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August 2010

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    Posted: August 29th, 2010 - 8:03pm

    Cargill Meat Solutions Corp., a Wyalusing, Pa. establishment, is recalling approximately 8,500 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O26, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

    The product subject to recall includes: [View Label]

    Date Published: 
    28.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    E. coli  |  Comments
  • Posted: August 29th, 2010 - 8:03pm

    Elizabeth Weise writes in tomorrow’s USA Today today that in the wake of one of the largest egg recalls on record with more than 1,400 illnesses linked to eggs produced on two Iowa farms, the egg industry is reorting to the worst tactic of all – blaming the victim. Krista Eberle of the United Egg Producers' Egg Safety Center said,

    Date Published: 
    29.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
  • Posted: August 29th, 2010 - 8:02pm

    Galt, Ia. - Wright County seemed to have finally gotten the best of both worlds with the DeCoster family. The notoriety and the environmental problems the DeCosters brought were gone. The money and the jobs they provided were still here.

    Date Published: 
    29.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    Des Moines Register
  • Posted: August 29th, 2010 - 8:01pm

    A top food-safety watchdog in Congress has asked federal health agencies to explain their apparently slow and "disjointed" alerts to consumers about the massive egg recall and salmonella outbreak.

    Date Published: 
    27.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    USA Today
    Salmonella  |  Comments
  • Posted: August 29th, 2010 - 8:00pm

    A Pacific National Exhibition employee – that’s like the state fair they have in Vancouver, which is in Canada -- was hospitalized Thursday night after buying and drinking a bottle of water at the fair tainted with what is thought to be ammonium chloride.

    Date Published: 
    28.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
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  • Posted: August 29th, 2010 - 7:59pm

    The following recall has been announced:

    Date Published: 
    27.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    Associated Press
    Listeria  |  Comments
  • Posted: August 29th, 2010 - 7:59pm

    OBJECTIVES: To describe Salmonella infections in children presenting to the Children’s Hospital (London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario), to assess risk factors for infection and to examine whether younger children, particularly infants younger than 12 weeks of age, experience higher morbidity than older children.

    Date Published: 
    27.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    The Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and infectious Disease Canada, Volume 21 Issue 2: 78-82
    Salmonella  |  Comments
  • Posted: August 29th, 2010 - 7:58pm

    RALEIGH -– The state’s rule on the presence of animals at food service establishments, as enforced by the Division of Environmental Health and its agents on the local level, has been revised to allow food service establishment owners to permit cats and dogs in outdoor dining areas as long as conditions to protect public health are met.

    Date Published: 
    27.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
    Animals  |  Comments
  • Posted: August 28th, 2010 - 8:00pm

    The News-Review reports that salmonella that contaminated packages at Umpqua Dairy's milk processing plant in Roseburg was found in equipment that washes and sanitizes crates receiving packaged milk and juice, Doug Feldkamp said Wednesday.

    Date Published: 
    27.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Salmonella  |  Comments
  • Posted: August 28th, 2010 - 7:59pm

    Advertising Age reports the American Egg Board has taken out full-page ads in major newspapers including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today to try and tamper down rising fears around America's favorite breakfast food.

    Date Published: 
    27.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Food Safety Policy  |  Comments
  • Posted: August 28th, 2010 - 7:59pm

    DES MOINES, Iowa -- A state Department of Agriculture inspector will visit the Iowa feed mill where investigators found salmonella linked to the massive egg recall to check whether it is operating legally.

    Date Published: 
    27.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    Associated Press
    Food Safety Policy  |  Comments
  • Posted: August 28th, 2010 - 7:58pm

    KENS 5 news reports that a new investigator looking into the sewage spill that forced a Leon Springs restaurant to close. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has taken over the investigation into how sewage found its way into the water well that supplies Fralo's Art of Pizza.

    Date Published: 
    27.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    E. coli  |  Comments
  • Posted: August 28th, 2010 - 7:57pm

    The California Department of Food and Agriculture says it has detected Listeria monocytogenes bacteria in raw milk cheese produced in the state of Missouri and sold in California. The cheese should be thrown away immediately, the department says. As of Thursday evening, no illnesses had been reported, the state says.

    Date Published: 
    26.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    Central Valley Business Times
    Listeria  |  Comments
  • Posted: August 28th, 2010 - 7:56pm

    Wales faces a food poisoning timebomb as businesses cut safety training to save money, a public health expert warned last night. Julie Barratt, director of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health Wales, said companies are failing to send food handlers on courses that would teach them the skills that could prevent outbreaks.

    Date Published: 
    27.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    Western Mail
  • Posted: August 28th, 2010 - 7:55pm

    The recent problems with salmonella-contaminated eggs is a reminder of how much more needs to be done to keep dangerous germs out of the American food supply. The Food and Drug Administration should urge egg producers to vaccinate their hens promptly.

    Date Published: 
    26.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    New York Times
  • Posted: August 28th, 2010 - 7:55pm

    Florida companies and organizations are key backers of a stalled federal bill to improve food safety that's gaining more support in the wake of this month's massive egg recall.

    Date Published: 
    26.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    Orlando Sentinel
    Food Safety Policy  |  Comments
  • Posted: August 27th, 2010 - 12:19pm

    President Barack Obama got a sandwich at Jerry's Famous Deli in Miami last week, which was slapped with 26 restaurant violations for all types of uncleanliness by a state inspector on Monday. The restaurant inspection comes less than a week after Obama made his to-go order of two corned beef sandwiches on rye.

    Date Published: 
    26.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
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  • Posted: August 27th, 2010 - 12:16pm

    The New York Times reports that since July 28, when the department rolled out its new letter-grade rating system, 48 percent of the 250 restaurants that have had an initial inspection and, when needed, a re-inspection, have earned an A grade.

    Date Published: 
    26.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
  • Posted: August 27th, 2010 - 12:12pm

    Some 250 restaurants have now completed New York City's new two-step process for sanitary inspections, and a tally of their scores shows that many are acing the test. A new summary from the Health Department shows that 80% of the 250 restaurants to complete graded inspections have earned A or B grades.

    Date Published: 
    26.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
  • Posted: August 27th, 2010 - 12:11pm

    Headline writers across the U.S. have been increasing their egg-related pun usage as coverage continues. According to headlines, many seem to be scrambling (yes, most had the same joke). Here are some of the select words over the past 24 hours. Foodservice reactions (from AP):

    Date Published: 
    26.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Salmonella  |  Comments