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A Florida woman who runs an organization called Miami Real Food has petitioned Whole Foods, one of the nation’s largest organic grocers, to continue selling raw milk. See the entire petition here. The petition states, in part,
[R]aw milk from grass-fed cows is infinitely healthier than those that are kept in confinement
New research conducted in Israel suggests that the method that some bacteria, including Sallmonella, are enetering leafy greens is connected to light exposure, as reported today on an L.A. Times blog.
The new study was published in the journal "Applied and Environmental Microbiology." The findings, as reported by the L.A. Times:
Salmonella penetrates the lettuce leaf’s
It is a crime to sell raw milk in the state of Wisconsin, and one farmer may be going jail for doing just that. According to an article in Walworth County Today, the Walworth County District Attorney’s Office is evaluating whether to file charges against the owners of an Elkhorn farm shut down after
Bruce Cadwallader of the Columbus Dispatch wrote the following story:
A former New Albany resident who sued the Kroger Co. for selling tainted beef has settled her lawsuit.
Attorneys for Amanda J. Adam, 27, notified Franklin County Common Pleas Court officials on Sept.15 that she had reached a settlement with Kroger and Nebraska Beef of
I guess it’s hardly news when a politician doesn’t give straight answers, but this is double-speak, or non-speak, at its best. Check some excerpts from this Kansas City Star interview with Gov. Nixon on the Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) delay in releasing E. coli warnings for the Lake of the Ozarks to the
A well written piece in the Washington Post today by Jennifer LaRue Huget details the story of two twins, Luke and Chloe Bennett, who survived a listeria infection at birth. Listeria is the common name for the pathogenic or disease-causing bacterium known as Listeria monocytogenes. It is a foodborne illness that when ingested causes an infection
You may be wondering what in the world cats and coffee have in common, and until this morning my answer would probably have been some witty quip (or a lame one, depending on your sense of humor).
But it turns out that some cats, the Asian Palm Civet to be precise, can actually enhance the
Clostridium difficile, colloquially known as "C Diff," is an increasing public health risk, particularly in hospital settings, but also as a foodborne pathogen. Researchers from the United Kingdom, who compared historical strains of C Diff to the strain involved in a large outbreak at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in 2003, say that one of the
The Washington DC Bureau and Denver Bureau caught up with two more Food Safety Leaders in the last week for some Q & A. More interviews are coming over the next several weeks as we take the temperature from people who know.
Nestle on Food Safety Politics
Marion Nestle is an authority on food politics
Although this story comes from across the Atlantic in England, a lesson can still be learned and applied here.
According to the Guardian UK, Heston Blumenthal, the world-renowned chef of the Fat Duck restaurant in Bray, Berskshire, has offered a personal apology to the more than 500 people who took ill after dining at the