Food Safety News reports today that, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), bovine spongiform encephalopathy, commonly known as mad cow disease, was detected last month in a dairy cow from Alberta.
The agency said no part of the slaughtered cow was used for human or animal food and the case should not affect exports of
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Daiei Trading Co., Inc. of College Point NY 11356 is recalling Gourmet Family Brand Large Mouth Smelt Komochi Shishamo because it has the potential to be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium which can cause life-threatening illness or death. Consumers are warned not to use the product.
Botulism, a potentially fatal form of food
USDA Inspector General Phyllis Fong testified today before the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee concerning, among other things, the inadequacy of Food Safety and Inspection Service’s testing program for E. coli O157:H7 on beef trim, which is used in the production of ground beef:
We recently completed an audit that assessed how the Food Safety Inspection
Taylor Farms Pacific is voluntarily recalling broccoli items with a best if used by date of 2/7/11 to 3/7/11. Taylor Farms issued the recall after the Washington State Department of Health detected Listeria monocytogenes in a random sample of product. The recalled cases were distributed by Taylor Farms to 6 states, including; CA, AZ, NV, OR, UT, WA.
The American Medical Association (AMA) and the American Public Health Association (APHA) yesterday held a conference call to explain how global warming has “taken a toll on human health and will continue to cause food-borne illnesses, respiratory problems, and deaths unless policy changes are enacted.”
According to a report on the call, “The ‘evidence has
A raw burger does not always cause foodpoisoning, but come on. This is from a young mother in Ohio, who purchased a kids meal for her children, and a burger for herself, from a fast food restaurant today (hint: billions and billions sold, but not necessarily re-invested in food safety). Fortunately, the mother was the
Escherichia coli (E. coli) are members of a large group of bacterial germs that inhabit the intestinal tract of humans and other warm-blooded animals (mammals, birds). Newborns have a sterile alimentary tract, which within two days becomes colonized with E. coli.
More than 700 serotypes of E. coli have been identified. E. coli O157:H7
A study conduced in Ireland suggests a risk of transmission of Salmonella to children under one year of age while riding in grocery carts (although they are apparently grocery “trolleys” there.) The Independent reported on a study, noting that between 20-40 cases of Salmonella are reported in Ireland each year in children of that age.
The
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