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December 2011

  • Posted: December 7th, 2011 - 9:47am

    The state Department of Health and Hospitals is attempting to increase traffic to its Eat Safe Louisiana website, which went online Aug. 8. Access to safety inspection reports for 34,0000 retail food establishments inspected by the DHH is available at eatsafe.la.gov.

    Date Published: 
    06.dec.11
    Source Title: 
    The Newsroom
  • Posted: December 7th, 2011 - 9:47am

    PALMETTO, Fla. -- Florida tomato growers and packers remain on the forefront of food safety practices. To help assure the tomatoes they ship remain free of contamination, Florida tomato industry leaders in 2008 persuaded state lawmakers to institute state-mandated food safety practices and laws.

    Date Published: 
    06.dec.11
    Source Title: 
    The Packer
    Food Safety Policy  |  Comments
  • Posted: December 7th, 2011 - 9:46am

    Researchers think they now know why a particularly virulent form of E. coli that swept through northern Germany last May was so hard to trace: The germs responsible eluded detection by going into a self-induced deep sleep.

    Date Published: 
    06.dec.11
    Source Title: 
    Science News
    E. coli  |  Comments
  • Posted: December 7th, 2011 - 9:45am

    US plans to adopt a zero-tolerance approach to six new strains of E.coli have come under fire from industry bodies at home and governments abroad. The American Meat Institute along with the Australian and New Zealand Governments are among those that have attacked proposals by US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) to ban non-O157 strains of E.coli in beef.

    Date Published: 
    06.dec.11
    Source Title: 
    Food Quality
  • Posted: December 7th, 2011 - 9:44am

    USDA has already denied industry requests to postpone implementing new policies around testing for six non-O157:H7 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STECs), but industry groups as well as trading partners continue to request an extension, according to the North American Meat Processors Association.

    Date Published: 
    06.dec.11
    Source Title: 
    Meatingplace
  • Posted: December 7th, 2011 - 9:44am

    A report published by the Food Standards Agency highlights improvements in hygiene on poultry farms in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Consistent application of hygiene measures on farms is important to prevent farmed poultry from becoming infected with campylobacter.

    Date Published: 
    06.dec.11
    Source Title: 
    Food Standards Agency
  • Posted: December 7th, 2011 - 9:43am

    Performance Food Group one of the nation's largest foodservice distributors, and Kansas-based IdentiGEN, a leader in meat traceability systems, have developed the first commercial solution to trace ground meat back to its origins using DNA technology.

    Date Published: 
    05.dec.11
    Source Title: 
    QSR Magazine
  • Posted: December 6th, 2011 - 3:38pm

    Traditional media is starting to pick up on the food safety nonsense coming out of the Fat Duck, Heston Blumenthal’s signature restaurant that sickened 529 with norovirus from raw oysters – and staff – in 2009. The Guardian reports today the Fat Duck fiasco was the largest restaurant-related norovirus outbreak, ever.

    Date Published: 
    05.dec.11
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Norovirus  |  Comments
  • Posted: December 6th, 2011 - 3:37pm

    I used to be a mallrat and roam shopping plazas looking for stuff like music and clothes, but with no real shopping agenda. The kind of guy that would piss off Ben Affleck. Two things have changed my shopping habits - online retailers and kids. I haven't purchased much of anything (other than groceries) an actual store for a while.

    Date Published: 
    05.dec.11
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
  • Posted: December 6th, 2011 - 3:36pm

    ABC News (the Australian one) reports four people have been treated in hospital after an outbreak of salmonella poisoning in Canberra. The majority of victims presented to hospital on Friday. ACT health authorities are investigating the source of the outbreak. Cultures are being checked to determine if the salmonella cases are linked. No other details were available.

    Date Published: 
    06.dec.11
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Salmonella  |  Comments
  • Posted: December 6th, 2011 - 3:35pm

    It isn’t right, but it’s reality: A fresh produce-related product recall or outbreak of foodborne illness related to a fresh fruit or vegetable not only damages sales of the affected product but also related products ... and possibly even some in other categories.

    Date Published: 
    05.dec.11
    Source Title: 
    The Packer
    Food Safety Policy  |  Comments
  • Posted: December 6th, 2011 - 3:35pm

    It only seems like there’s a new restaurant opening every week in Rapid City. But with all the options for dining out that are available, how do consumers know which restaurants have failed a health inspection by the state Department of Health?

    Date Published: 
    29.nov.11
    Source Title: 
    Rapid City Journal
  • Posted: December 6th, 2011 - 3:34pm

    Meerut -- Nearly 100 members at a wedding in Jathauli village near Meerut on Sunday fell ill due to food poisoning, after consuming sweets. Six of them are in serious condition and have been admitted to hospital. Police said, gaajar ka halwa and rasgullas made from mawa could be the reason behind the food poisoning.

     

     

    Date Published: 
    05.dec.11
    Source Title: 
    India TV
  • Posted: December 6th, 2011 - 3:33pm

    DNA’s hygiene-for-kitchens campaign has forced educational authorities to take food safety very seriously. Going one step ahead, the University of Mumbai has fired the warden of the KBP boys’ hostel, Kalina. Dr Manohar Mane was dismissed on Friday due to a surge of student grievances regarding unhygienic and low-quality food being served at the mess.

    Date Published: 
    05.dec.11
    Source Title: 
    Daily News & Analysis
    Food Safety Policy  |  Comments
  • Posted: December 6th, 2011 - 3:31pm

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    Date Published: 
    05.dec.11
    Source Title: 
    World Veterinary Association
    Animals  |  Comments
  • Posted: December 6th, 2011 - 3:31pm

    ORANGEVILLE, ON, -- Today, footage and photos captured by an anonymous source at Les Viandes de la Petite-Nation Inc. in St. Andre-Avellin, Quebec, are being released by the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition (CHDC): http://www.defendhorsescanada.org/lpn.html.

    Date Published: 
    05.dec.11
    Source Title: 
    Canadian Horse Defence Coalition
    Animal Welfare  |  Comments
  • Posted: December 6th, 2011 - 3:30pm

    Flying Food Group’s Lawrenceville, GA facility is updating its recall of FDA regulated sandwiches originally announced on December 3, 2011 to include two additional products that were inadvertently excluded from its original press release. The two additional products are a Turkey Quarter Pounder and a Turkey Quarter Pounder with Tomatoes.

    Date Published: 
    05.dec.11
    Source Title: 
    FDA
    Listeria  |  Comments
  • Posted: December 5th, 2011 - 9:35am

    Fox Sports is reporting legendary Brazilian soccer captain Socrates died Sunday at the age of 57 after suffering an intestinal infection. The star of the 1982 World Cup was rushed to Sao Paulo's Albert Einstein Hospital late Thursday after suffering food poisoning and was said to be in critical condition in its intensive care unit Saturday.

    Date Published: 
    04.dec.11
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
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    Posted: December 5th, 2011 - 9:35am

    In May, 2011, five people were killed – including two children -- and over 180 sickened with E. coli O111 after eating raw beef dishes at restaurants in Japan.

    Date Published: 
    04.dec.11
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    E. coli, Raw Food  |  Comments
  • Posted: December 5th, 2011 - 9:34am

    Canning wasn't always my thing. Before arriving at N.C State, I didn't know a whole lot about it (other than the results). I like food, nerdy trends and science and have since embraced the world of home preservation. I even have a t-shirt to prove it (right, exactly as shown).

    Date Published: 
    04.dec.11
    Source Title: 
    barfblog