Detroit Free Press reports that local health authorities are investigating reports that at least 30 people attending a banquet last week at Detroit’s Roostertail banquet facility got sick afterward with nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, the state health department confirmed Wednesday.
The reports came from a banquet for 370 people last Thursday, said Lasher.
The state
As the FDA investigates an outbreak of illnesses that may be related to Salmonella typhimurium bacteria in produce, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is reminding consumers of steps they can take to keep their food safe.
Salmonella can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with
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Commentary from the Food Safety Network, Douglas Powell and Ben Chapman
Don’t eat poop. That’s the first rule of public health.
And the first company that can assure consumers they aren’t eating poop on spinach, lettuce, tomatoes and any other fresh produce, will make millions and capture markets across the country.
The recent outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 on bagged spinach which sickened over 200 and killed four was the tipping point: for farmers dealing with collapsed markets; for retailers who say they are now going to get serious about questioning their suppliers; and, for consumers who now realize that fresh produce is a significant source of foodborne illness and are voting with their wallets and their forks — how can they know if the leafy stuff is safe? Or tomatoes? Or cantaloupes, carrots and any other fresh produce?
After decades of refusing to publicly advertise food safety differences — my spinach is safer than your spinach because these are the things I do on my farm and I can show you the data — retail and food service chains may finally be forced to do just that.
And the sooner the better.Continue Reading Don’t eat poop
A quick Q & A from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on the effectiveness of washing your fruits and vegetables to prevent food poisoning.
This is a Power Point (in pdf) about how the spinach E. coli outbreak is only part of a larger problem of safe produce.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with state departments of health and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is investigating an outbreak of infections caused by a type of Salmonella called Salmonella typhimurium. This infection has no relationship to typhoid fever, which is caused by another organism.
Salmonella typhimurium typically causes
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WOODTV reports that n the cold room at Forest Hills Foods, workers prepare fruit trays, ever mindful of customer concerns over the recent outbreak of food-borne problems such as E. coli and salmonella.
"It’s cold during the preparation process. And it’s cold when it gets on our shelves. So the product never has a