Ten illnesses in Washtenaw County, Michigan, appear to be E. coli infections, although the county is a.gif)
waiting final test results. The Washtenaw Public Health Department is urging anyone with symptoms of E. coli infection to contact the health department while it investigates the possible source.
“It’s especially important for physicians, pediatricians, urgent care providers
The Associated Press and New York Times just reported on the impetus behind the testing that caused WinCo to issue its large-scale meat recall: us. The positive tests were generated during a study that Marler Clark had comissioned on the presence of E. coli in retail beef samples. The Times reports:
A ground beef recall
Over at AnnArbor.com, staff reporter Tina Reed is reporting that officials with the Washtenaw County Health Department are currently investigating an E. coli outbreak that has thus far infected ten area residents, most of them young adults. To put that number in perspective, on average Washtenaw County has six cases of E. coli per
A recent study, conducted over a period of 21 months at a commercial chicken cooking plant, finds that the route by which the cooking environment, not to mention finished products, became contaminated was the introduction of bacteria (specifically Listeria monocytogenes) on incoming raw chicken. The USDA’s research arm, the Agricultural Research Service, wrote
Yesterday, WinCo Foods expanded its April 10 ground beef recall to include all ground beef sold at all WinCo stores between March 26, 2010 and April 9, 2010. The original recall included only ground beef sold at the Modesto, California store. The recall was announced after testing at a private laboratory of retail samples of ground beef showed
WinCo Foods announced today that it is issuing an expansion of the Class 1 recall on all fresh ground beef products sold at all WinCo Foods stores: The original recall issued on April 10, 2010 was for ground beef sold from it’s Modesto store only.
Originally an independent lab had tested two samples of ground
All milk sold or distributed in British Columbia must be pasteurized. No less an authority that the Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Perry Kendall, recently discussed why, "in response to a number of letters published in the Times Colonist extolling the alleged benefits and alleged safety of "raw" (unpasteurized) milk."
With respect to the alleged antimicrobial properties
For many that seem perplexed by my passionate fight for food safety, perhaps this video will put it in context:
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A quick update on a story I posted on before. The tomato food safety bill that passed the Florida.jpg)
State Senate in March has now passed the house, and is now headed to Governor Crist for signature. It was reported that the bill continues to receive virtually unanimous support:
The measure, which was written
How about a little good news for a change? The CDC announced today, in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the results of a study indicating a decline in the incidence of a.jpg)
number of high-profile foodborne pathogens:
In comparison with the first 3 years of surveillance (1996–1998), sustained declines in the reported incidence of