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May 2010

  • Burgers and beers for Memorial Day

    Posted: May 31st, 2010 - 11:28am

    Memorial Day is meant to honor U.S. soldiers who died while in the military service. Memorial Day, celebrated annually on the last Monday of May, also marks the unofficial start to summer, with public pools opening, barbecues fired up, and hockey playoffs (the last one may just be me, with game 2 of the National Hockey League finals tonight).

    Date Published: 
    31.may.10
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Thermometers  |  Comments
  • Warning: Cooking instructions from UK Food Standards Agency may lead to excessive barfing and explosive diarrhea

    Posted: May 31st, 2010 - 11:27am

    Many countries have a Food Safety Week or Month, which seem primarily designed to circulate bad information and blame consumers for getting sick. The U.K. celebrates Food Safety Week 2010 from June 7-13 (I can hear the monster truck radio promo dude doing the voice-over for the commercials – ‘experience the thunder, Food Safety Week 2010 will rock your world’).

    Date Published: 
    31.may.10
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Food Safety Culture  |  Comments
  • 88 sick with Salmonella from dry sausage in FRANCE

    Posted: May 31st, 2010 - 11:26am

    Our man in France, Albert Amgar passed along this report of an on-going outbreak of Salmonella; translated by Amy Hubbell.

    Date Published: 
    30.may.10
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Salmonella  |  Comments
  • Lost in translation; going public with food safety information – FRANCE edition

    Posted: May 31st, 2010 - 11:26am

    Albert Amgar, blogmaster of France’s coolest food safety blog, wrote me after I posted about the 88 people sick with Salmonella from dry sausage in France.

    Date Published: 
    31.may.10
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
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  • I’m on a bus; I got food poisoning on a bus: 39 people hospitalized in LE MANS

    Posted: May 31st, 2010 - 11:25am

    Ouest France reports that during the night between Friday and Saturday, the passengers on a school charter bus originating in Lot and traveling on the highway between Le Mans and Tours were stricken with malaise (they barfed a lot).

    Date Published: 
    30.may.10
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
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  • ALABAMA hospital pilots RFID for hygiene compliance

    Posted: May 31st, 2010 - 11:24am

    The Princeton Baptist Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama is involved in a pilot study testing the use of RFID technology to monitor compliance with hand washing guidelines, according to a local news report.

    Date Published: 
    28.may.10
    Source Title: 
    RFID News
    Handwashing  |  Comments
  • CALIFORNIA: New bacterial signaling molecule could lead to improved vaccines

    Posted: May 31st, 2010 - 11:23am

    Many disease-causing microbes carry pumps that expel antibiotics, making the bugs hard to kill with standard drugs. Ironically, these same pumps could be the bugs' Achilles heel.

    Date Published: 
    27.may.10
    Source Title: 
    University of California-Berkeley
    Listeria  |  Comments
  • Vesicular stomatitis virus found in ARIZONA

    Posted: May 31st, 2010 - 11:22am

    The World Organization for Animal Health reported May 28 that vesicular stomatitis virus was detected in three horses in Cochise County, Ariz. The organization received the information from John Clifford, DVM, deputy administrator for the U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).

    Date Published: 
    28.may.10
    Source Title: 
    Veterinary Practice News
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  • "Cost/benefit calculator for pig herd vaccination programs"

    Posted: May 31st, 2010 - 11:21am

    When pig health consultant, David Burch, first looked at the financial modeling of Post-weaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome (PMWS) there was relatively little data. Treatment and control trials had only been carried out on swine farms that had been severely affected. In those days a typical 6% mortality from the causal PCV2 virus produced around a 6 kg reduction in

    Date Published: 
    29.may.10
    Source Title: 
    www.pighealth.com
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  • New Food Safety Infosheet: Fifty-Seven cruise ship vacationers ill with Norovirus on Grand Princess

    Posted: May 31st, 2010 - 9:39am

    The newest food safety infosheet, a graphical one-page food safety-related story directed at food businesses, is now available at www.foodsafetyinfosheets.com Food Safety Infosheet Highlights: - A Princess Cruises ship, the Grand Princess, has recently been linked to a second consecutive outbreak of Norovirus affecting 57 of the 2,468 passengers on-board.

