In 2009 President Obama was quoted:
“At a bare minimum, we should be able to count on our government keeping our kids safe when they eat peanut butter,” the president said.
“That’s what Sasha eats for lunch,” Obama said, referring to his 7-year-old daughter. “Probably three times a week. I don’t want to worry
nSpired Natural Foods, Inc. is voluntarily recalling certain retail lots of Arrowhead Mills® Peanut Butters, MaraNatha® Almond Butters and Peanut Butters and specific private label nut butters packaged in glass and plastic jars because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.
The potential risk was brought to the Company’s attention by the
McCormick & Company, Incorporated is initiating a voluntary recall of McCormick® Ground Oregano, 0.75 oz bottle, UPC 0-523561-6 with code dates BEST BY AUG 21 16 H and AUG 22 16 H due to possible contamination with Salmonella. This recall does not impact any other McCormick Ground, Whole or Oregano Leaves products.
The product subject
Coral Beach reports that Brooks Tropicals LLC, Homestead, Fla., has recalled 401 boxes of fresh, green-skinned avocados because a routine random sample test by the Food and Drug Administration returned a positive result for Salmonella.
Only fruit shipped with the lot number 2610 is included in the recall, according to the Aug. 8 notice
Friday the CDC updated its ongoing reporting of a Salmonella outbreak linked to baby chickens and ducks. Now a total of 300 persons infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Infantis, Salmonella Newport, or Salmonella Hadar have been reported from 42 states and Puerto Rico. The number of ill persons identified in each state is
Associated Press’ Russ Bynum and Michael Warren have been following the PCA criminal trial (along with Food Safety News). I had a chance to talk with them between the IAFP Conference and the CTLA Convention.
The CDC says it has tracked salmonella outbreaks since 1962. It even has an interactive map with county-by-county information
Less so if you are 1 of the 1.4M Americans sickened by Salmonella yearly in the United States.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) posted on its website today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service today denied a three-year-old regulatory petition from the CSPI asking
The CDC announced today a total of 634 persons infected with seven outbreak strains of Salmonella Heidelberg were reported from 29 states and Puerto Rico from March 1, 2013 to July 11, 2014.
38% of ill persons were hospitalized, and no deaths were reported.
Most ill persons (77%) were reported from California.
The current outbreak
In 2009 Vernon Knudsen was 74 years old and lived with his loving wife, Marjorie, in the small town of Onalaska, Texas, just north of Houston. Vernon was happily retired and normally enjoys a quiet, peaceful life.
Vernon’s medical history has included high blood pressure, high cholesterol, an irregular heartbeat, and essential tremor—a common movement
Robert Moss was a true representative of The Greatest Generation. A child of modest means, Robert gave up a college scholarship to fight in the Navy in World War II, where he suffered a severe gunshot wound in combat. After the war, Robert returned to Louisiana, where he married a woman named Mary Jane, produced
