Today’s Los Angeles Times includes a report on the nation’s food safety. In the report, Times Staff Writer Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar writes that after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the Food and Drug Administration held a "meeting of the minds" on how to prevent a terrorist attack on the food supply, but that
Hogs that ate melamine not fit for humans, FDA rules
*Diedtra Henderson of the Boston Globe reports that up to 6,000 hogs in California, Kansas, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Utah that ate pet food tainted with industrial chemicals cannot be safely sold to humans, federal authorities said yesterday, and should be euthanized at the farms where they have been held from
Almonds to be treated to prevent food poisoning
According to an article titled, "Move over, milk — almonds are headed for pasteurization," published in the San Francisco Chronicle, all almonds sold in the United States are to be heat treated or fumigated with chemicals that will kill pathogenic bacteria like Salmonella in the near future.
The Chronicle’s Carol Ness reports:
"Pasteurization" is the
Food Safety Hearing: Testimony from GAO
Testimony from Lisa Shames, Acting Director for Natural Resources and Environment at the Government Accountability Office, was posted on the GAO Web site after she testified during the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on food safety yesterday. Ms. Shames pointed out numerous flaws in our food
Food Poisoning Overview
Karen Cole-Peralta published an article at the American Chronicle Web site titled, "Food Poisoning – An Overview,". She wrote about common causes of food poisoning, including Campylobacter jejuni, E. coli O157:H7, and Clostridium Botulinum (botulism). Here is an excerpt from the article:
Over 55% of such cases are caused by improper cooking and storage
E. coli alert: check your freezer for contaminated hamburgers
Richwood Meat Co. has recalled hamburger patties that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. The recall was initiated after at least three children became ill with E. coli infections after eating the hamburgers at two California Little League snack shacks, according to the Eureka Reporter.
Three children fell ill after eating hamburgers
Students contract Salmonella in Spain
Reports from the Albany Times Union indicate that students on a school trip to Spain became ill with Salmonella food poisoning in the last days before flying back to the United States. The paper reported that at least 24 students and chaperones who went on the trip to Spain became ill with symptoms of Salmonella
Eight steps to safer food
Bill Marler is traveling to Washington, DC today to support victims of three recent foodborne illness outbreaks as they give testimony before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. Marler provided written testimony for the subcommittee, highlighting eight steps he feels could greatly improve food safety. Continue Reading Eight steps to safer food
17,252 confirmed cases of food poisoning in 2006 in US
The CDC today released its preliminary 2006 food-borne illness data from 10 states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Tennessee. A total of 17,252 confirmed cases (actual cases may be anywhere between 20 and 30 times the confirmed cases) of food-borne illness were reported in those states in 2006, according to the CDC.
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Foodborne Illness victims to testify
The U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations issued a press release today stating that it will hold a hearing titled, "A Diminished Capacity: can the FDA Assure the Safety and Security of the Nation’s Food Supply?" on Tuesday, April 24, 2007, at 9:30 a.m. in room 2123 Rayburn House Office Building.
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