STOP_LogoTagline_RGB-borderSTOP Foodborne Illness, the Chicago-based national advocacy and education organization, will honor three Food Safety Heroes at an interactive fundraising event 7-9 p.m., Tuesday, December 6 during the Food Safety Consortium at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center (1551 Thoreau Drive N, Schaumburg, IL 60173). The benefit is open to the public.

Guests will enjoy live

Daddy MaoOver the last 20 plus years I have given close to 400 speeches around the world on “why it is a bad idea to poison your customers.”

My “chats” have been in front of industry and governmental groups on every continent (except South America) – I’m somewhat popular in China.

Most of the audiences are

Vaccine-injectionWhat we know about the Tropical Smoothie Cafe Hepatitis A outbreak:

  • Once a person consumes human fecal matter containing the Hepatitis A virus, they have two weeks to receive treatment (one shot) or they are likely to suffer from an acute Hepatitis A infection.
  • During the last week and a half of July and the

rockmelon-500x500Update:  97 people have been struck down by a national salmonella outbreak linked to a brand of rockmelons, as health authorities warn pregnant women, infants and the elderly to avoid eating the fruit.

Red Dirt Melons – a Northern Territory-based supplier – is recalling its rockmelons after Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) launched an

Barf_BagPerhaps not the tag line the intended?  You could also use Make American Vomit, Puke, Gag, Retch, Spew, Hurl, Shit, Poop, Dump, Defecate, Crap Again.

The LA Times, Seema Mehta reports:

At least a dozen California GOP staff members at the Republican National Convention have been quarantined in their hotel rooms after becoming ill

635904806953558518-Screenshot-2016-02-07-22.17.40On July 7th shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill were trading below $400 following a tweet by Eric Van Lustbader, author of the Jason Bourne series, indicating that eating at a Manhattan-based restaurant location resulted in the hospitalization of his editor.  Chipotle spokesperson Chris Arnold responded: “we are aware of the post made on Twitter,