The CDC reports: Shigellosis is a nationally notifiable diarrheal illness caused by gram-negative bacteria. Shigella infection is spread through fecal-oral transmission and sexual contact. Although most infections are self-limited, antibiotics are indicated for severe illness or to reduce transmission in settings with high risk for spread. Since 2015, a growing proportion of cases has been caused by […]
New Era Canning Company of New Era, Michigan is recalling all cans of green beans and garbanzo beans in #10 cans (large cans containing between 6 and 7 pounds) because they may have been processed under conditions which could have led to contamination by Clostridium botulinum bacterium spores, which can cause life-threatening illness or death. […]
As part of our investigation on behalf of several clients sickened in this outbreak, we were provided the report by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). The significant parts are below as is the full report. Background On October 16, 2007 the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) Public Health Laboratory (PHL) identified seven case isolates […]
I think it is great to have new folks (other than my mom) reading my blog. A hearty welcome to: Both have logged on multiple times over the last few days. They appear to be some of my more frequent visitors – some of which include, ConAgra, Cargill and Topps. Again, welcome.
According to press reports, Johnny Depp donated two million dollars to the London hospital that saved his daughter’s life from E. coli O157:H7. The star wanted to make sure others were helped with his donation and he directed the money to the center for treating eight-year-old Lily-Rose last year. Lily-Rose was admitted to the medical […]
Not to be confused with the problems with the Dallas quarterback. On Sunday came the announcement that Rochester Meat was recalling 188,000 pounds of hamburger meat. Also, on Sunday I noted that this was at least the third recall of hamburger in the last several years from this company. Yesterday I posted that “Public health […]
China has a population of 1,321,851,888, the United States has 301,139,947. In the United States the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 76 million foodborne illness cases occur in the United States every year. That is one in four Americans becoming ill after eating foods contaminated with such pathogens as E. coli […]
Four deaths from mis-pasteurized milk or post-pasteurized contamination of milk on the East Coast and a raw milk campylobacter outbreak just up the road, makes me appreciate the benefits of single malt scotch. As I posted a few days ago, the Raw Milk Hearings are set for Wednesday, January 16, at 1:30 p.m. in Room […]
The Associated Press reported today that the South Dakota Health Department announced that the Centers for Disease Control and health officials in South Dakota and three other states are investigating an outbreak of Salmonella Newport. In South Dakota, cases were reported in nine adults and two children in the Black Hills area. Six required hospitalization. […]
SEATTLE, Wa —– Public health officials in Washington DC, California and Wisconsin are playing a dangerous game with American consumers by refusing to reveal the specific stores or restaurants that may have served meat contaminated by toxic E. coli, says the Seattle lawyer who represents victims of food-borne illness. ‘The public needs to know who […]
Event will feature Chef Joseba Jiménez de Jiménez of The Harvest Vine and Txori Too many cooks in the kitchen will be a good thing on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2008, as more than a dozen of Seattle’s best and brightest chefs unite for the 16th annual Chefs’ Dinner to benefit Seattle’s Bailey-Boushay House, a skilled […]
Lightning strikes again and again. I was able to find that on two occasions in 1996 and 2000, Rochester Meats recalled 152,000 and 30,000 pounds of E. coli-contaminated ground beef. Details from the FSIS website are here – note the amount of the recall and the amount actually recovered: Case Number: 017-96 Recall Notification Report: […]
On Wednesday, January 16, at 1:30 p.m. in Room 4202 of the California State Capitol Building there will be a hearing on already passed AB 1735. The bill changed the California’s Food and Agricultural Code to limit to 10 the amount of coliform bacteria per milliliter raw-milk. I will see you there. I did post […]
FSIS announced tonight the first E. coli O157:H7 recall of 2008. In 2007 there were at least 21 recalls, totaling over 33,00,000 pounds of meat. Now Rochester Meat Company, a Rochester, Minnesota firm, is voluntarily recalling approximately 188,000 pounds of ground beef products because the meat resulted in five illnesses in Wisconsin and one illness […]
Three elderly men have died and at least one pregnant woman has miscarried since last June after drinking listeria-contaminated pasteurized milk from Whittier Farms in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. At least two others have been sickened as well. According to the Massachusetts Department of Health, tests have found no problems with the pasteurization process at the Whittier […]
It has been a busy week juggling poisoned spinach, peanut butter, pot pies and a rash of contaminated hamburger and milk – and dealing with emails from raw milk advocates, but I am still surprised that no one from Texas every took me up on my $10,000 offer for the return of the missing meat. […]