social harmony. We must create a food safety system of self-disciplined food companies with integrity, effective government supervision and broad public support to improve overall food safety.”
Vice Premier Li Keqiang, Head
Food Safety News reports that at least 19 New Yorkers have fallen ill in an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to spinach salad mix purchased at Wegmans stores. That number has risen from the 16 cases first confirmed by the New York State Department of Health on Friday.
Of those ill, five have been hospitalized,
The Seattle Times reports this morning that artisan cheesemaker Estrella Family Creamery, in Montesano, Grays Harbor County, has been barred from selling products in interstate commerce until it takes comprehensive steps to eliminate a pathogen from its facilities and takes critical food-safety measures, according to a federal court order announced Friday.
The permanent injunction was
I asked that to a few “leafy green insiders,” and here was the consensus:
We are at a transition time for these crops. Yuma has planted – but is unlikely to have harvested. Probably all the New Jersey crop is done with some planted overwinter for Spring harvest.
That leaves Salinas and a few small
10 of 16 E. coli cases reported in Monroe County.
According to Patti Singer of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, three people in Monroe County and one in another county were hospitalized in connection with an outbreak of E. coli bacteria that could be linked to Wegmans Organic Spinach and Spring Mix salad blends.
In between Listeria cantaloupe and cheese, Salmonella in Mangoes and Peanut Butter and E. coli in ground beef and spinach, I talked to Ily Goyanes. Here is our interview:
When we first heard of Marler Clark, the “food safety law firm,” we pictured a dozen ambulance chasers strategically posted outside of establishments that served
A new case of E. coli has been linked to the XL Foods Inc. plant in Alberta at the center of a massive beef recall.
The Public Health Agency of Canada says the latest case is in Quebec, bringing the total number of confirmed cases across the country to 17.
The agency says the person
UPDATE: 16 sick in New York.
Yesterday, Wegmans announced that it and its supplier, State Garden, were recalling two types of organic spinach and spring mix due to the risk of E. coli O157:H7.
Oddly, there was no reason (other than the risk of E. coli) given for the recall. Usually, a recall is
Bolthouse Farms is voluntarily recalling a limited quantity of Bolthouse Farms® 16-ounce Carrot Chips following a routine sampling event, conducted on October 22, 2012, by a North Carolina health official. The company was notified on October 31, 2012 that the inspection detected the possibility of Salmonella in the single 16-ounce bag that was tested. Bolthouse
Batch/UPC Code: Wegmans Food You Feel Good About Organic Spinach & Spring Mix, 11oz – UPC: 77890-16411 – ONLY product sold between 10/14/12 and 11/1/12.
Wegmans Food You Feel Good About Organic Spinach & Spring Mix, 5oz – UPC: 77890-16437 – ONLY product sold between 10/14/12 and 11/1/12.
Reason for Recall: State Garden is recalling
