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March 2010

  • Posted: March 14th, 2010 - 1:40pm

    All these stories about local health code violations rarely get to the real issues – what is a critical violation, how is it defined, who decides and why is food safety training so apparently ineffective?

    Date Published: 
    12.mar.10
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    barfblog
  • Posted: March 14th, 2010 - 1:39pm

    Introducing the Foodscan 3000, which is way better than the Foodscan 2000 -- or at least by a thousand -- and completely blows away the Foodscan 1814.

    Date Published: 
    13.mar.10
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
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  • Posted: March 14th, 2010 - 1:39pm

    The number of people sickened by the Shigella outbreak traced to a Lombard sandwich shop is now at 50, DuPage County Health Department spokesman David Hass said this afternoon. Thursday's count was 49. Hass added that all 10 people who were hospitalized for the illness have been discharged. "It's still an ongoing investigation," Hass said today.

    Date Published: 
    12.mar.10
    Source Title: 
    Chicago Breaking News
  • Posted: March 14th, 2010 - 1:38pm

    Traducido por Gonzalo Erdozain Resumen del folleto informativo mas reciente: - 7 de los 21 casos relacionados requirieron hospitalización

    Date Published: 
    11.mar.10
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    bites
  • Posted: March 14th, 2010 - 1:37pm

    Traduzido por: Manoelita Warkentien O mais novo folheto de Segurança Alimentar, que é uma página gráfica de histórias relacionadas a segurança alimentar – direcionadas para manipuladores de alimentos, está agora disponível em www.foodsafetyinfosheets.com Destaques do novo folheto:

    Date Published: 
    11.mar.10
    Source Title: 
    bites
  • Posted: March 14th, 2010 - 1:36pm

    Yesterday morning, I found part of a goose carcass in the backyard. Yesterday afternoon, I found more of it....in a pile of dog vomit on the dining room floor. (Yes, my dog's an idiot, but that's a separate story). Between the vomiting and my dog's rather solid gut, there hasn't been any diarrhea, at least yet, but it not an uncommon problem after an episode like this.

    Date Published: 
    12.mar.10
    Source Title: 
    Worms and Germs Blog
    Animals  |  Comments
  • Posted: March 14th, 2010 - 1:35pm

    There are a lot of bad words out there, so bad that they can only be used in polite society by calling them the (Place first letter here) word as in the “R” word. Let me type out that one here just this one time: “Recall.” It’s a word that makes everybody in the beef industry cringe.

    Date Published: 
    12.mar.10
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    Cattle Network
  • Posted: March 14th, 2010 - 1:34pm

    SCHAUMBURG, Ill. -- Their numbers are dwindling at such a rate that our food supply may be in jeopardy – and that decline may continue as their educational debt continues to rise. These are just two of the challenges facing food animal veterinary medicine, one of the bulwarks of our food safety system.

    Date Published: 
    12.mar.10
    Source Title: 
    AVMA
    Animals  |  Comments
  • Posted: March 12th, 2010 - 8:25am

    It’s a mystery, how various health agencies decide when to issue public warnings about particular food products. On Wednesday, Ontario health officials announced they were investigating two cases of listeriosis that appear to be linked to salami recalled from stores in Ontario and Quebec about three months ago.

    Date Published: 
    12.mar.10
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Listeria  |  Comments
  • Posted: March 12th, 2010 - 8:24am

    An Auckland, New Zealand, healthcare worker has been left ‘disgusted’ after finding a maggot in her McDonald's burger box. Linda MacDonald had just finished eating an Angus Burger Combo, which she bought from the Pt Chevalier McDonald's, when a colleague she shared the burger with pointed out something "wiggling" in the box.

    Date Published: 
    11.mar.10
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
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  • Posted: March 12th, 2010 - 8:23am

    The Marriage Ref is a terrible show, even with A-lister guests Madonna, Larry David and Ricky Gervais, some of my personal favorites. The scene of the couple sharing pretty much everything with a giant salmonella-shedding iguana brought no complaints, and while Entertainment Weekly has already have called the episode much better than the previous, it still sucked.

    Date Published: 
    12.mar.10
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Celebrity, Salmonella  |  Comments
  • Posted: March 12th, 2010 - 8:23am

    At least once a year, Erie County Department of Health officials inspect all restaurants and stores that sell unpackaged food. Here is a list of violations recorded March 4 through Wednesday. For a first look at the list, go to GoErie.com every Thursday. 6 CRITICAL VIOLATIONS

    Date Published: 
    11.mar.10
    Source Title: 
    GoErie.com
  • Posted: March 12th, 2010 - 8:22am

    OTTAWA -- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public not to consume the foods described below because these products may be contaminated with Salmonella. These foods contain dry powder and paste hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) ingredients which have been recalled in the U.S. and Canada by Basic Food Flavors Inc. due to Salmonella contamination.

    Date Published: 
    11.mar.10
    Source Title: 
    CFIA
    Salmonella  |  Comments
  • Posted: March 12th, 2010 - 8:20am

    Friday, March 12, 2010 Story last updated at 3/12/2010 - 12:27 am Restaurant reports for the week ending March 7: NO CRITICAL VIOLATIONS • Achiever's Learning Center, 4539 34th St. • Ambrosia Catering, 4208 Boston Ave. • Bejing House Restaurant, 3605 50th St. • Big Jim's Rollin' Smokehouse, 2204 95th St.

    Date Published: 
    12.mar.10
    Source Title: 
    Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
  • Posted: March 12th, 2010 - 7:38am

    The newest food safety infosheet, a graphical one-page food safety-related story directed at food handlers, is now available at www.foodsafetyinfosheets.com Food Safety Infosheet Highlights: - 7 of 21 linked cases required hospitalization

    Date Published: 
    11.mar.10
    Source Title: 
    bites
  • Posted: March 12th, 2010 - 7:37am

    Kevin Allen (right, pretty much as shown), an assistant professor of food microbiology at the University of British Columbia who used to focus on perfecting his hockey skills through food microbiology graduate education but has more recently shifted his focus to preventing foodborne illness, writes:

    Date Published: 
    11.mar.10
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
  • Posted: March 12th, 2010 - 7:36am

    Sorenne and I only got through the start of The Colbert Report this morning before it was off to vaccinations, so this post is somewhat late. But Stefan did take an excellent shot at more food wackiness being peddled on the Internet and insisted on his home herb garden, because, “I refuse to live in a world where I can’t garnish.”

    Date Published: 
    11.mar.10
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
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    Posted: March 12th, 2010 - 7:35am

    Some form of direct observation is the only way to do meaningful food safety behavior research, and the phrase, consumer food safety education, should be banned.

    Or at least try something new – the stuff that is out there just doesn’t work.

    Date Published: 
    11.mar.10
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
  • Posted: March 12th, 2010 - 7:34am

    Abstract:
By watching how energy moves across a tiny device akin to a springing diving board, Cornell researchers are a step closer to creating extraordinarily tiny sensors that can instantly recognize harmful substances in air or water.

    Date Published: 
    11.mar.10
    Source Title: 
    Nanotechnology Now
    E. coli  |  Comments
  • Posted: March 12th, 2010 - 7:33am

    As part of the Salmonella Montevideo investigation, the Food and Drug Administration has been actively investigating the supply chain of black and red pepper supplied to Daniele International Inc., Pascoag, R.I. 

    Date Published: 
    11.mar.10
    Source Title: 
    FDA
    Salmonella  |  Comments