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August 2010

  • Posted: August 27th, 2010 - 12:09pm

    CLARION, Iowa -- The scrambled eggs, as always, were hissing in a skillet on a recent morning at a coffee shop here, in an egg-producing county that has suddenly found itself at the center of the nation’s recall over salmonella. But the conversation at the weekly gathering of local ladies turned uncharacteristically tense.

    Date Published: 
    26.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    New York Times
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  • Posted: August 27th, 2010 - 12:07pm

    As CDC officials announce the number of salmonella cases has risen to 2,403, a letter obtained by CBS News shows the egg industry was trying to water down new egg regulations as far back as 2008.

    Date Published: 
    26.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    CBS News
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  • Posted: August 27th, 2010 - 12:05pm

    CDC is collaborating with public health officials in multiple states, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service to investigate a nationwide increase of Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) infections with an indistinguishable pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) pattern JEGX01.0004.

    Date Published: 
    26.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    CDC
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  • Posted: August 27th, 2010 - 12:04pm

    WASHINGTON -- Food and Drug Administration officials say they have found positive samples of salmonella in in chicken feed that was sold to two Iowa farms named in a massive egg recall.

    Date Published: 
    26.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    USA Today
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  • Posted: August 27th, 2010 - 12:03pm

    University Park, Pa. -- Although a Salmonella scare and egg recall is taking place across much of the country, Pennsylvania-produced eggs are safer to eat, according to poultry experts in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.

    Date Published: 
    26.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    Penn State Live
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  • Posted: August 27th, 2010 - 12:02pm

    Associated Press reports a California man who says he ordered French onion soup and bit into a condom instead of melted cheese has settled his lawsuit against the Claim Jumper restaurant chain. The terms of today's settlement were not disclosed. Both sides say in a statement the deal indicates no admission of liability by either party.

    Date Published: 
    26.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
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  • Posted: August 27th, 2010 - 12:00pm

    Gaylord, Minn. -- A supervisor for the Minnesota Agriculture Department testified yesterday Wednesday that raw milk cheese found on the Michael Hartmann farm is contaminated with E. coli.

    Date Published: 
    26.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    MPR News
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  • Posted: August 27th, 2010 - 12:00pm

    RICHMOND, Va. -- A federal judge is recommending approval of a $12 million settlement for those sickened or killed in last year's salmonella outbreak tied to a Virginia-based peanut processor.

    Date Published: 
    26.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    Michael Felberbaum
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  • Posted: August 27th, 2010 - 11:59am

    Food businesses are cutting back on food safety and hygiene training, according to a survey conducted by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH).The survey, which took place in the second week of August was sent out to 5000 food safety trainers and training centres.

    Date Published: 
    25.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
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  • Posted: August 27th, 2010 - 11:50am

    WAM Abu Dhabi -- Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority (ADFCA) intensified its food safety inspections at various food establishments throughout the emirate to ensure there were no food risks threatening the consumers ahead of the holy month.

    Date Published: 
    26.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    WAM
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  • Posted: August 27th, 2010 - 11:49am

    Rockville, Md. -- Recent incidents of adulteration involving infant formula, other milk products and pet food with the industrial chemical melamine revealed the weaknesses of current methods widely used across the domestic and global food industry for determining protein content in foods.

    Date Published: 
    26.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    US Pharmacopeia
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  • Posted: August 27th, 2010 - 11:48am

    GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Everyone knows that house flies aren’t welcome around food. But University of Florida scientists have discovered five new reasons why.

    Date Published: 
    26.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    University of Florida News
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    Posted: August 26th, 2010 - 11:24pm

    When John Lennon heard in 1967 that one of his former schools was making students deconstruct the lyrics to songs by the Beatles, he responded by writing the most nonsensical song he could come up with, combining the lyrics of 3 previously unfinished songs – two written on acid trips – and stated at the time about the result, I Am the Walrus, “Let the fu**ers work that one out

    Date Published: 
    26.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
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  • Posted: August 26th, 2010 - 11:23pm

    CNBCreports that experts have some simple advice when it comes to eating runny eggs these days: Run away. With salmonella concerns triggering the recall of more than a half-billion eggs in more than a dozen states, warnings are becoming more dire every day against eating undercooked yolks and translucent egg whites.

    Date Published: 
    25.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
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  • Posted: August 26th, 2010 - 11:22pm

    Starting a sentence with, ‘well’ may be how people talk but it’s just sloppy writing. And terrible writing is proliferating all over the Internet. The Whole Story blog of Whole Foods is a favorite target. It must be a challenge to keep getting people to pay a premium for crap.

    Date Published: 
    25.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
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  • Posted: August 26th, 2010 - 11:21pm

    The Wall Street Journal reports that the popularity of cooking shows, the eat-local movement and the growth of casual-dining restaurants are reshaping consumers' views of what makes food look appealing. Where making food look perfect was once a primary task of food stylists and photographers, the new challenge is making messy food look appetizing.

    Date Published: 
    26.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
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  • Posted: August 26th, 2010 - 11:20pm

    The Iowa egg farmer at the center of a nationwide outbreak of salmonella tangled in the past with the state of Maryland, where he once ran two massive facilities and was charged with violating a quarantine by selling contaminated eggs.

    Date Published: 
    25.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    The Washington Post
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  • Posted: August 26th, 2010 - 11:19pm

    CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The Iowa hens at the heart of a massive recall are still laying eggs that could end up on a table near you. And food safety experts say that's OK. The eggs will first be pasteurized to rid them of any salmonella. Then they can be sold as liquid eggs or added to other products.

    Date Published: 
    25.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    USA Today
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  • Posted: August 26th, 2010 - 11:18pm

    A type of high-tech imaging can be used to distinguish the foodborne pathogen Campylobacter from other microorganisms as quickly as 24 hours after a sample is placed on solid media in a Petri dish, according to a study published by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists.

    Date Published: 
    25.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    ARS News Service
  • Posted: August 26th, 2010 - 11:18pm

    Abstract

    Date Published: 
    19.aug.10
    Source Title: 
    PLoS Pathog 6(8): e1001056. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1001056
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