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November 2009

  • Posted: November 1st, 2009 - 9:28pm

    Oh, unpasteurized apple cider, when will you stop providing food safety moments? It was 13 years ago last night that U.S. health investigators figured out that unpasteurized juice with apple cider as a base was making people sick with E. coli O157:H7 in the Pacific Northwest region.

    Date Published: 
    01.nov.09
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
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  • Posted: November 1st, 2009 - 9:27pm

    CONCORD, N.H. -- New Hampshire officials are warning residents not to eat beef that has been recalled due to possible contamination. The products were packaged between September 15-16 and may have been labeled with sell-by dates between September 19-28. They were sold at various stores in N.H.

    Date Published: 
    31.oct.09
    Source Title: 
    MyFox
    E. coli  |  Comments
  • Posted: November 1st, 2009 - 9:27pm

    Beef sold by a New York company to stores in New England is being recalled because of possible E. coli contamination. One person died and two others became ill after eating contaminated meat that may be related to the recall of almost 546,000 pounds of ground beef in Connecticut, Maine and Massachusetts. That meat was sold by Fairbank Farms in Ashville, N.Y.

    Date Published: 
    31.oct.09
    Source Title: 
    Associated Press
    E. coli  |  Comments
  • Posted: November 1st, 2009 - 9:26pm

    The heat was unbearable. Mari Tardiff awakened in the Arizona desert, and though she’d grown up here, all she could think about was getting back to the cool coastal climate of Northern California. She especially missed her redwoods, the ones that greeted her each morning from her well-groomed lawn just outside Crescent City.

    Date Published: 
    30.oct.09
    Source Title: 
    Triplicate
    Raw Food  |  Comments
  • Posted: November 1st, 2009 - 9:25pm

    Import Alert # 22-01 Published Date: 10/30/2009 Type: DWPE Import Alert Name: "Detention Without Physical Examination of Canteloupes from Mexico" Reason for Alert:

    Date Published: 
    30.oct.09
    Source Title: 
    U.S. Food and Drug Administration
    Food Safety Policy  |  Comments
  • Posted: November 1st, 2009 - 9:24pm

    Livestock farmers across Indiana and the U.S. are absolutely committed to the production of safe, affordable and abundant food. To do this, farmers must have access to approved, safe and effective technologies, including animal health products.

    Date Published: 
    01.nov.09
    Source Title: 
    Indianapolis Star
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  • Posted: November 1st, 2009 - 9:23pm

    Despite the fact that it's perfectly legal in 44 states, eating "man's best friend" is as taboo as a man eating his best friend. Even the most enthusiastic carnivores won't eat dogs. TV guy and sometimes cooker Gordon Ramsay can get pretty macho with lambs and piglets when doing publicity for something he's selling, but you'll never see a puppy peeking out of one of his pots.

    Date Published: 
    31.oct.09
    Source Title: 
    Wall Street Journal
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  • Posted: November 1st, 2009 - 9:21pm

    Life as a Labradoodle may sound free and easy, but if you’re Jet, who lives in New Jersey, there is a lot of work to be done.

    Date Published: 
    01.nov.09
    Source Title: 
    New York Times
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  • Posted: November 1st, 2009 - 9:20pm

    Abstract:

    Date Published: 
    31.oct.09
    Source Title: 
    Applied And Environmental Microbiology, Nov. 2009, P. 6736–6744 Vol. 75, No. 21
  • Posted: November 1st, 2009 - 9:19pm

    In Sweden, a particular subtype of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) O157:H7, originally defined as being of phage type 4, and carrying two vtx2 genes, has been found to cause the majority of reported human infections during the past 15 years, including both sporadic cases and outbreaks.

    Date Published: 
    31.oct.09
    Source Title: 
    Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2009, 51:43
    E. coli  |  Comments
  • Posted: November 1st, 2009 - 9:18pm

    Incidences of bacterial foodborne illness caused by ingestion of fresh produce are rising. Instead of this being due to incidental contamination, the animal pathogen Salmonella enterica utilizes specific molecular mechanisms to attach to and colonize plants. This work characterizes two S.

    Date Published: 
    31.oct.09
    Source Title: 
    Microbiology 155 (2009), 3701-3709
    Salmonella  |  Comments
  • Posted: November 1st, 2009 - 9:17pm

    Abstract

    Date Published: 
    31.oct.09
    Source Title: 
    Food Microbiology
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  • Posted: November 1st, 2009 - 10:44am

    http://barfblog.foodsafety.ksu.edu/2009/10/articles/e-coli/e-coli-o157h7-outbreak-linked-to-wendys-salads-in-new-brunswick/ Public Health Services is following four confirmed cases of E. coli believed to be linked to people who ate at the Wendy's Restaurant on Prospect Street.

    Date Published: 
    31.oct.09
    Source Title: 
    Daily Gleaner
    E. coli  |  Comments
  • Posted: November 1st, 2009 - 10:43am

    http://barfblog.foodsafety.ksu.edu/2009/10/articles/salmonella/9-outbreaks-2-dead-130-ill-from-same-salmonella-across-uk/ Around 130 people have fallen ill with the same strain of Salmonella linked to poultry and eggs since August across England and Wales. Five outbreaks have been linked to oriental restaurants, three to other restaurants and one was in a care home.

    Date Published: 
    31.oct.09
    Source Title: 
    Telegraph
    Salmonella  |  Comments
  • Posted: November 1st, 2009 - 10:43am

    http://barfblog.foodsafety.ksu.edu/2009/10/articles/e-coli/ground-beef-recall-linked-to-cluster-of-e-coli-o157-illnesses-in-new-england/

    Date Published: 
    31.oct.09
    Source Title: 
    USDA
    E. coli  |  Comments
  • Posted: November 1st, 2009 - 10:42am

    Athens-area raw milk drinkers are lobbying officials and may go to court to change laws barring people from drinking the unpasteurized dairy product.

    Date Published: 
    31.oct.09
    Source Title: 
    Online Athens
    Raw Food  |  Comments
  • Posted: November 1st, 2009 - 10:41am

    U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor has written a letter to the Food and Drug Administration to oppose their plans to require raw oysters to undergo a post-catch process to rid them of a very rare, but potentially deadly bacteria.

    Date Published: 
    30.oct.09
    Source Title: 
    Sun Herald
  • Posted: November 1st, 2009 - 10:40am

    WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Harmonization of food safety auditing standards was the theme repeated by panelists at the GlobalGAP 2009 U.S. tour stop as the organization tries to gain greater acceptance in North America.

    Date Published: 
    31.oct.09
    Source Title: 
    The Packer
    Food Safety Policy  |  Comments
  • Posted: November 1st, 2009 - 10:39am

    Denver -- Research into the health of cats, dogs, horses, wildlife and even alpacas is getting another boost from Morris Animal Foundation, which will fund more than 200 animal-health studies with $13 million over the next three years.

    Date Published: 
    31.oct.09
    Source Title: 
    DVM Magazine
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  • Posted: November 1st, 2009 - 10:38am

    Japan's Yukio Hatoyama has revealed he dislikes whale meat, a newspaper has reported in an unusual confession for the prime minister of a country that defies Western criticism of whaling. "I hate whale meat," Hatoyama said during a meeting with his visiting Dutch counterpart Jan Peter Balkenende on Monday, the Sankei Shimbun reported on Saturday.

    Date Published: 
    31.oct.09
    Source Title: 
    AFP
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