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E. coli outbreaks linked to lettuce and other leafy green vegetables have happened again and again, particularly over the past decade and a half. Not all have garnered the media attention that the 2006 spinach outbreak did, and some have even gone unreported publicly. Here is a list of lettuce and other leafy green outbreaks
Senator Tester Introduces Traceback Bill
Yesterday, Montana Senator Jon Tester introduced a bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) to require the USDA to conduct traceback investigations whenever a pathogen (called an "adulterant" under the FMIA) is found in meat distributed, or intended for distribtuion, in interstate commerce.
(Incidentally, in case anybody ever wondered about the significance of "interstate
Unacceptable level of Campylobacter on retail chicken
Trent Rowe reported yesterday on TheLedger.com about the disturbing prevalence of campylobacter on chicken purchased at retail.
Most of the chickens we buy in supermarkets are contaminated with Salmonella and/or Campylobacter bacteria. They make us sick.
Consumer Reports checked 382 chickens from 100 stores around the country and found the bacteria in about two-thirds of
Madison Sedbrook: Nestle cookie dough victim
We filed suit yesterday in Federal Court for the District of Colorado on behalf of Madison Sedbrook, who is six years old, and her parents Tristan and Cindy. Madison ate cookie dough on multiple occasions in April 2009 and developed a severe gastrointestinal illness. She bounced from hospital to hospital, doctor to doctor, while nobody