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March 2011

  • Posted: March 25th, 2011 - 10:24am

    The person believed to be Canada's second-ever case of the type of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease transmitted by BSE-infected beef is seen as unlikely to have picked it up in this country.

    Date Published: 
    24.mar.11
    Source Title: 
    Manitoba Co-Operator
    Animals  |  Comments
  • Posted: March 24th, 2011 - 5:33pm

    Jimmy John’s launched a new ad campaign earlier this month stressing speed instead of safety after making 130 or so people barf with salmonella-in-sprouts-on-sandwiches in two separate outbreaks.

    Date Published: 
    24.mar.11
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
  • Posted: March 24th, 2011 - 5:23pm

    Cantaloupes are once again making people sick with salmonella. A table of U.S. salmonella-in-cantaloupe outbreaks and recalls is available at: http://www.foodsafety.ksu.edu/articles/1183/cantaloupe_outbreaks_.pdf (a new and improved table will be available shortly).

    Date Published: 
    24.mar.11
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Salmonella  |  Comments
  • Posted: March 24th, 2011 - 5:19pm

    About 60,000 cantaloupes distributed to Costco stores, including those in Idaho, have been recalled due to salmonella contamination concerns. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare said there are no confirmed Idaho cases linked to the products, but warned consumers to return the cantaloupes to stores for a refund or dispose of them.

    Date Published: 
    24.mar.11
    Source Title: 
    Times-News
    Salmonella  |  Comments
  • Posted: March 24th, 2011 - 5:18pm

    Cases of salmonella have fallen for the fifth consecutive year, the European Food Standards Authority (EFSA) has announced. Human salmonella cases were down by 17% during 2009, according to EFSA’s new report, while the number of laying hen flocks infected also fell by 9% over the same period.

    Date Published: 
    24.mar.11
    Source Title: 
    MeatInfo
  • Posted: March 24th, 2011 - 5:18pm

    The U.S. Centers for Disease Control reported last night that 14 persons infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli serotype O157:H7 have been reported from Maryland (3 cases), New Jersey (2 cases), North Carolina (1 case), Ohio (2 cases) and Pennsylvania (6 cases).

    Date Published: 
    24.mar.11
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    E. coli  |  Comments
  • Posted: March 24th, 2011 - 5:17pm

    Food Patrol fans are questioning how an Alamo raspa stand was caught with high demerits. Snow Ball Express on 108 North I Road scored 28 demerits on a health inspection report. People like Juan Luevanos were shocked to hear how a small eatery with limited food products could keep its kitchen in dirty conditions.

    Date Published: 
    24.mar.11
    Source Title: 
    ValleyCentral.com
  • Posted: March 24th, 2011 - 5:16pm

    The Victoria City-County Health Department and its sister organization, the Crossroads Public Health District, inspect places where food is served in Victoria, DeWitt, Jackson and Calhoun counties.

    Date Published: 
    22.mar.11
    Source Title: 
    Victoria Advocate
  • Posted: March 24th, 2011 - 3:17pm

    PDF file available for download below.

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  • Posted: March 23rd, 2011 - 9:23pm

    My evolution from not-chef to top chef has happened somewhat slowly over the past 20 years. The first full family meal I made as a kid (beyond boiled hot dogs or scrambled eggs) was baked chicken breast, baked potatoes and steamed broccoli. I was in grade 7. It was a class project for Mrs. Kalisz' family studies course (I also sewed a pencil case in that class).

    Date Published: 
    23.mar.11
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
  • Posted: March 23rd, 2011 - 9:22pm

    You can earn some credibility holding back a woman’s hair while she vomits; you can lose credibility when a 2-year-old vomits all over the car seat, and then while attempting to clean it up, you vomit in response, like in Stand By Me (see below). I’ve done both.

    Date Published: 
    23.mar.11
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Norovirus  |  Comments
  • Posted: March 23rd, 2011 - 9:21pm

    Over 100 people who ate an unnamed restaurant north of Tampa a couple of weeks ago have been confirmed to have been part of a norovirus outbreak. But now they’ve named the restaurant.

    Date Published: 
    23.mar.11
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Norovirus  |  Comments
  • Posted: March 23rd, 2011 - 9:20pm

    The mother of a 15-year-old boy diagnosed with E.coli has praised the Food Standards Agency for publishing its restaurant hygiene ratings to the public. Former Aberaman mum Julie Price has campaigned for justice ever since her son Garyn fell ill after eating produce from butcher William Tudor in 2005.

    Date Published: 
    24.mar.11
    Source Title: 
    Wales Online
  • Posted: March 23rd, 2011 - 9:20pm

    Salmonella is an important food born pathogen but its mechanisms to survive in the environment are still partly unclear. Speaking at the Western Poultry Disease Conference (WPDC), Bart Weiner from the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California presented new work on how Salmonella enteritidis survival can be reduced.

    Date Published: 
    23.mar.11
    Source Title: 
    VetsWeb
    Salmonella  |  Comments
  • Posted: March 23rd, 2011 - 9:19pm

    Chick-fil-A 720 Shenandoah Village Drive Facility type: Fast-food restaurant Inspection type: Routine Inspection date: March 8 Critical violations: 2 Noncritical violations: 1 # The person in charge at the time of the inspection was not able to correctly answer our questions about policy regarding handling employee health situations.

    Date Published: 
    22.mar.11
    Source Title: 
    The News Leader
  • Posted: March 23rd, 2011 - 9:18pm

    A €3 million research project to improve the safety of animal feeds and the entire European animal-based food chain, has been launched at Queen's University Belfast A €3 million (Euro) research project to improve the safety of animal feeds and the entire European animal-based food chain, has been launched at Queen's University Belfast (Wednesday 23 March).

    Date Published: 
    23.mar.11
    Source Title: 
    Queen’s University Belfast
    Food Safety Policy  |  Comments
  • Posted: March 23rd, 2011 - 9:17pm

    Looks like salami, made from beef, fermented – and another outbreak of E. coli O157:H7. Public health types have linked 4 case-patients in N.J., N.C., and Pa. with illness onset dates between Jan. 28, 2011 and Feb. 12, 2011 to consumption of this stuff.

    Date Published: 
    22.mar.11
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    E. coli  |  Comments
  • Posted: March 23rd, 2011 - 9:16pm

    At least 12 people have been sickened with Salmonella Panama in the U.S. and the Food and Drug Administration has identified an epidemiologic link with Del Monte cantaloupes grown in Guatemala.

    Date Published: 
    22.mar.11
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Salmonella  |  Comments
  • Posted: March 23rd, 2011 - 9:15pm

    Apparently there’s a World Cup of cricket and apparently it’s being held in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. I’m not being disrespectful, I just wouldn’t know. I do know there’s a Capitals-Flyers game on TV tonight (that’s hockey).

    Date Published: 
    22.mar.11
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
  • Posted: March 23rd, 2011 - 9:15pm

    The suave and sassy Roy Costa showed up on Tampa television last night, walking viewers through a couple of home kitchen food safety inspections, including the kitchen of ABC Action News Dirty Dining reporter, Wendy Ryan. (I can’t actually confirm the broadcast date, but the clip showed up on the web last night.)

    Date Published: 
    22.mar.11
    Source Title: 
    barfblog