I was going to open the post wondering how many years Bill Marler would get for his activisim, but really, it is not a matter for tounge-in-cheek jests. There are reports today that a man who created a support group for victims of melamine poisoning in China has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in
West Virginia Dept. of Ag. gets grant to study E. coli in beef
The West Virginia Department of Agriculture has received a $220,000 grant to study the prevalence of E. coli O157:H7 in raw ground beef in the state. The one-year grant was provided through the Food Emergency Response Network (FERN), a joint venture of federal health, food and agricultural agencies, in cooperation with state and local laboratories
Bravo Farms Gouda Cheese E. coli Outbreak: 25 ill; possibly more
Neither the CDC nor any of the affected states has updated its illness count in the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to Bravo Farms gouda cheese, but they likely will soon. As of today, there are 25 confirmed E. coli O157:H7 illnesses in the outbreak, from California (1), Nevada (2), New Mexico (3)
Why does Colorado have so much E. coli?
It seems that every time a new E. coli outbreak hits the news, Colorado reports illnesses. Several major meatpacking plants and slaughterhouses are located there, but they are major producers and their products are distributed nationally; thus, residents of other states are just as likely, most of the time, to be sickened by contaminated meat produced
Cheese E. coli lawsuit filed; is 60 days enough?
Today we filed suit on behalf of Annette Sutfin against Bravo Farms Cheese, LLC. Annette is an Arizona woman who is 1 of 25 people sickened by E. coli O157:H7 in an outbreak linked to Bravo Farms gouda cheese sold at Costco locations in at least 5 states. Ms. Sutfin was hospitalized for two days, and
Orval Kent recalls products that contain cilantro
Orval Kent announced today that it is voluntarily recalling 23 products as a precautionary measure because the products may be contaminated with Salmonella. The Orval Kent products are being recalled because they contain fresh cilantro produced and distributed by EpicVeg, Inc. of Lompoc, California. Epic Veg recalled one lot of cilantro on November 3, 2010.
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Cheese E. coli illnesses in Douglas, Arapahoe, and Boulder Counties; lawsuit to be filed Monday
The State of Colorado and the health department that serves the Tri-County area have advised residents of Douglas, Arapahoe, and Boulder counties who purchased Bravo Farms Dutch Style Gouda Cheese at Costco not to eat the product. 8 residents of Douglas, Arapahoe, and Boulder counties have been sickened in the cheese E. coli outbreak, which has
Raw-MIlk Cheese, Listeria, and the FDA
Cheese made with raw-milk has been drawing the wrong kind of attention lately. This past week, at least 25 E. coli O157:H7 infections in the Southwest have been linked to Bravo Farms Dutch Style Gouda cheese. Previously, the ongoing debate concerning raw-milk and raw dairy products had been stoked once again following a listeria incident at Estrella cheese in
To age (sufficiently), or not to age (sufficiently): is 60 days enough?
Raw-milk based cheeses, like the gouda made by Bravo Farms that is currently linked to at least 25 E. coli O157:H7 illnesses in Arizona, New Mexico, California, Nevada, and Colorado, must be aged for a minimum of 60 days. The requirement appears at Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations, section 58.439.
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21 sickened in Arizona and Colorado alone in cheese E. coli outbreak
One notable feature of the cheese E. coli O157:H7 outbreak that has sickened at least 25 in five southwestern states is that the strain of E. coli involved has never been seen before in the Pulsenet database, which is the national repository for DNA information used to track outbreaks of foodborne disease. Thus, there should