When Stephanie Strom of The New York Times wrote “When ‘Liking’ a Brand Online Voids the Right to Sue,”it caught my attention. At first I thought General Mills could not be serious about trying to deny its customers the right to their day in court if wronged by a General Mills product. I mean,
2013 FoodNet data: Salmonella down, a bit, E. coli, Vibrio, Campylobacter, Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora, Listeria, Shigella and Yersinia mostly unchanged
MMWR reported the 2013 FoodNet data today and it was a bit depressing.
FoodNet conducts active, population-based surveillance for laboratory-confirmed infections caused by Campylobacter, Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora, Listeria, Salmonella, Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157 and non-O157, Shigella, Vibrio, and Yersinia in 10 sites covering approximately 15% of the U.S. population. For information on those bugs,
Reader’s Digest Magazine: The Dangers in Our Food Supply Are Worse Than You Think
Barry Estabrook wrote for OnEarth and Reader’s Digest Magazines: The Dangers in Our Food Supply Are Worse Than You Think
As Barry correctly points out – Foodborne illnesses are escalating in the United States, and it’s not because of a few unwashed spinach leaves. Foul conditions, lax regulations, and too few inspectors are threatening our
Liability through the Food Chain – Food Safety Summit
Politico covered my short talk at the Food Safety Summit:
Every step of the food chain — from manufacturers to auditors (Retailers too) — should be on its toes because who ultimately bears responsibility in foodborne illness outbreaks is a moving target, Bill Marler, a plaintiff’s attorney specializing in foodborne illness cases, warned yesterday.
Being
CDC Ups Foster Farms Chicken Salmonella Outbreak to 524
The CDC reported today that the investigation continues into Salmonella Heidelberg infections likely related to Foster Farms chicken.
Ongoing surveillance identified in February that infections from some of the previously rare outbreak strains again exceeded the number of infections expected to be reported to PulseNet during this time of year.
As of April 7, 2014,
WWFFD? (What Would Foster Farms Do?)
First off, good for Tyson Foods for recalling plastic-tainted chicken nuggets.
Second, why does “extraneous materials” in a Tyson product prompt a recall, but Salmonella in a Foster Farms product does not?
FSIS posted a recall notice from Tyson Foods after it recalled 75,320 pounds of frozen, fully cooked chicken nugget products that may be
Pomegranate Arils and Hepatitis A – How I Spend My Saturday
On March 26, 2014 the FDA Enforcement Report – Purely Pomegranate Recall of Pomegranate Arils dropped into my inbox. At first I thought it was another recall, but it appears to be just FDA updating its paperwork following the recall of Townsend Farms Antioxidant Mixed Berries that included Pomegranate Arils sourced from Purely Pomegranate who
Cryptosporidium Outbreak Nearly 10 Years Old
John Caher of the New York Law Journal reported a few days ago on “Park Patrons Made Sick in 2005 Await Overdue Day in Court.” To quote British politician William Gladstone –“Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied.” This is nearly the oldest case we have in the office. As Mr. Caher reports:
Nine years after a
No Illnesses Prompt Salmonella-tainted Pet Food Recalls, but No Recalls of Salmonella-tainted Chicken when Hundreds Sickened?
Over the last year the CDC reported a total of 481 persons infected with seven outbreak strains of Salmonella Heidelberg in 25 states and Puerto Rico and an earlier total of 134 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Heidelberg in 13 states. Although FSIS issued a Public Health Alert following the second outbreak
FDA Suspends Registration on Roos Foods after Listeria Outbreak
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday suspended the registration of Roos Foods Inc., the maker of cheese and sour cream that caused an outbreak of Listeria in Maryland and California that included one death. The facility’s registration was suspended after FDA determined there was still a reasonable probability that food manufactured by Roos