Email of the day. This time I’ll be a bit more responsible.
The Baltimore City Health Department and Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene continue to investigate an outbreak of gastroenteritis at the Baltimore Convention Center during the Food Safety Summit on April 8-10, 2014. Currently, there are over 100 reported illnesses, mostly self-limited
Not sure who Kirstie Foster is, but they should make her CEO of General Mills IMHO. Here is what she said:
As has been widely reported, General Mills recently posted a revised set of Legal Terms on our websites. Those terms – and our intentions – were widely misread, causing concern among consumers.
So we’ve
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,
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,
The email in my inbox this morning enclosing a questionnaire asking about the possible link between foodborne illnesses and last weeks Food Safety Summit was tempting enough. The dozens of emails from attendees from around the world that followed made the irony complete – a potential foodborne illness outbreak at the Food Safety Summit –
This just landed in my inbox:
Dear Food Safety Summit Attendee,
The Baltimore City Health Department and the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Division of Outbreak Investigation are investigating illnesses among people who were at the Baltimore Convention Center from April 8-10, 2014. We have not yet determined how people became ill, and
The book I was asked to do a Preface for arrived while I was in Baltimore at this year’s Food Safety Summit. You can buy the hardcover on Amazon.
The book provides a thorough review of current food safety and sanitation information with practical applications of current research findings included. The book surveys and
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
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said today that it is allowing ionizing radiation on crustaceans like crab, shrimp, lobster, and crayfish to control foodborne pathogens and extend shelf life.
The agency said it based its decision on a “rigorous safety assessment” that considered potential toxicity, the effect of irradiation on nutrients, and the
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
