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December 2009

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    Posted: December 30th, 2009 - 12:50pm

    Today’s USA Today asked a bunch of food safety types what the government could do to improve the school lunch program.

    My full answer included,

    “Does it have to be government? They’re not very good at this stuff.”

     What got published this a.m., along with a photo by Dave Adams of Kansas State, was,

    Date Published: 
    30.dec.09
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    barfblog
  • Posted: December 30th, 2009 - 12:49pm

    Chapman asks me the other day, “How do we fight the dogma?” Is that like fight the power? Fight the man? Fight for your right to party? What he was talking about was food safety dogma, the kind where seemingly good people give bad food safety advice. Like the Brits and their piping hot turkey.

    Date Published: 
    29.dec.09
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Handwashing  |  Comments
  • Posted: December 30th, 2009 - 12:48pm

    Meatingplace reports this morning that two approved red food dyes, FD&C No. 3 and No. 40, stain the protein and fat in bologna and turkey lunchmeat and may help deli managers quickly determine areas of listeria contamination, according to a study by University of Arkansas researchers funded by the American Meat Institute Foundation.

    Date Published: 
    28.dec.09
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    barfblog
    Listeria  |  Comments
  • Posted: December 30th, 2009 - 12:48pm

    MyFox is reporting that dozens of people got sick after a party at Iberia Peninsula in the Ironbound section of Newark Sunday night. At least one person who was there has been hospitalized at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Brunswick. Angelo Afonso's family says he is in the intensive care unit after suffering from severe gastrointestinal distress consistent with food poisoning.

    Date Published: 
    30.dec.09
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Salmonella  |  Comments
  • Posted: December 30th, 2009 - 12:47pm

    Here’s one from east-end Toronto that I missed last week but Coldmud picked up from the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation – hockey and state-sponsored jazz). “Amateur photographer Borys Machinkowski's photo shows a mouse popping out of a space between two trays of pastries sitting in the display case of Bakery On the Go at the Warden Toronto

    Date Published: 
    27.dec.09
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
  • Posted: December 30th, 2009 - 12:46pm

    In my continuing quest to watch children’s TV and become addicted to every infectious kids song out there – because 1-year-old Sorenne has a cold and insists on being held -- we watched an episode of Special Agent Oso, the unique stuffed bear. 3 special steps, that’s all you need wash the vegetables chop the vegetables toss the salad

    Date Published: 
    27.dec.09
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Handwashing  |  Comments
  • Posted: December 30th, 2009 - 12:45pm

    The Los Angeles Times reports that one of the latest "Dinner Buzz Specials" at the Ganja Gourmet, was described as, "Start with our ganjanade [ganja tapenade], bread and a fat dank joint! Then choose from a slice of pizza or LaGanja [lasagna]. Then top it off with a Ganja Gourmet dessert, your choice, $30."

    Date Published: 
    28.dec.09
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    barfblog
    Wacky and Weird  |  Comments
  • Posted: December 30th, 2009 - 12:45pm

    Like pretty much every other county or town that has implemented some form of restaurant inspection disclosure, the system is way popular in Windsor, Ontario. About 1,300 locations have been inspected under the star ratings, including all of the premises in the highest-risk categories, said Deb Bennett, Windsor-Essex County Health Unit’s health protection director.

    Date Published: 
    29.dec.09
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
  • Posted: December 30th, 2009 - 12:44pm

    "The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for 30 years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found." - Calvin Trillin, journalist and social commentator on things American I love the leftovers. Stew, soup, Sorenne just had some lamb stock vegetable stew with lots of carrots and lima beans for lunch – ate it all up.

    Date Published: 
    29.dec.09
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    barfblog
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    Posted: December 26th, 2009 - 9:51am

    There’s nothing like three inches of freshly fallen Christmas morning snow to make me think … barbeque.

    Date Published: 
    25.dec.09
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    barfblog
    E. coli, Thermometers  |  Comments
  • Posted: December 26th, 2009 - 9:50am

    I like potlucks because of the social interaction and sampling different kinds of foods. I don’t like potlucks because who knows how various dishes are prepared, how they’ve been stored, and the dreaded double dipping. http://barfblog.foodsafety.ksu.edu/2008/01/articles/wacky-and-strange-but-true/from-seinfeld-to-science-dip-once-or-dip-twice/

    Date Published: 
    25.dec.09
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
  • Posted: December 26th, 2009 - 9:49am

    Yesterday’s USA Today reported that ratings for food shows on television are booming – prime-time numbers for the Food Network are up 29 per cent this year to a new record – yet every time I flip by, the stars suck at food safety. http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2009-12-24-foodTV24_ST_N.htm

    Date Published: 
    25.dec.09
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Celebrity  |  Comments
  • Posted: December 26th, 2009 - 9:47am

    Cora Pizza, (the One Stop Pizza Shop), apparently a favorite of University of Toronto students, was shut down Dec. 21/09 by Toronto Public Health (TPH) due to a rodent infestation and to prevent gross unsanitary conditions.

    Date Published: 
    25.dec.09
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
  • Posted: December 26th, 2009 - 9:46am

    The cafeteria in the Pennsylvania Capitol building where the governor and other state legislators hang out, form cliques and toss around tater tots, has not been inspected in four years – despite a state law requiring annual checks -- and is now closed after an infestation of rodents was discovered.

    Date Published: 
    25.dec.09
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
  • Posted: December 26th, 2009 - 9:45am

    In 2004, I spoke at a conference in Gold Coast, Australia. I did a TV bit on Good Morning Australia, or whatever the equivalent was to the U.S. Good Morning America about food safety. The chef at the conference center was with me, and well-versed in food safety. He had a digital tip-sensitive thermometer in his front pocket, which I asked to borrow for the interview.

    Date Published: 
    25.dec.09
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Salmonella  |  Comments
  • Posted: December 25th, 2009 - 12:28am

    The things you can find on sale at Dillon’s supermarket (part of the Kroger chain) in Manhattan (Kansas).

    Date Published: 
    24.dec.09
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    barfblog
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  • Posted: December 25th, 2009 - 12:28am

    Recall Release  CLASS I RECALL FSIS-RC-067-2009        HEALTH RISK: HIGH

    Date Published: 
    24.dec.09
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    USDA FSIS press release
    E. coli  |  Comments
  • Posted: December 25th, 2009 - 12:26am

    Kansas State University student, and news hunter and gatherer, Gonzalo Erdozain (right, sorta as shown), finally got away on his honeymoon to the Dominican Republic after classes ended last week. Gonzalo returned yesterday and shares his tale below.

    Date Published: 
    24.dec.09
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Norovirus  |  Comments
  • Posted: December 25th, 2009 - 12:25am

    We’ve been visiting with some of Amy’s family in Minnesota the past few days. Dinner for the gang last Sunday in Andover, north of Minneapolis, featured a couple of frozen Stouffer’s lasagnas. Two lasagnas were required to feed the crew, and were cooked in the oven at the same time.

    Date Published: 
    24.dec.09
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Food Safety Policy  |  Comments
  • Posted: December 25th, 2009 - 12:24am

    I have no use for Christmas pudding, fruitcake, or those stale, doughy cookies strewn with sprinkles. Gross. Christmas pudding is apparently a steamed dessert made with dried fruit, nuts, spices and brandy. It is common to put several charms or coins in the pudding, which are believed to bring prosperity in the New Year to the person who finds them.

    Date Published: 
    24.dec.09
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
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