Although I was a bit nervous being on Larry King Live for the first time, he quickly put me at ease when he could not say E. coli. Parts of the beginning of the show had floated around the internet, but this is the most complete introduction – and the funniest:
With no link to the cheese E. coli outbreak, Del Bueno cheese company of Grandview, Washington is recalling all 1 and 3 pound packages of Queso Fresco Fresh Cheese, Queso Panela Fresh Cheese, Requeson Mexican Style Ricotta Cheese and Queso Enchilado Dry Cheese. Del Bueno is recalling the cheese due to potential contamination by Listeria monocytogenes.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is expanding its Oct. 30 public health alert for an undetermined amount of various meat and poultry products produced without the benefit of federal inspection by N.Y. Gourmet Salads Inc., a Brooklyn, N.Y. establishment.
This public health alert was initiated based on evidence collected
In apparently unrelated matters, two corporations are recalling pork products due to listeria concerns. To this point, neither recall has been linked to reported illnesses. Valley Farm Meats, also known as Strasburg Provision, of Wooster Ohio is recalling 3,600 pounds of (primarily) pork products. Autentico Foods of California is recalling 54,000 pounds of pork.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned consumers not to eat mamey-flavored ice cream sold under the La Nuestra brand because of potential health risks.
Montalvan’s Sales Inc. of Ontario, California, which sells the brand, has voluntarily recalled the product, the FDA said. The ice cream was distributed through retail stores and restaurants in
The Sue Wallis-lead "Food Freedom Act" in Wyoming is really more than a little concerning considering the depth of all the anti-government, natural human rights rhetoric being espoused in support of it. Is this really even about public safety and health anymore? Seems more like an agenda than anything, and bad policy.
In any event
Reno’s News 10 reported this morning on a rather strange foodpoisoning event at a wedding in Roseville, California. According to the story, 30 people fell severely ill with foodpoisoning symptoms, and 6 had to be hospitalized. In fact, it appears that the people became ill while actually in attendance at the Light of the
Stephanie Backus of the Fulton Sun reported today on a young boy named Caleb Ward, who is currently, hopefully, recovering from a severe hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) illness. He was infected by E. coli O157:H7. Just another reminder what this bug can do. Ms. Backus’s story about Caleb:
In late August, Caleb Ward was a normal 12-year-old trying to enjoy the last few days of summer before September and fall. He was playing on a sand barge in the Missouri River with his brother, aunt and uncle.
He had no idea that in a few short weeks, he would be in the hospital.
He certainly had no idea that in a few short weeks, he would be in the intensive care unit at Children’s Hospital in St. Louis.
He had E. coli.
"This has to be reported through the health department. We started out in Columbia talking to Boone County," said Caleb’s mother, Nancy Ward. "Then it was transferred to Callaway County because that’s where we live. After talking to them for a long time and going through what he did in the days leading up to it, I think it happened while he was playing on the sand barges."
On Aug. 29, Caleb started showing disturbing signs of illness. He was vomiting, among other symptoms. Nancy called his pediatrician and they suggested taking him to the emergency room. Nancy drove her son to a Jefferson City hospital because it was closer than her pediatrician’s office in Columbia.
When he wasn’t better by the afternoon, Nancy ended up driving him to University Hospital for a specialist.Continue Reading What HUS can do: sad E. coli story from Missouri