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Although there have been no new numbers from Colorado, New York, or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the USDA-FSIS just updated its list of retail establishments that received recalled product in the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak and recall linked to Rocky Mountain Natural Meats bison meat. What was originally just a few stores has
Billy Goat Dairy Raw Milk Linked to 30 Illnesses in Colorado
Boulder County Press Release – A second child has been hospitalized with severe illness after becoming ill from drinking unpasteurized goat milk in June that came from Billy Goat Dairy in Longmont. The first child was hospitalized on June 27 and remains hospitalized. Lab tests have confirmed that the non-pasteurized milk product from the Billy
Another Salmonella Recall to Report: contaminated peppers
Miravalle Foods, Inc., a California company, is recalling 37,318 lbs. of "Miravalle Chile California & Miravalle Chile Nuevo Mexico" Brand Peppers" distributed between March 15th and May 6th 2010 to some customers in CA, CO, UT, NC, NE, ID, OR and NV because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.
The recalled Peppers
FSIS does not “target” ground buffalo or bison for E. coli O157:H7 testing – Why?
FSIS Directive 10,010.1 states in part:
Products Not Subject To FSIS Sampling
Ground buffalo or bison is also not a raw ground beef product subject to this FSIS verification sampling.
Not testing Buffalo or Bison seems a bit curious given that we have now had at least two recalls in the past three years, and
Bison meat recall due to E. coli O157:H7: product list from the source
Rocky Mountain Natural Meats has now recalled approximately 66,776 pounds of bison meat products due to E. coli O157:H7 contamination. The recalls have occurred on two separate dates: the first was announced on July 2, and the second just yesterday.
To date, the bison meat outbreak has sickened at least 6 residents of Colorado
Staphylococcus Aureus and Enterotoxin Found in Raw Milk Cheese
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture today advised consumers who purchased aged hard cheddar cheese made with raw milk from Milky Way Farm in Troy, Bradford County, to discard the product immediately because of potential bacterial contamination. The Bureau of Food Safety has identified 20 pounds of raw milk cheddar cheese that entered the consumer market.
Ready Pac Foods baby spinach recall: E. coli O157:H7
Ready Pac Foods, Inc. is recalling 702 cases of the Baby Spinach variety of Spinach Temptations 6 oz. bagged salads with Use-by Dates of July 4, and bearing a Product Code of I1707B, IR127121, and July 8 product with Product Code I2007B, IR130373. Ready Pac has issued the recall because the spinach products may be contaminated by
Bison meat recall expands
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Today, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced an expansion of the E. coli O157:H7-related recall of bison meat products by Rocky Mountain Natural Meats, out of Henderson, Colorado. The original recall was of approximately 66,000 pounds of bison products, including ground meat; the expansion adds an additional 776 pounds of meat to the recall. Multiple
Fair and Balanced? Half the Raw Milk Story in Nebraska
I just finished reading on online article at the Lincoln (NE) star journal, "You don’t have to own a .jpg)
cow to have raw milk," by Erin Duerr. In the article she proclaims that the "best" way to get your dairy is "raw milk at the source." She does manage to mention that raw milk "comes with conflicting
Attendee of Penn State Tennis Camp Reportedly Ill With E. coli
The student newspaper at Penn State is reporting that an attendee to a tennis camp at PSU left early last week, and has been told that he had contracted E. coli. There is no confirmation that the illness was contracted at the camp. The report did not indicate the strain of E. coli to be