This just in from the United States Food and Drug Administration:
After years of detailed study and analysis, the Food and Drug Administration has concluded that meat and milk from clones of cattle, swine, and goats, and the offspring of clones from any species traditionally consumed as food, are as safe to eat as food
The Bellingham Herald reported today on a Campylobacter jejuni outbreak that has been traced to the consumption of raw milk purchased from a Whatcom County, Washington, dairy.
In December, the Whatcom County Health Department issued a warning to consumers that Campylobacter had been isolated from a sample of milk produced at the Pleasant Valley Dairy
The US food safety system was profiled today in an article published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The article, which is the first in a three-part series, focused on what we know about our food safety system:
Anyone stuck with cans of "GFS Fancy Blue Lake Cut Green Beans" from the New Era Canning Company in New Era, Michigan better be careful. They may carry deadly Botulism inside.
So the U.S. Food & Drug Administration is recalling them and telling consumer to throw them away—very carefully. The FDA says:
"Customers
The Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that Michigan-based New Era Canning Company was recalling several cases of canned beans because they were not adequately cooked during processing. Under-cooking of canned beans can lead to the growth of clostridium botulinum, the bacterium that causes botulism.
According to the FDA announcement, only a small number of
Natalie Angier, wrote about noroviruses in yesterday’s New York Times. Her family had a run-in with a norovirus after New Year’s Eve, and she did some research into norovuiruses. Part of what she found is this:
Its sour suite of symptoms is often referred to as “stomach flu,” but norovirus infection is distinct from
The Boston Globe reported today on the death of an 87-year-old man who passed away after suffering a Listeria infection he contracted from drinking milk supplied by the Whittier Farms Dairy. Stephen Smith, the story’s author, wrote about this most recent death and about the illness of a pregnant woman and her baby:
The 87-year-old
Schumacher’s Inn in Pennsylvania recalled its canned soups earlier this month after botulism spores were identified in a sample of the soup tested by public health officials, and a woman became ill with botulism poisoning. The woman was hospitalized on December 19; health officials have not issued an update on her condition.
Read the ” New York Times” if you want.
They get lucky sometimes.
You may remember those words from "Men in Black." Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) was showing Agent J (Will Smith) that it is always wise to check "the hot sheets" when you want to know what’s really going on out there.
On January 5, Mark’s Quality Meats, Inc. of Detroit, Michigan, recalled over 13,000 pounds of ground beef and steak products that were produced in late December after E. coli contamination was identified through lab testing. In announcing the recall, the Food Safety and Inspection Service stated that no illnesses have been reported in connection
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The 87-year-old 