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April 2012

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    Posted: April 28th, 2012 - 10:48pm

    There's a salmonellosis outbreak going on in western North Carolina.

    Date Published: 
    27.apr.12
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Salmonella  |  Comments
  • Posted: April 28th, 2012 - 10:47pm

    Health officials are investigating the cause of what sickened 27 people following a luncheon this week for the Pueblo Community Health Center. "It's too early to implicate the caterer. We're only a day into it and we have 27 people sick out of 80," Dr. Chris Nevin-Woods said Thursday.

    Date Published: 
    27.apr.12
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
  • Posted: April 28th, 2012 - 10:46pm

    A new New York pizzeria, Don Antonio, has already been shuttered by the Dept. of Health. Eater reports a tipster spotted the yellow sign on the door yesterday, and when an Eater operative went by to snap a pic of the exterior, the management freaked out and said they'd call the cops.

    Date Published: 
    27.apr.12
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
  • Posted: April 28th, 2012 - 10:46pm

    What shall we have for dinner? Chinese? Indian? Italian? Researchers at the UK’s Health Protection Agency went through available data and found some food-type-pathogen-matches that statistically stood out. Abstract below. The food service sector continues to be the most common setting for reported foodborne disease outbreaks in England and Wales.

    Date Published: 
    27.apr.12
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
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  • Posted: April 28th, 2012 - 10:40pm

    GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — The discovery of E. coli in beef produced Wednesday at the JBS meatpacking plant in Grand Island caused the plant to cease full production until Friday. “This doesn't happen very often,” JBS spokesman Chandler Keys said. “But when it does, we have processes in place to rework and clean.”

    Date Published: 
    27.apr.12
    Source Title: 
    Omaha World Herald
    E. coli  |  Comments
  • Posted: April 28th, 2012 - 10:39pm

    The Agency has published guidance to help meat processors comply with the moratorium on the production of 'desinewed meat' (DSM) from cattle, sheep and goat bones, which applies from 28 April 2012.

    Date Published: 
    27.apr.12
    Source Title: 
    Food Standards Agency
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  • Posted: April 28th, 2012 - 10:37pm

    KFC has been ordered to pay $8 million damages by a judge who found a young Sydney girl was left severely brain damaged after eating a Twister chicken wrap. AAP reports the family of Monika Samaan successfully sued the fast food giant, claiming the source of her salmonella poisoning was a Twister.

    Date Published: 
    27.apr.12
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Food Safety Policy  |  Comments
  • Posted: April 28th, 2012 - 10:36pm

    North Carolina is set to adopt the FDA Model Food Code by reference, with a couple of state-specific adjustments, starting with the 2009 iteration. This means the Food Code becomes the law that commercial food service businesses will be required to follow. According to the code, commercial buyers of cut leafy greens should receive them at 41F (5C) or below.

    Date Published: 
    26.apr.12
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Food Safety Policy  |  Comments
  • Posted: April 28th, 2012 - 10:35pm

    http://www.barfblog.com/blog/154528/12/04/26/seek-and-ye-shall-find-second-salmonella-strain-sushi-slime-200-sick Highlights Read the Advice to Consumers »

    Date Published: 
    26.apr.12
    Source Title: 
    CDC
    Salmonella  |  Comments
  • Posted: April 28th, 2012 - 10:34pm

    A 38-year-old Las Vegas man was sentenced Thursday to two years in federal prison after admitting that he tried to smuggle 159 pounds of iguana meat from Mexico into the U.S.

    Date Published: 
    26.apr.12
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Food Safety Policy  |  Comments
  • Posted: April 28th, 2012 - 10:33pm

    Alfa Sprouts Inc. of Honeoye Falls, NY is recalling approx. 100 lbs of Springwater Sprouts brand Organic Alfalfa Sprouts and bulk 3# Clover Sprouts because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections to individuals with weakened immune systems.

    Date Published: 
    26.apr.12
    Source Title: 
    New York Department of Agriculture and Markets
    Listeria  |  Comments
  • Posted: April 28th, 2012 - 10:33pm

    Research has again proven that the 1999 government recommended process for sanitizing sprout seeds is ineffective. However, there is agreement among many academics and growers about basic food safety measures they say would virtually eliminate the chance of pathogen-laden sprouts entering the supply chain.

    Date Published: 
    26.apr.12
    Source Title: 
    The Packer
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  • Posted: April 28th, 2012 - 10:31pm

    REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio -- Following today’s expanded pet food recall by Diamond Pet Foods, the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) is issuing a health alert urging consumers to use caution when handling pet foods.

    Date Published: 
    26.apr.12
    Source Title: 
    Ohio Department of Agriculture
    Animals  |  Comments
  • Posted: April 28th, 2012 - 10:30pm

    SHARJAH -- The Sharjah City Municipality (SM) after the successful launch of food safety programme in nine schools has now extended it to 30 other school canteens in the emirate and aims to train school children as “small inspectors” to train other students and assist municipal food inspectors.

    Date Published: 
    26.apr.12
    Source Title: 
    Gulf Today
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  • Posted: April 28th, 2012 - 10:28pm

    OTTAWA -- Factsheet: Streamlining Food Regulations in Canada As part of the Jobs, Growth, and Long-Term Prosperity Act, the Harper Government today introduced amendments to the Food and Drugs Act that will continue to protect Canadian food safety, while reducing red tape that currently delays safe foods from getting to market.

    Date Published: 
    26.apr.12
    Source Title: 
    Health Canada
    Food Safety Policy  |  Comments
  • Posted: April 28th, 2012 - 10:27pm

    The Canadian Swine Health Board says the establishment of a new national communication network for swine veterinarians will speed up the response to health threats within the Canadian swine industry.

    Date Published: 
    26.apr.12
    Source Title: 
    Farmscape, Episode 4137
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  • Posted: April 26th, 2012 - 11:43pm

    itv News reports four more people have been diagnosed with cryptosporidiosis linked to the outbreak at Greenmeadow Community farm in Cwmbran, Wales. It brings the total number of cases to eight. All were either members of staff or volunteers who bottle fed unwell animals. The animals have now been removed from the farm.

    Date Published: 
    26.apr.12
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
  • Posted: April 26th, 2012 - 11:41pm

    A Las Vegas local restaurant owner is angry with the Southern Nevada Health District. And he's speaking out after his restaurant was shut down. "You have no reason to go shut it down, Gabriel Adefris told KTNV. "And you think this list is basically nothing?" asks Darcy. "Nothing. For me nothing, yes," says Gabriel.

    Date Published: 
    26.apr.12
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
  • Posted: April 26th, 2012 - 11:41pm

    State health officials have reported that 12 people rather than 15 in central Missouri were infected with E. coli bacteria from a common source. The State Public Health Laboratory linked the cases through lab results, case histories and locations, said Gena Terlizzi with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.

    Date Published: 
    25.apr.12
    Source Title: 
    stltoday.com
    E. coli  |  Comments
  • Posted: April 26th, 2012 - 11:40pm

    Two months after the announcement of its 12-month, $100,000 federal grant, the Sprout Safety Alliance has not issued any statements about its work and has not launched its website, which officials initially said would be up and running in March.

    Date Published: 
    25.apr.12
    Source Title: 
    The Packer
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