Clostridium perfringens cause of S.D. Basketball Taco outbreak
Laboratory testing by the Department of Health has identified Clostridium perfringens as the cause of the outbreak associated with the Pierre-Mitchell high school boys’ basketball...
Taco Bell Should Learn From A Long History of Food Outbreaks
The other day I said to MSNBC: "I think it just proves the point that it is always better to be transparent," said Bill Marler, a...
Food Safety News: No Raw Milk Link, No Brucellosis in Massachusetts
Food Safety News reports, a Massachusetts resident who first tested positive for brucellosis has now been confirmed to not have the infection, according to an...
Safe Workers = Safe Food
When AP reported this week that an owner of Jensen Farms was being fined by the U.S. Department of Labor for failing to provide safe...
Bacillus cereus identified as cause of Kentucky Zappos outbreak that sickened 58 in December
A total of 58 employees who worked at the Zappos plant in Bullit County, Kentucky were infected by a bacteria called Bacillus cereus in December. At least...
Gaps in biosafety training a likely cause of 38 state Salmonella outbreak
According to CIDRAP, gaps in biosafety training likely played a role in a Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak linked to lab exposure that sickened 109 people in...
97 Confirmed Foodpoisoning Cases Linked to Chinn's Crab House, Wheeling, Illinois
The Cook County Department of Health has confirmed that 97 people have been stricken with a gastrointestinal illness after eating at Bob Chinn’s Crab House...
Food Safety News: norovirus to blame in Indiana Jimmy Johns outbreak
By Gretchen Goetz at Food Safety News: The top left corner of the menu at Jimmy John's restaurants jokingly tells customers that the store was...
Foodpoisoning outbreak at Porter County, Indiana Jimmy Johns
Media reports from Indiana indicate that a Porter County Jimmy Johns restaurant (located on Lincolnway) is the site of a large outbreak that has sickened...
Food industry behaving badly: it ain't all cantaloupes and third-party auditors
Pick up today's edition of just about any major daily and you'll find more than you wanted to read about food producers, and the auditors...
