November 2014

The Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) released its “Name and Shame” Report this morning.  The idea of testing retail chicken and publishing the results had been the focus of much discussion over the last few months.  Some UK retailers were not very happy that the public would actually know how tainted the chicken really is.

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Henry’s Farm Inc. is recalling their soybean sprouts due to a possible health risk.

Food safety specialists from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services have warned consumers not to eat Soybean Sprouts from Henry’s Farm Inc. of Woodford, Va.

The company is recalling all packages of Soybean Sprouts because they may be contaminated

Food Safety advocate Bill Marler provides the best food safety tips for purchasing, storing, and preparing turkey 

Each year, nearly 48 million Americans suffer from foodborne illness and one of the main culprits is turkey! Food safety advocate Bill Marler, of Marler Clark, the Food Safety Law Firm, has a few simple tips to help

Food Safety advocate, Bill Marler, discusses how to spread the holiday meal love without spreading foodborne illness; food safety tips for food preparation and transport 

Not only is the holiday season the time of the cold and flu, it is also a time when another and far more deadly sickness thrives: foodborne illness. Each year,

2011 – E. coli O104:H4 – Fenugreek Bean Sprouts – Over 4,000 sickened – 900 with kidney failure and 50 deaths – Europe, Canada and U.S.

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6250a3.htm; https://www-s.med.illinois.edu/m2/epidemiology/LiteratureCritique/pdf/Buchholz_2011.pdf

2005 – Salmonella – Mung Bean Sprouts – Over 600 sick – Canada

http://news.ontario.ca/archive/en/2005/12/14/Update-on-Salmonella-Outbreak.html; http://www.sproutnet.com/pdfs/Toronto-Mung-2005.pdf

1996 – E. coli O157:H7 – Radish Sprouts – Over

As of November 21, 2014, the CDC reports a total of 63 persons infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Enteritidis have been reported from 10 states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The one ill person from Montana traveled to the Eastern United States during the