My mom has bought so many of the hardbacks, that Poisoned is now in paperback on Amazon and back on Kindle.
The Grumpy Goat Link to “Gastrointestinal Disorders”
According to press reports, the Kane County Illinois Health Department is investigating reports of possible food poisoning among people who ate at the Grumpy Goat Tavern in Elgin, Illinois.
Seventeen people have reported suffering from “gastrointestinal disorders” after eating at the restaurant at The Highlands of Elgin golf course Saturday, as part of a golf
Jimmy Johns at 605 E 400 Street in Salt Lake City, Utah Closed due to “Imminent Health Hazard” and an Outbreak
According to the Salt Lake City Department of Health:
This establishment was closed for an imminent health hazard in response to a foodborne illnesses outbreak and ongoing illness connected to this establishment and the following violations:
- Food employees worked in the establishment while ill.
- An employee did not wash hands when changing gloves.
- An
A Trip Down “Criminal Lane” – At Least For Food
In 1998 in what was the first criminal conviction in a large-scale food-poisoning outbreak, Odwalla Inc. pleaded guilty to violating Federal food safety laws and agreed to pay a $1.5 million fine for selling tainted apple juice that killed a 16-month-old girl and sickened 70 other people in several states in 1996. Odwalla, based in
Criminal Sanctions Against Producers of Adulterated Food – Who is Next?
I am working on an upcoming speech on the risk of criminal sanctions for the production and sale of adulterated food.
What is a Recall of Food?
We hear about them so often these days–recalls of all kinds of products, from foods, to medications, to kids toys–that “recall” has become a working concept in everybody’s vocabulary. But what is a recall? Who has the legal obligation to announce them? And, what legal ramifications are there of being involved in one?
First, despite
USDA Economic Research Service – Foodborne Illness Yearly Cost $15.5 Billion
Foodborne pathogens impose over $15.5 billion (2013 dollars) in economic burden on the U.S. public each year. Just five pathogens cause 90 percent of this burden. Estimates of economic burden per case vary greatly, ranging from $202 for Cyclospora cayetanensis to $3.3 million for Vibrio vulnificus.
- Fifteen pathogens cause 95 percent or more of the
E. coli O157:H7 Down – More Improvement Needed on Other Foodborne Bugs
According to the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), there were a total of 19,542 infections, 4,445 hospitalizations and 71 deaths reported in 2014. Some types of infections declined, some increased, and some stayed the same. FoodNet is a collaboration between CDC, 10 state health departments, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and
Food Safety News Wins Five Press Awards
Food Safety News writer Cookson Beecher won five awards, all of them in the daily news category, during the May 9 Washington Press Association awards banquet at the Museum of Flight in Seattle. Four of the awards came in first place and one came in third.
Here are the awards she took home:
First place,
What am I reading on the Plane to Salinas?
One would think Steinbeck, but it is Yiannas, as in Frank, VP of Food Safety at Walmart.
I am off to give a speech on supply chain liability.