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Specialty Farms LLC is voluntarily recalling certain Alfalfa sprout products with a best if sold by date of "8/3/2010" and "8/1/2010" that has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria Monocytogenes. The recall includes Specialty Farms brand Organic Alfalfa Sprouts Blend and Organic Sprout Salad sold in 4 ounces plastic containers, and bearing a "best if sold by" date of
Campylobacter outbreak linked to water near West Yellowstone
Contaminated well water from a resort near Hebgen Lake (near West Yellowstone, Montana) is being blamed for the stomach and intestinal maladies plaguing more than 80 people, public health officials said Friday. The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services has confirmed 14 cases of campylobacter illness, a common GI ailment that can cause diarrhea, cramping
More on the Pros and Cons of Raw Milk
Straight From The Farm Can Take You Straight To The Hospital
July 30, 2010
Lindsey Coblentz, Associate Editor Food Manufacturing
Farm fresh is all the rage these days, and phrases like “certified organic” are the buzzwords of foodies who desire the healthiest, purest forms of produce. While the natural food craze is mainly harmless &mdash
New England Journal of Medicine on Nationwide Salmonella Outbreaks
An excellent piece authored by Dennis G. Maki, MD. discussing food safety and seeking lessons learned in recent national Salmonella outbreaks was recently brought to my attention. Dr. Maki’s piece from the March 2009 New England Journal of Medicine looked back over two outbreaks in particular, the 2008 Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak linked to peppers, and
Di Nolfo’s norovirus outbreak in Mokena, Illinois
Yesterday, along with Gary Newland, a Chicago-area personal injury lawyer, we filed suit on behalf of Anita Fowler for a foodpoisoning illness that she developed after eating at a wedding reception held at Di Nolfo’s banquet hall in Mokena, Illinois. Will County health officials are investigating a number of illnesses (reports of more than 50
FDA pleased with success of Reportable Food Registry so far
More than 100 food safety reports were submitted by industry to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s new electronic portal in its first months of operation, the agency said today.
Mandated by Congress, the Reportable Food Registry (the Registry) is a new system that requires manufacturers, processors, packers and distributors to immediately report to the
Foodpoisoning lawsuit filed in Will County, Illinois
A food poisoning lawsuit was filed yesterday against Di Nolfo’s Banquet Inn and Catering Service after a wedding guest fell seriously ill from contaminated food. Food safety law firm Marler Clark and Newland, Newland and Newland of Arlington Heights filed the lawsuit on behalf of Griffith, Indiana resident Anita Fowler in a Will County Court.
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Tribune article highlights post-recall risks to consumer health
Steve Mills, a reporter with the Chicago Tribune and frequent contributor to the national food safety dialogue, wrote an excellent analysis of post-recall risks to consumer health for today’s edition of the Tribune. The problem: equal parts stores not getting recalled products off of shelves, manufacturers not being able to retrieve recalled product, and consumers
Recent food recalls: corn, peppers, and sprouts
Pasco Processing Corn and Poblano Peppers Recall:
Pasco Processing, LLC, of Pasco WA, recently recalled 2087 cases of 20lb. bulk packaged Corn and Poblano peppers, (SKU 10071179017738) because the products might be contaminated by Listeria monocytogenes. No illnesses have been reported in association with the recall, and no other products that were manufactured by Pasco Processing, LLC are
Unsafe at Any Meal – Eric Schlosser is the author of “Fast Food Nation” and a co-producer of the documentary “Food, Inc.”
EVERY day, about 200,000 Americans are sickened by contaminated food. Every year, about 325,000 are hospitalized by a food-borne illness. And the number who are killed annually by something they ate is roughly the same as the number of Americans who’ve been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2003.
Those estimates, from the Centers for