Mike Hughlett of the Star Tribune reported last night that the Minnesota Department of Agriculture has seized more raw milk-based products produced by embattled farmer Mike Hartmann of Gibbon, Minnesota.
On Tuesday, state agriculture investigators armed with a search warrant seized "hundreds of gallons of raw milk," along with cream, yogurt, cheese and meat from
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The CDC has not updated its case summary since November 24, 2010, but it is likely that the final outbreak summary will include more than 38 confirmed cases. What we know so far: 38 ill in five states, including 19 in Arizona, 3 in California, 3 in New Mexico, 2 in Nevada, and 11
Atlas Walnut Co. of California announced a voluntary recall of walnut halves and pieces due to the risk of Salmonella contamination. The recall was made after Azar Nut Company, which receives product from Atlas, asked U.S. Foodservice to recall the products after a shipment tested positive for Salmonella. No illness have been reported thus
As the Food Safety Modernization Act founders in procedural hell, Katherine Harmon, has a helpful and optimistic piece on the bill in the Scientific American. Harmon provides optimistic views both on the proposed bill’s chances for eventual passage, and the predicted impact of the legislation..jpg)
In particular, there is a focus on "traceability," the
Researchers at AgriLife Research appear to have devised a new irradiation technique that effectively kills 99.9% of harmful bacteria, such as Salmonella and E. coli, while requiring only half the usual amount of irradiation, according to an article in today’s Science Daily. The technique involves packing the produce in a Mylar bag filled with
Hepatitis A is one of five human hepatitis viruses (hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E) that primarily infect the liver and cause illness. An estimated 80,000 cases occur each year in the U.S., although much higher estimates have been proposed based on mathematical modeling of the past incidence of infection. Each year, an estimated
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The Cabell-Huntington Health Department is currently investigating a cluster of hepatitis A cases. To date, there are (4) confirmed cases in Cabell County and health officials are doing a thorough investigation on these cases, which the health department are calling sporadic at this point.
The Cabell County cluster (Cabell County borders eastern Kentucky) of illnesses
The Ashland-Boyd County Health Department has confirmed a sixth case of Hepatitis A. The fiver previous cases reported in Ashland-Boyd County included an employee of the Burger King restaurant on Winchester Avenue in Ashland. None of the cases are apparently linked to consumption of food at the restaurant, but the Ashland-Boyd County Health Department will
Well, you only have 27 more days to fix that unconstitutional glitch in S. 510, get past Senator Coburn’s filibuster, get past the Republican Senators vow to not do a thing until tax cuts for the wealthy are passed, get past either a Conference with the House over differences between S. 510 and H.B. 2749
And that was just one Salmonella Outbreak: