Termination of key advisory committees signals food safety will not be a priority
WASHINGTON DC – Brian Ronholm, director of food policy at Consumer Reports, issued the following statement today in response to the elimination of the USDA’s National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) and National Advisory Committee on Meat
A new Listeria outbreak appears to be brewing.
The CDC is now tracking Salmonella, Listeria and E. coli outbreaks.
Interesting that FSIS was part of the shake Listeria outbreak investigation.
Listeria is a gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium that is ubiquitous and can grow under either anaerobic (without oxygen) or aerobic (with oxygen) conditions.
A. The Prevalence of Listeria in Food and the Environment
Listeriosis is one of the most important bacterial infections worldwide that arises mainly from the consumption of contaminated food.[1] The disease is
A nice shout-out when Poisoned won the Emmy.
And, here is the trailer:
And, there is a new one brewing that has not yet been identified.
As of February 21, 2025, 38 people infected with the outbreak strain of Listeria monocytogenes have been reported from 21 states. The 21 States with Cases are: Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Nevada, New
As of February 21, 2025, 38 people infected with the outbreak strain of Listeria monocytogenes have been reported from 21 states. The 21 States with Cases are: Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and West Virginia.
Sick people’s samples
What happened to this child is horrible.
With no fanfare after 89 reported sick, the FDA closes its E. coli investigation into a romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak without telling the public more and
Over the last 30 plus years, I have seen som heartbreaking foodborne illness cases, but this one should make everyone to do everything to prevent Listeria outbreaks.
This is still a case that haunts me. My heart breaks for this family. Why politicians and people inside and outside of government and industry do not do everything they can to precent foodborne illness is beyond me. Abby would have been 21.
The Washington Department of Health (DOH), the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department, and Thurston County Public Health and Social Services investigated an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes in July and August 2023. Six cases of listeriosis were reported by August 9, 2023. This cluster was given the outbreak code 2306WAGX6-1.
Cases ranged from 43 to 79 years (median 63.5). Sixty
