In the past weeks, we have seen outbreaks of Salmonella in sprouts and lettuce, E. coli O145 in lettuce, E. coli O157:H7 in raw milk, Salmonella in raw milk, and campylobacter in raw milk. Still, as Lynn Terry wrote Friday in the Oregonian, many severe food poisoning incidents are never connected with
Fight Over Raw Milk “Buying Clubs” in Massachusetts
Massachusetts is another battleground between advocates of raw-milk and those who point out its association to outbreaks of pathogens like E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella, and Campylobacter. Massachusetts officials have been making efforts to enforce a ban on the sale of raw milk outside of the producing farm:
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It is legal
Marler Clark E. coli Study Leads to WinCo Meat Recall
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Seattle Times staff reporter, Maureen O’ Hagen, writes in today’s paper about the role our firm, Marler Clark, played in the recent WinCo Foods meat recall related to potential E. coli O157:H7 contamination. Positive E. coli O157:H7 test results revealed in a study that Marler Clark has commissioned revealed the contamination:
The E. coli came to
Can You Rely on Hand Sanitizer to Kill E. coli Bacteria?
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It seems the incredible rise of hand sanitizers over the last decade have turned the now-ubiquitous goo into the equivalent of a portable sink for millions of Americans. "Don’t have access to running hot water and soap? Just use a squirt of easy-to-carry hand sanitizer".
While hand sanitizer can certainly be useful in a pinch
Day Care Remains Closed – New Details on E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak Surface
The day care in Vancouver, Washington associated with the recent outbreak of E. coli 0157:H7 is to
remain closed while workers continue to undergo testing, according to a report in the Clark County Columbian:
Dr. Alan Melnick, county health officer, said Fletch Family Daycare will remain closed until staff members who have tested positive for
2010 beef recalls (due to E. coli contamination) continue
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On February 12, 2010, Huntington Meat Packing, Inc., expanded its January 18, 2010 beef recall to include approximately 4.9 million pounds of beef and veal products that it produced in 2009 and the first few days of this year. This expanded recall brings the grand total of beef products recalled since November 2009 (just 3
More progress in the detection of E. coli in beef
TradingMarkets.com reports another development in the food industry’s fight against E. coli contamination:
Strategic Diagnostics Inc., a leading provider of biotechnology-based detection solutions for food safety and life science applications, today announced that its recently improved RapidChek(R) E. coli O157 (including H7) System has earned Performance-Tested Methods(SM) certification from the AOAC Research Institute (License Number
Where is the recalled ground beef?
The latest CDC summary on the ongoing E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to Fairbank Farms ground beef says that there are 28 confirmed cases in 12 states. The USDA-FSIS’s latest outbreak summary, which is where you would expect to find information on the retailers who have received recalled product, seems a little slow on the uptake.
Florida Woman Petitions Whole Foods to Continue Selling Raw Milk
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A Florida woman who runs an organization called Miami Real Food has petitioned Whole Foods, one of the nation’s largest organic grocers, to continue selling raw milk. See the entire petition here. The petition states, in part,
[R]aw milk from grass-fed cows is infinitely healthier than those that are kept in confinement
Missouri DNR Hides Evidence of High E. coli Levels in Lake of the Ozarks
Scott Dye, program director for The National Sierra Club Water Sentinels Program was spot on today when he said “DNR stands for Do Not Release.” The State of Missouri’s Department of Natural Resources decided not to release evidence of excessive E. coli levels in the Lake of the Ozarks in an ill-conceived and dangerous attempt