According to a press release by Topps, Topps Meat Company LLC, located in Elizabeth, NJ, has voluntarily expanded its recall announced on September 25 to include 21.7 million pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. This represents all products produced by Topps with a "sell by date" or
School Lunch source of E. coli?
At least seven children have been confirmed ill with E. coli O157:H7 infections, with another six illnesses awaiting confirmation from health officials in an E. coli outbreak among students of Galena Elementary School and their siblings. In an article about the Floyd County E. coli outbreak that looked into whether the outbreak was part of an E. coli outbreak traced to consumption of Topps Meats ground beef, the Louisville Courier-Journal interviewed school district and health department officials about the investigation into the Floyd County children’s illnesses.
Dave Rarick, a spokesman for the New Albany-Floyd County schools, said the district does not use frozen hamburger supplied by the Topps Meat Co. in New Jersey, which on Tuesday announced a recall of more than 330,000 pounds of frozen meat because of possible E. coli contamination.
The Floyd County cases all involve students or siblings of students at Galena Elementary in Floyds Knobs, with seven of the cases confirmed as caused by the E. coli bacteria and six others deemed probable.
Rarick said the school system uses precooked hamburger supplied by the J.T.M. Co.
E. coli outbreak traced to Topps Meats
Proof that ‘Lightning does strike the same spot twice,’ says Marler Clark attorney
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service yesterday announced that Topps Meat Company of Elizabeth, New Jersey, was recalling 331,582 pounds of frozen ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. The recall was prompted by a combined New
SALMONELLA GROWS STRONGER IN SPACE
It sounds like the plot for a scary B-movie: Germs go into space on a rocket and come back stronger and deadlier than ever.
Except it really happened.
The germ: Salmonella, best known as a culprit of food poisoning.
The trip: Space Shuttle STS-115, September 2006.
The reason: Scientists wanted to see how space travel affects germs, so they took some along — carefully wrapped — for the ride.
The result: Mice fed the space germs were three times more likely to get sick and died quicker than others fed identical germs that had remained behind on Earth.Continue Reading SALMONELLA GROWS STRONGER IN SPACE
Listeria warning for raw cream
The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning to consumers not to consume Organic Pastures raw cream after testing revealed the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, a bacterium that can cause food poisoning. The FDA stated in its warning:
This product, marketed by Organic Pastures Dairy Company ("Organic Pastures"), Fresno, Calif.,
New Mexico man died of botulism
The New Mexico man who fell ill with Botulism after reportedly eating canned Castleberry’s chili products earlier this year has died. The man, who was 52, has not been confirmed as part of the Botulism outbreak traced to consumption of Castleberry’s products, according to a New Mexico Environment Department spokeswoman, who renewed a warning to
Baby water recalled for Cryptosporidium contamination
Mom Enterprises, Inc., announced today that the company is recalling Apple Flavored Baby’s Bliss Gripewater for potential Cryptosporidium contamination. The product, which was distributed nationwide, is coded 26952V 10/08, with an expiration date of October, 2008. In a press release, Mom Enterprises, also known as Bliss by Mom, stated:
One instance of illness has been
Food Poisoning Database
The Center for Science in the Public Interest announced today that it has launched a new database that contains details about foodborne illness outbreaks. In its press release, CSPI stated:
CSPI has long maintained an offline database of foodborne illness outbreaks, compiled largely from the data issued by the Centers for Disease Control and
Reno restaurant reopens after Salmonella scare
The Reno Gazette-Journal’s Jason Hidalgo reported on the reopen of Jazmine, a restaurant that was recently identified as the source of a Salmonella outbreak, yesterday – the same day that the International Food Safety Network came out with an infosheet about the outbreak. From the Gazette-Journal article:
Jazmine was ordered closed by the Washoe County
Castleberry’s plant reopens
Castleberry’s, the company whose products were recalled this summer after confirmed botulism cases were linked to consumption of its products, will resume processing tomorrow after a two-month period when the company was shut down. According to Examiner.com:
The company was green-lighted to reopen the plant last week by both the U.S. Food and Drug