New information in a continuing story we have been following here: Susan Medley, the former spokeswoman for the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) told Senate investigators that the delay in the release of information about high bacteria levels at Lake of the Ozarks "stemmed from a department failure to quickly gather information to put the
The Uglier Side of Lettuce
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After a frightful two-year stretch in 2005 and 2006 that included two Dole spinach/lettuce outbreaks due to E. coli O157:H7 contamination, the resurgence of ground beef as a leading vector in E. coli cases must have caused lettuce to feel a little left out. The last month, with the announcement of a major national outbreak linked to
FoodTrack Confirms E. coli Investigation
CDC and Three States Investigating E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak
The FDA is aware of an outbreak involving E. coli O157:H7 in Utah, Colorado, and New York State. Health officials are conducting investigations with assistance from the CDC. A food vehicle has yet to be identified.
According to the NY State Dept. of Health, no food
Fresh Produce Suspected in Three State E. coli Outbreak
A fresh produce may once again be responsible for a new outbreak of the dreaded E. coli O157:H7 bacteria in Utah, Colorado, and New York, the new Food Safety News is reporting today.
According to FNS, there is an ongoing investigation is being led by public health agencies in Utah and Colorado; Colorado reportedly has
Delays reported in securing recalled foods from our public schools
The USA Today reported today that "Federal agencies that supply food for 31 million schoolchildren [Food and Nutrition Service] fail to ensure that tainted products are pulled quickly from cafeterias." The audit, which was conducted by Congress’s Government Accountability Office, concluded that "The delays raise the risk of children being sickened by contaminated food," according to the USA Today.
The GAO
Food Safety News – Great Interviews of Food Safety Leaders
Food safety News has some great interviews and more to come.
Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning shut mussel and clam harvesting in Oregon
The State Department of Agriculture has closed the entire Oregon coast to recreational mussel and clam harvesting because of the risk of toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning. Agency spokesman Bruce Pokarney said Monday that most of the north and central coast had already been closed to mussel harvesting and the state has banned razor
Survey reports food safety costs doubled for California leafy greens growers
Seasonal food safety costs for California leafy greens growers more than doubled in the year after the September 2006 outbreak of E. coli in spinach, according to a survey by the University of California Small Farm Program. On a per-acre basis, these costs were lowest for the largest farms.
Information from the survey will be
New Grant for Research on Treatment of Shigella and C. difficile
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a group of researchers $2.87 million for preclinical development of an oral drug to treat Shigella and C. difficile.
Shigella is a bacterium that belongs to a small group of pathogens (including E. coli O157:H7 and Cryptosporidium) that can infect the gut after the ingestion of
ABA Journal Shines Spotlight On Food Safety Regulation
As most readers of the Food Poison Journal are aware, change is afoot in Washington, D.C. over the future regulation of the US’s food safety system. From President Obama’s recently-formed Food Safety Working Group to Congress’s proposed Food Safety Enhancement Act and FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, the issue of food safety has—after years of neglect—finally