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November 2011

  • Posted: November 9th, 2011 - 10:17am

    Utah officials continue to search Tuesday for the source of salmonella contamination in homemade queso fresco made by a producer known as "Mr. Cheese" who likely sold it out of his house and car in Salt Lake City and the surrounding suburbs.

    Date Published: 
    08.nov.11
    Source Title: 
    Associated Press
    Raw Food  |  Comments
  • Posted: November 9th, 2011 - 10:16am

    Colorado cantaloupe grower-shippers will meet with the state’s agriculture commissioner to discuss proposed changes to the state’s cantaloupe industry in the wake of a deadly listeria outbreak linked to Granada, Colo.-based Jensen Farms.

    Date Published: 
    08.nov.11
    Source Title: 
    The Packer
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  • Posted: November 9th, 2011 - 10:14am

    Slaughterhouses could be forced to install CCTV cameras to prevent “shocking” abuse against animals. Labour MP Grahame Morris, who drew up a Commons motion supporting the plan, told the Mirror that using CCTV was “a simple matter of animal welfare”.

    Date Published: 
    09.nov.11
    Source Title: 
    Daily Mirror
    Animal Welfare  |  Comments
  • Posted: November 9th, 2011 - 10:13am

    Golden Glen Creamery of Bow, WA is voluntarily recalling Raw Cheddar because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.

    Date Published: 
    08.nov.11
    Source Title: 
    FDA
    Raw Food  |  Comments
  • Posted: November 8th, 2011 - 4:37pm

    Denmark’s Statens Serum Institut has been investigating an outbreak caused by Salmonella Strathcona. This serotype has not previously been detected in Denmark, and it has never before been recognized as the source of an outbreak.

    Date Published: 
    08.nov.11
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Salmonella  |  Comments
  • Posted: November 8th, 2011 - 4:36pm

    National Public Radio in the U.S. – or as Colbert calls their programming, state-sponsored jazz – ran a story entitled, Organic isn't always safer when it comes to botulism. When is organic ever safer? It’s a production standard.

    Date Published: 
    08.nov.11
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
  • Posted: November 8th, 2011 - 4:35pm

    ARAPAHOE COUNTY -- Six inmates at the jail have come down with E. coli prompting an investigation by the state and Tri-County Health Departments. According to Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson, the jail had six confirmed cases on Friday and 14 inmates have come down with symptoms. One inmate had to be treated at the hospital for dehydration.

    Date Published: 
    07.nov.11
    Source Title: 
    9news
    E. coli  |  Comments
  • Posted: November 8th, 2011 - 4:34pm

    WPRI reports the Health Department along with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control are conducting research to determine patients' knowledge of listeria.

    Date Published: 
    08.nov.11
    Source Title: 
    WPRI
    Listeria  |  Comments
  • Posted: November 8th, 2011 - 4:34pm

    The insurance company for a now-defunct San Antonio produce company is arguing it shouldn't have to pay a $1.1 million default judgment to the family of a man who died after eating listeria-contaminated celery.

    Date Published: 
    08.nov.11
    Source Title: 
    my San Antonio
    Food Safety Policy  |  Comments
  • Posted: November 8th, 2011 - 4:33pm

    Next time you're out to dinner, you may want to think twice before ordering your steak rare.

    Date Published: 
    07.nov.11
    Source Title: 
    Harvard University
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  • Posted: November 8th, 2011 - 4:32pm

    The FSA is inviting researchers to tender for two projects – one to develop a tool to identify good and bad aspects of the culture towards food safety in businesses, and the other to evaluate the risk of buying food through the Internet.

    Date Published: 
    08.nov.11
    Source Title: 
    Food Standards Agency
  • Posted: November 8th, 2011 - 9:47am

    "Do you wash your fresh produce at home?" is a question I get a lot. My answer is yes, for sure, but for the majority of products I don't do it to remove pathogens. I do it for quality reasons - I hate grit in my teeth. Attachment, internalization and the protection that pathogens provide themselves by living in niche microenviroments make it tough to effectively reduce risk.

    Date Published: 
    07.nov.11
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
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  • Posted: November 8th, 2011 - 9:46am

    Fresh cantaloupes, field tomatoes, peppers, potatoes all have something in common beyond being some of my favorite produce items -- they are often rinsed or washed (depending on your definition) prior to sale. Washing is a specification that many buyers require, because fields get muddy and that mud ends up making things look nasty.

    Date Published: 
    07.nov.11
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
  • Posted: November 8th, 2011 - 9:43am

    If I ran a food festival I'd be afraid of an outbreak leading bad press - like what was seen at Folklorama in Winnipeg (that's in Canada, and they have a new hockey team) or Taste of Chicago. The fallout: lots of illnesses and questions to organizers and regulators on how it happened.

    Date Published: 
    07.nov.11
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Handwashing  |  Comments
  • Posted: November 8th, 2011 - 9:42am

    ST. LOUIS -- New numbers on the month-old E.Coli outbreak show just one more case confirmed since the weekend. There are now 30 confirmed cases statewide, with 21 of those in St. Louis County. County Health Department spokesman Craig LeFebvre says the big unanswered question is where did it come from?

    Date Published: 
    07.nov.11
    Source Title: 
    KMOX
    E. coli  |  Comments
  • Posted: November 8th, 2011 - 9:41am

    Guidance for Industry[1] The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) is issuing this letter to firms that grow, harvest, sort, pack, process, or ship fresh cantaloupe to enhance awareness regarding the Agency’s recommended best practices for preventing contamination of fresh produce with pathogens, including Listeria monocytogenes.

    Date Published: 
    07.nov.11
    Source Title: 
    FDA
    Food Safety Policy  |  Comments
  • Posted: November 8th, 2011 - 9:40am

    In response to the FDA, Steve Patricio, president of cantaloupe shipper Westside Produce, Firebaugh, Calif., and chairman of the Dinuba-based California Cantaloupe Advisory Board, issued a letter to Landa dated Nov. 4.

    Date Published: 
    07.nov.11
    Source Title: 
    The Packer
    Food Safety Policy  |  Comments
  • Posted: November 8th, 2011 - 9:39am

    Mark Stambler's handcrafted bread was a favorite at Los Angeles specialty food shops until public health officials cracked down on the crusty loaves leavened in his garage and baked in a wood-burning oven in his backyard. The home-baked operation ran afoul of strict food preparation laws that prevent Californians from selling homemade goods.

    Date Published: 
    06.nov.11
    Source Title: 
    Associated Press
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  • Posted: November 8th, 2011 - 9:38am

    WASHINGTON, November 7, 2011 - Whittington’s Jerky, Inc., a Johnson City, Texas establishment, is recalling approximately 126 pounds of beef jerky products that may be contaminated with Salmonella, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The products subject to recall include: [View Labels (PDF Only)]

    Date Published: 
    07.nov.11
    Source Title: 
    FSIS
    Salmonella  |  Comments
  • Posted: November 8th, 2011 - 9:37am

    OTTAWA -- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is cancelling the alert issued on October 5, 2011. The CFIA is now advising the public that the Strubs ready-to-eat Danish Style Smoked Grav-Lox Atlantic Salmon described below does not represent a health risk associated with Salmonella. Brand & Product Size UPC Lot Code

    Date Published: 
    07.nov.11
    Source Title: 
    CFIA
    Salmonella  |  Comments