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June 2011

  • Posted: June 9th, 2011 - 8:05pm

    Today the Sullivan County Health Department confirmed a new case of E. coli raising the total number of cases to 11 among the 8 Northeast Tennessee counties. There are also three more possible cases the Northeast Tennessee Health Office is waiting on test results for.

    Date Published: 
    08.jun.11
    Source Title: 
    TriCities.com
    E. coli  |  Comments
  • Posted: June 9th, 2011 - 8:04pm

    Look for something and it will be found. But is anyone else concerned about the E. coli being found on European, even if it is not the O104 outbreak strain? EU officials said on Wednesday evening traces of EHEC bacteria have been found on beetroot sprouts from a Dutch grower.

    Date Published: 
    09.jun.11
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    E. coli  |  Comments
  • Posted: June 9th, 2011 - 8:04pm

    German states’ broad powers over health and safety may have slowed response to the E. coli outbreak, with no single federal agency responsible for tracking the bug and assigning the blame.

    Date Published: 
    08.jun.11
    Source Title: 
    Bloomberg
    E. coli  |  Comments
  • Posted: June 9th, 2011 - 8:03pm

    The European Union's procedures for handling food-safety alerts are to be reviewed in the wake of Germany's botched handling of an outbreak of E. coli.

    Date Published: 
    09.jun.11
    Source Title: 
    European Voice
  • Posted: June 9th, 2011 - 8:02pm

    Las Vegas, NV-- Cleanliness is key in running a successful restaurant but one Valley business has been find for multiple violations. Joy's Restaurant Buffet on East Charleston near Maryland serves authentic Filipino cuisine.

    Date Published: 
    09.jun.11
    Source Title: 
    KTNV
  • Posted: June 9th, 2011 - 8:01pm

    Abstract

    Date Published: 
    08.jun.11
    Source Title: 
    Foodborne Pathogens and Disease
    Salmonella  |  Comments
  • Posted: June 9th, 2011 - 8:00pm

    Abstract

    Date Published: 
    08.jun.11
    Source Title: 
    Foodborne Pathogens and Disease
    E. coli, Salmonella  |  Comments
  • Posted: June 9th, 2011 - 7:59pm

    WAUKEGAN, Ill. -- A voluntary recall of Nielsen-Massey Vanillas’ Madagascar Bourbon Pure Vanilla Bean Paste has been found to be based on a false-positive Listeria reading reported by the company’s outside testing laboratory.

    Date Published: 
    08.jun.11
    Source Title: 
    Savor-The Food Agency
    Food Safety Policy  |  Comments
  • Posted: June 9th, 2011 - 1:43pm

    Cucumbers came under fresh suspicion on Wednesday in Germany's desperate hunt for a pathogen that has killed 26 people, with investigators discovering the mutant bacteria on food scraps in a family's garbage.

    Date Published: 
    08.jun.11
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    E. coli  |  Comments
  • Posted: June 9th, 2011 - 1:42pm

    Bean sprouts remain the focus of a hunt for the cause of a toxic E coli bacteria outbreak in Germany, Consumer Affairs Minister Ilse Aigner said Wednesday after a crisis summit.

    Date Published: 
    08.jun.11
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    E. coli  |  Comments
  • Posted: June 9th, 2011 - 1:41pm

    LONDON – Dr. Guenael Rodier, the director of communicable diseases at WHO, told The Associated Press in an interview Tuesday, "If we don't know the likely culprit in a week's time, we may never know the cause.”

    Date Published: 
    07.jun.11
    Source Title: 
    Huffington Post
    E. coli  |  Comments
  • Posted: June 9th, 2011 - 1:40pm

    This may seem surprising, in view of its super-efficient image, but it is becoming increasingly clear that Germany was spectacularly unprepared for the E. coli outbreak now raging through the north of the country, and that vital time was wasted before anything was done about it.

    Date Published: 
    08.jun.11
    Source Title: 
    The Telegraph
    E. coli  |  Comments
  • Posted: June 9th, 2011 - 1:39pm

    Werder, Germany (CNN) -- Fruit and vegetable company Werder Frucht has to bring in additional workers these days or risk falling behind. But the workers are not busy selling the company's tomatoes: they are busy throwing red, ripe produce in the trash.

    Date Published: 
    08.jun.11
    Source Title: 
    CNN
    E. coli  |  Comments
  • Posted: June 9th, 2011 - 1:38pm

    Spanish farmers gave away 30 tones of fruit and vegetables on Wednesday to dispel health fears they say are still hurting producers after being erroneously blamed for an E.coli outbreak in Germany. On Tuesday the European Union offered farmers 150 million euros in aid to reimburse producers who have been unable to sell fruit and salad vegetables for nearly two weeks.

    Date Published: 
    08.jun.11
    Source Title: 
    Reuters
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  • Posted: June 9th, 2011 - 1:37pm

    President Ma Ying-jeou said yesterday that government health units have launched the nation's largest-ever action to secure food safety by checking up to 16,000 food makers and outlets and removing from sales stands over 20,000 food and beverage items suspected of being contaminated with toxic plasticizer DEHP.

    Date Published: 
    09.jun.11
    Source Title: 
    The China Post
    Food Safety Policy  |  Comments
  • Posted: June 9th, 2011 - 1:36pm

    This technical review illustrates the following key points about antimicrobial resistance: Growing public health concern worldwide. Infections caused by antimicrobial-resistant microorganisms increase the risk of morbidity and mortality in serious diseases.

    Date Published: 
    08.jun.11
    Source Title: 
    USDA
    Animals  |  Comments
  • Posted: June 9th, 2011 - 10:42am

    Question: What did cookbook author Teresa Giudice do wrong last week on The Real Housewives of New Jersey? Answer: She washed a turkey in the sink. That's a no-no, note the Kansas State University food safety experts who write barfblog and spotted the faux pas.

    Date Published: 
    07.jun.11
    Source Title: 
    The Inquirer
  • Posted: June 9th, 2011 - 10:41am

    The cause of a food poisoning outbreak in 10 pre-schools last month in Singapore, which affected over 270 people, has been traced to Salmonella Enteritidis. It was found in the seafood marinara pasta supplied by Mum's Kitchen. The organism is not native to seafood but is commonly found in items such as poultry and eggs.

    Date Published: 
    08.jun.11
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Salmonella  |  Comments
  • Posted: June 9th, 2011 - 10:40am

    Federal officials said on Tuesday that a national monitoring system for food-borne illness detected an increasing number of sicknesses last year from a group of rare E. coli bacteria related to the little-known and highly toxic strain that has been ravaging Germany.

    Date Published: 
    07.jun.11
    Source Title: 
    New York Times
    E. coli  |  Comments
  • Posted: June 9th, 2011 - 10:39am

    While German Chancellor Angela Merkel was dining in D.C. last night with President Obama, two more people died in Germany’s E. coli O104 outbreak, and today health-types said raw sprouts remain a primary suspect. At least 26 people have dies, 674 have developed a life-threatening complication from E. coli and 1,755 are stricken.

    Date Published: 
    08.jun.11
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    E. coli  |  Comments