    Date Published: 
    28.may.10
    Source Title: 
    bites
    Norovirus  |  Comments
  • Nuevo Folleto Informativo: Cincuenta y siete turistas contrajeron 
Norovirus en el crucero Grand Princess

    Posted: May 31st, 2010 - 9:38am

    Traducido por Gonzalo Erdozain

    Date Published: 
    28.may.10
    Source Title: 
    bites
    Norovirus  |  Comments
  • Row over report on dodgy sushi in AUSTRALIA

    Posted: May 31st, 2010 - 9:37am

    Australia’s Today Tonight – get it, today’s news presented at night – ran a report that four out of five sushi samples in certain areas of Australia were crawling with bacteria including Bacillus cereus, staphylococcus and listeria, and could cause serious illness.

    Date Published: 
    29.may.10
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
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  • Clostridium perfringens in chicken salad kills 3, sickens 40

    Posted: May 31st, 2010 - 9:36am

    In a return to the I-like-Ike 1950s, chicken salad contaminated with Clostridium perfringens was confirmed as killing three and sickening more than 40 at Central Louisiana State Hospital in Pineville.

    Date Published: 
    29.may.10
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Other Microorganisms  |  Comments
  • C is for Chinese in the UK too

    Posted: May 31st, 2010 - 9:35am

    U.K. Chinese restaurants and takeaways have dirtier kitchens than eating places serving other styles of cooking, according to environmental health officers.

    Date Published: 
    29.may.10
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Restaurant Inspection  |  Comments
  • Guest blog from the International Affairs desk: Afghanistan water safety

    Posted: May 31st, 2010 - 9:34am

    A friend of mine, who has a background in food safety (and counter insurgency warfare) writes again about his experiences in Afghanistan:

    Date Published: 
    28.may.10
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
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  • US: Put more nitrogen into milk, not manure

    Posted: May 31st, 2010 - 9:34am

    The more efficient dairy farmers are in managing nitrogen, the more milk their cows will produce and the less nitrogen will be wasted in manure and urine, according a study by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and cooperators.

    Date Published: 
    28.may.10
    Source Title: 
    ARS News Service
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  • US: USDA names members to the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods

    Posted: May 31st, 2010 - 9:33am

    WASHINGTON -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has appointed nine new members and 10 returning members to the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) who will serve as scientific experts representing disciplines related to health and food safety issues. Eleven additional experts will be appointed later this year to form the full 30-member committee.

    Date Published: 
    28.may.10
    Source Title: 
    USDA
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  • Focus on behaviour in zoonosis “hotspots”

    Posted: May 31st, 2010 - 9:32am

    Behaviour change should be top of the agenda for mitigating pandemics, say researchers

    Date Published: 
    28.may.10
    Source Title: 
    Emerging Health Threats
    Animals  |  Comments
  • Efficacy of a commercial concrete sealant against Listeria spp.: A model for poultry processing facilities

    Posted: May 31st, 2010 - 9:31am

    Listeria monocytogenes is an important foodborne pathogen isolated from food processing facilities and implicated in numerous foodborne outbreaks. In this study, the efficacy of BioSeal for Concrete (GreenSealed Solutions Inc., Johns Creek, GA) against L. monocytogenes (serotype 3 and Scott A) and Listeria innocua on concrete was evaluated.

    Date Published: 
    28.may.10
    Source Title: 
    The Journal of Applied Poultry Research
    Listeria  |  Comments
  • Natural transformation of Vibrio cholerae as a tool - Optimizing the procedure

    Posted: May 31st, 2010 - 9:30am

    Vibrio cholerae gains natural competence upon growth on chitin. This allows the organism to take up free DNA from the environment and to incorporate it into its genome by homologous recombination.

    Date Published: 
    28.may.10
    Source Title: 
    BMC Microbiology 2010, 10:155
    Other Microorganisms  |  Comments