You really have to question, if we do not criminally prosecute Stewart Parnell and others responsible for over 700 illnesses and at least nine deaths, when will we? Why has it not happened? Where is the outrage? Why the double standard for corporate executives? Perhaps they need a bail-out too?
Petition to FSIS for an Interpretive Rule Declaring all enterohemorrhagic Shiga Toxin-producing Serotypes of Escherichia coli (E. coli), including Non-O157 Serotypes, to be Adulterants Within the Meaning of 21 U.S.C. § 601(m)(1) РSECOND NOTICE
I know FSIS has been busy the last few months, but it would be nice if I actually received an indication if FSIS was going to act on the Petition I filed October 5, 2009 – one way or another. Perhaps this letter will prompt a response?
“Transparency” – It is “time for change” at USDA/FSIS and in the Meat Industry
When the USDA/FSIS and the Beef Industry are taking a hit for a Kansas Columnist, they need wake up and to take a hard look what’s on the grill (bad mixed metaphor).
Last week I had a long talk with Ric Anderson of the Topeka-Capital Journal for his opinion piece – “Burger story shows need
CBS Poll – Where America Stands on Food Safety – 2,500th Blog Post
For my 2,500th post at Marler Blog, according to an CBS Poll, most Americans are at least somewhat confident that the food they buy to eat is safe, and while only one in four would give the country a grade of D or F on ensuring the safety of the food supply, few
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My guess is that my mom is on the selection committee.
So, what is going to happen with food safety legislation now that Congress is back?
As you might recall from last year the House passed, E. coli O157:H7, My Constant Companion for 17 Years
Along with most of the country, I was introduced to E. coli O157:H7 suddenly in 1993, when hundreds of people became ill and four children died after eating Jack in the Box hamburgers.
However, the then little-known strain of bacteria was first recognized as a new food-related threat more than a decade earlier, in 1982,
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Steps-up on Salmonella and Campylobacter Chicken and Turkey
I must be in a good mood today. In my last post I give Kudos to Cargill and now I am saying something nice about my friends at USDA/FSIS. Perhaps it is the afterglow of the holidays. Or, perhaps Cargill and FSIS have been reading my blog.
Kudos to Cargill
Over the years, I have not been very kind to Cargill – we tend not to be on good terms. So, when one of the world’s largest food companies tries to do something right, I need to say, “hat’s off.”
According to the Journal Star and Cattle Networks, Cargill Meat Solutions is testing a vaccine
So, why still the silence from CDC, FSIS, National Steak and Poultry, and the Restaurants?
To refresh, on Christmas Eve, National Steak and Poultry recalled approximately 248,000 pounds of beef products (“mechanically tenderized” steak) that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. The recalled meat was linked to illnesses in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, South Dakota and Washington. Since then information has slowly slipped out that as many as