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Sushi Land closed after signs of foodborne illness reported

Posted: August 11th, 2012 - 11:54pm by Doug Powell

The Bella Bottega Sushi Land in Washington State, part of a chain of restaurants that serve sushi on conveyor belts in Oregon and Washington, was closed Thursday and it was apparently worse than the malfunctioning refrigerator, as originally reported.

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3 sick; raw oysters linked to outbreak of Vibrio in Calif

Posted: August 11th, 2012 - 11:07pm by Doug Powell

Oysters from the Drakes Bay Oyster Co. in Marin County, California, have been linked to an outbreak of Vibrio parahaemolyticus that has sickened at least three people.

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Raw diets are bad news for pets and owners alike

Posted: August 11th, 2012 - 3:48pm by Doug Powell

Gonzalo Erdozain writes:

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Vibrio risk in raw oysters extends to Canada

Posted: July 26th, 2012 - 8:57pm by Doug Powell

Five cases of locally-acquired Vibrio parahaemolyticus infection have been reported in British Columbia this year. In 2011, 42 cases of Vibrio were reported.

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Re-emergence of brucellosis in cattle in France and risk for human health via raw milk cheese

Posted: July 26th, 2012 - 7:50pm by Doug Powell

In January 2012, a human case of brucellosis was diagnosed by blood culture in a district of the French Alps. The isolated strain was identified as Brucella melitensis biovar 3. Excerpts from the paper by Mailles et al. in the current issue of Eurosurveillance appear below.

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Maybe there’s an outbreak: Health Canada details risks of eating raw sprouts

Posted: July 24th, 2012 - 12:52pm by Doug Powell

Health Canada has a habit of issuing food safety reminders about the same time an outbreak comes to public attention. The latest example was a completely useless reminder to wash produce after an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in New Brunswick linked to Romaine lettuce from California, and just before another NB E. coli outbreak was announced.

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Kibbeh kontroversy: is raw hamburger banned in Ontario or not? And how should the rules be enforced

Posted: July 22nd, 2012 - 2:50pm by Doug Powell

A month after an Ontario health unit decided to enforce a ban on kibbeh – a Lebanese dish made from raw hamburger – one restaurant says it will serve the dish processed instead of ground, sidestepping regulations.

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Quality of raw chicken breast stored at 5C and packaged under different modified atmospheres

Posted: July 5th, 2012 - 10:19am

ABSTRACT

Date Published: 
02.jul.12
Source Title: 
Journal of Food Safety
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Washington state says, please cook your oysters

Posted: July 2nd, 2012 - 8:53am

I don’t know any food microbiologists who eat raw oysters; they may exist, but maybe I only know the drunks and they know better than to play with Vibrio and its liver-specific toxins. And every time we post something about raw oysters, producers and government-types say we have no idea what we’re talking about – and provide no data.

Date Published: 
30.jun.12
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barfblog
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Chef serves up raw meat protest in Windsor

Posted: July 2nd, 2012 - 8:45am

A chef in Windsor (that’s in Canada, across the river from Detroit, where they have a decent hockey team) is going to serve raw meat dishes lamb tartare and lamb Carpaccio this Canada Day weekend to protest local health types banning the raw beef dish kibbeh from a handful of Lebanese restaurants and steak tartare from another.

Date Published: 
30.jun.12
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