According to Food Safety News: After an uptick in press coverage on the impending shutdown of the Microbiological Data Program, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has decided to keep the produce testing program running, at least through the end of the year.
As Food Safety News reported last week, if the program were to shut
From Real Raw Milk Facts: The use of heat is central to the culinary arts and dates back to the beginning of human civilization. Heat enhances the flavor of animal- and plant-based foods. Heat is also a way to destroy harmful germs that can cause disease or spoil the food. Pasteurization is the term
Looking at the Salmonella Tuna Scrape (they really need a better name for it) outbreak numbers yesterday, it got me spending some of my day at work today looking at CDC data over the last few years on outbreak surveillance, investigations, announcements and governemnt or business recalls.
Looking at the data, it is fairly clear
The CDC reported this week that a total of 390 persons infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Bareilly (376 persons) or Salmonella Nchanga (14 persons) have been reported from 27 states and the District of Columbia. Of those sickened, 47 people have been hospitalized – fortunately no deaths have been reported.
Investigation efforts of
Some people get bridges, schools or battleships named after them. The Rivera family named their newest family member Marler. I am very, very proud.
Marler and me?
From Food Safety News Today:
A four-year old Grand Island, Nebraska girl needs our help, Food Safety News Publisher Bill Marler says.
Rory Thorpe, born with spina bifida four years ago, contracted E. coli last October from an unknown source. The child is currently being treated for kidney complications linked to E. coli O157:H7 at
I had the opportunity to give a webinar to a group of about 100 people interesting in food safety today.
All presenter fees donated to University of California at Davis Western Center for Food Safety
Register Now – http://www.foodseminarsinternational.com/Other-Discount-Marler.html
Overview:
Bill Marler has been litigating foodborne illness cases for nearly two decades. The key to his success has been to find a quick, reliable method of distinguishing between legitimate food poisoning claims and suspect ones.
With nearly 3,000 (and likely many, many more) sickened and over 40 killed, it is amazing that the owners of these establishments who poisoned and killed their customers are not sitting in a jail cell. For those who have forgotten the facts:
Jensen Farms Outbreak – As of December 8, 2011, 146 persons infected with
Food products now come to the United States from over 250,000 foreign establishments in 200 countries. Indeed, 15 percent of fruits, 20 percent of vegetables, and 80 percent of seafood come from overseas. And, with the consumption of imported foods growing, we have seen an increase in recalls and foodborne illness outbreaks linked to them.
