The Murphy House, a Louisburg, N.C. establishment, is recalling approximately 4,920 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) pork barbeque products that may be contaminated with Salmonella, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The following products are subject to recall: 1 lb. and 5 lb. plastic tubs of "MURPHY HOUSE Unskinned
On October 14, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced new guidelines for in-plant video monitoring at meat and poultry establishments. The new guidelines are drafted with the stated intent of strengthening both food safety and humane animal handling practices. The guidelines do not require video monitoring. The
Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms eggs have caused over 1800 Salmonella illnesses nationally, according to the CDC’s latest update, released today. Significantly, we have still not yet reached the end of the reporting period for this outbreak, which the CDC notes specifically in the summary below. Will confirmed illnesses in the outbreak top 2,000?
An appeals court in Ontario, Canada is reviewing the 2009 conviction of two men for "serving food unfit for human consumption." A central question on appeal is the incubation period for E. coli O157:H7 infections – in other words, how long after consumption of contaminated food someone.gif)
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For starters, it is interesting to note the
Today, the FDA released its warning letter to Wright County Egg in the wake of hte massive recall and outbreak that caused over 1,600 confirmed Salmonella illnesses nationally. Hillandale Farms, which was also implicated in both the outbreak and recall, was cleared today to resume shipping shell eggs. According to Andrew Zajac, of the Chicago
New York State Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker today alerted consumers that Pats Exotic Beverages Inc., located at 2919 Tiemann Avenue, Bronx, New York, is recalling all packages of "Carrot Juice" beverage, "Carrot Beet" beverage, "Carrot Lime" beverage and "Cucumber" beverage, because the products have been determined to be inadequately processed and may contain food borne
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I think there are two place where you can find information on Salmonella outbreaks that have happened in the United States in the last 20 years. One is www.outbreakdatabase.com and the other is below. Salmonella infection occurs when the bacteria are ingested, typically from food derived from infected food-animals, but it can also occur by ingesting
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I think there are two place where you can find information on E. coli outbreaks that have happened in the United States in the last 20 years. One is www.outbreakdatabase.com and the other is below. While the majority of foodborne illness outbreaks associated with E. coli O157:H7 have involved ground beef, such outbreaks have also
We are just about done with content for the new, very comprehensive website on Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). IBS can be triggered by an incident of foodpoisoning, and we commonly see post infectious IBS in many clients involved in Salmonella, E. coli, and Campylobacter outbreaks. We hope the new website helps; here is the content:
What is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)?
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one disorder in a spectrum of common functional gastrointestinal disorders. Symptoms of IBS can include constipation, diarrhea, alternating diarrhea and constipation, abdominal pain, urgency, bloating, straining at stools, and a sense of incomplete evacuation. The Rome III definition for IBS, which is widely accepted in the medical community, is recurrent abdominal pain or discomfort at least three days per month for at least three months, with at least two of the following symptoms also present: improvement of the pain or discomfort with defecation, a change in frequency of stools, or a change also in the form or appearance of stool.
The symptoms of IBS are usually long term, and, although they can cause daily gastrointestinal symptoms, are frequently episodic, meaning that they may not occur on a daily or regular basis. Symptoms may be triggered by specific foods or by stress. Often, however, no specific triggers can be identified
IBS is much more common in women than men; and the onset of idiopathic IBS symptoms is usually in the teens or young adulthood. Symptoms of IBS can occur as a result of intestinal infection or can be precipitated by major life events.
It is estimated that 10-20 % of the Western population has symptoms consistent with IBS, although most (75-80%) never seek medical care. IBS symptoms do account for about 10% of visits to primary care providers, and for 25-50% of referrals to gastroenterologists.
What causes IBS?
IBS is often described as a “functional” gastrointestinal disorder. This means that there is no structural abnormality or other objective findings to explain it. The specific cause (or causes) of IBS is not known; but for all IBS patients, there are likely several factors that contribute to both onset and continuation of the problem.
A. Altered gastrointestinal motility
Although researchers and clinicians have not yet identified any actual anatomic changes, it is likely that people suffering from IBS have experienced dysregulation in the motor function (also called “motility” or “peristalsis”) of their gastrointestinal tracts. Peristalsis is the process by which the intestinal wall contracts and forces material through the small intestine and colon. In IBS patients, the bowel transit can be irregular. If material is forced through too fast for water reabsorption, diarrhea results. Alternatively, if transit is slowed, the result may be constipation with hard stools that are hard to pass. Frequently patients alternate between constipation and diarrhea. Continue Reading Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Post-Infectious IBS
Today Cattle Network published the latest from freelance writer Chuck Jolley, and it is definitely worth a read. Chuck recently chatted with author Jeff Benedict on his newest book that he has spent the last three years researching. The book delves into the 1993 Jack In The Box E. coli O157:H7 outbreak, and how that