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“It was not the failure of the cookie dough manufacturer for not keeping cattle feces (E. coli) out of cookie dough that sickened the child, it is the fault of the parent who allowed the child to eat the dough.”
I have received several calls and emails like the above over the last few days
Dear Food Safety Community,
Legislation that would help FDA manage its food safety responsibilities is headed to the floor of the House. The bill has a HACCP-type system as its center piece. However, a small group, led by the Weston A. Price Foundation and other advocates of raw milk, are leading a very effective internet
The CDC has confirmed that 69 people, ages 2 to 67, are linked to an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to the consumption of refrigerated Nestle Toll House Cookie Dough. The links are both the food histories as well as the discovery of the outbreak strain of the E. coli O157:H7 bacteria. Nestle has recalled
I know I sound a bit like a broken record asking yet another company to step up and admit they have a problem, pay the victims’ medical bills and lost wages, and then focus on how the problem happened and how to prevent it from ever happening again. True, it will not completely prevent then
Just when America thought it was safe to go back into the grocery store, another food outbreak wakes us up to the fact that there is something seriously wrong with our food safety system. This time it’s Nestle Toll House cookie dough with E. coli, a treat that nearly every
I have been asked that questions several dozen times in the last 48 hours as this outbreak has mushroomed to nearly 70 in some 28 states with at least 25 hospitalized and 7 with HUS. So, how did this nasty bug get into such an "All-American" product? Here is the list of ingredients:
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E. coli
An outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 that has sickened 66 people in 28 states points to the need for better funding for health surveillance, said food safety advocate and foodborne illness litigator William Marler. News of the E. coli outbreak was issued by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), which said in
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I have been invited back to Bejing for the China International Food Safety and Quality Conference.
Valley Meats LLC, a Coal Valley, Illinois grinding plant recalled approximately 95,898 pounds of ground beef that might have been contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced in late May.
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However, the problem was discovered through an epidemiological investigation of illnesses, NOT before the meat
Oldest daughter was taking the SAT’s, middle daughter we dropped at softball practice, so the youngest one and I went to the Farmer’s Market – a big deal on the Island on a Saturday. We picked up some fresh strawberries (ours at home are not ripe), a couple more pepper plants and a bag of
