Or, file it under, “when it rains, it pours.”
From the Public Health Insider: Public Health – Seattle & King County’s Food Safety Program closed the Chipotle Mexican Grill at 212 Westlake Ave. N today for repeated food safety violations.
Last month, forty-three Chipotle restaurants in Washington and Oregon voluntarily closed their doors when they
Tonight there will be a candlelight vigil and tomorrow at 11:00 AM, there will be a minute of silence for those killed and injured in last weeks act of terrorism.
Investing in food safety BEFORE an outbreak – even one that involves only 52 people – seems like a no-brainer after your stock falls over 25% – that is serious money.
Another mass shooting – for whatever the reason – is always a mixture of sadness and outrage. Today it seems even more so that the shooter and the victims worked at one time to protect pubic health – many were health inspectors.
A list of those lost:
Shannon Johnson, 45, Los Angeles
Bennetta Bet-Badal, 46,
I will be setting for a deposition in the “Pink Slime” lawsuit this Wednesday despite that fact that I am representing two of the defendants. For more than a few hundred food manufacturing CEO’s and managers of companies I have sued and deposed on behalf of victims, the thought that I will be put under
It has been a busy last several weeks for public health investigators (and lawyers) and uncomfortable (and sometimes deadly) weeks for food poisoning victims, as well as management for several companies. Here are just a few of the outbreaks hitting the news:
Salmonella Cucumbers: As of November 18, 2015, 838 people infected with the outbreak
Not sure where in the 100 I fall, but the fact that I made the list again is an honor.
Ouch!
Hilary N. Karasz just posted “You heard it here first: Changing our food borne illness public notification process.” Because it is so good, and because Seattle/King County Department of Health is moving forward with an increasing degree of transparency, I thought I would post most of her post. I also, must say, great
I tend not to get quoted much by Fox News – so, when it happens, well, I must have said something:
“The number of recalls have actually gone up in recent years,” says Bill Marler, Managing Partner of Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm.
The main reason for the uptick is that the U.S.
