November 2010

Originally sparked by a stunning salmonella outbreak tied to peanut butter in 2009, and more recently spurred by the equally frightening salmonella outbreak in eggs thus summer, the Food Safety Modernization Act finally appears hours from a final vote.  The Senate is set to vote Monday night on the bill, and signs suggest bipartisan support and

Calabro Cheese, a East Haven, Connecticut company is recalling approximately 57 pounds of Rotolini, meat and cheese roll appetizer products, that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

The products subject to recall include 8-ounce packages of "CALABRO All Natural ROTOLINI Mozzarella

West Broward High School students interested in science have new incentive to pursue higher education today. Marler Clark, the Seattle-based food safety law firm, announced a donation of $10,000 to the newly established Marler Clark – Samantha Safranek Scholarship Fund.

The fund’s namesake, Samantha Safranek, was one of forty people who became ill with E.

This morning, Myron Levin at fairwarning.com authored one of the more insightful biographical sketches of Jack DeCoster, the Egg King whose Iowa farms have been the source of recalls of just under 1 BILLION eggs since August 2010.  It’s no shock, at this point, to hear about Jack’s problems; harassment suits, wage and hour violations, and