Last week when Jim went after Marion Nestle and Denis Stearns, I suggested that it best to ignore his ranting. However, In reading Jim Prevor’s recent posting (“No Matter What Growers, Shippers, or Retailers Do About Food Safety, ‘You Will Be Sued,” posted on June 11, 2010), I knew that I had to
A new political “farce” – the “teat party”
The raw milk drinkers and I have not been getting on well lately. Since this is my blog, I do not have to write down all their descriptions of me. However, a few moments on www.thecompletepatient.com will give you a sense of their animus.
I must admit that I am not blameless. I recently described
I hope Dr. Raymond does not get in trouble for this – Mr. Bill: Good Cop/Bad Cop?
Dr. Raymond does a blog (or at least he used to) over at www.meatingplace.com. I am stealing one he did today below:
I think almost every reader of this blog knows OF Bill Marler, but I wonder how many readers really KNOW Bill Marler?
For sure, he is the most prominent and recognizable plaintiffs&rsquo
National Environmental Health Association Speech
l will be heading to New Mexico on Monday to the NEHA Conference after a short stop in Las Vegas to attend the high school graduation of the twins son’s of Linda Rivera. Linda is still in Rehab after being hit by E. coli O157:H7 in April of 2009. Here is the outline of
Is Raw Milk Treated Unfairly?
I must admit that I tire of the moans from raw milk advocates that Big Dairy and Big Government is out to get them. I shake my head at the unfounded belief that grass fed cows will never produce a pathogen that can sicken a child. I cringe at the anti-science blather protesting that all
Marler’s Response to the American Meat Institute Statement on New Bill to Declare Additional Strains of E. coli as Adulterants
AMI: We share Sen. Gillibrand’s desire to eradicate pathogenic bacteria, but we don’t believe that an act of Congress can make these bacteria disappear. We also are puzzled by the fact that this bill is being introduced at a time when the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is tracking an outbreak of E. coli O145
What has Changed Since Upton Sinclair? A Contemporary View of Food Safety
The office is closed for Memorial Day, but I am here working on my speech (title above) to be given at the NEHA conference next week. I am supposed to cover:
What’s behind the shiny abattoir walls of contemporary slaughterhouses? After all the regulation, safety protocols, worker initiatives, and animal rights action, we still have millions
CDC – non-O157 E. coli STECs (like O26, O45, 0103, O111, O121, and O145) cause 36,700 illnesses, 1,100 hospitalizations and 30 deaths in America each year
The CDC estimates that "non-O157 STECs (like O26, O45, 0103, O111, O121, and O145) cause 36,700 illnesses, 1,100 hospitalizations and 30 deaths in America each year."
In speaking about the recent E. coli O145 outbreak linked to romaine lettuce, Patricia M. Griffin, chief of CDC’s Enteric Diseases Epidemiology branch, said it is likely that E.
E. coli O157:H7 costs $478,381,766 per year in illnesses and Salmonella costs $2,649,413,401, and that is just two of dozens of bugs that sicken and kill us
I love Economists. Actually, one of my three BA’s was in Economics. When you look at the cost of just two bugs that the Economic Research Service (ERS) looked at, you have to wonder why we do not demand more from the corporations who feed us and the government that is supposed to regulate them?
The
Non-O157 STECs (O26, O45, 0103, O111, O121, O145) cause 36,700 illnesses, 1,100 hospitalizations and 30 deaths in America each year
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand last week introduced new legislation to require the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to regulate the six currently unregulated strains of E. coli proven to cause food-borne illnesses. In addition to the most common form of E. coli that is already regulated, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has