Food Depot #24, a McDonough, Ga., retailer is recalling approximately 500 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The following ground beef products subject to recall were sold as tray packs of varying weights bearing
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is reviewing the Oregon hazelnut industry’s food safety practice. This action is occuring in the wake of the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in late 2010, linked to Oregon hazelnuts.
According to a report by Capitol Press, “The agency held a teleconference May 10 with several hazelnut packers and
FSIS (the USDA’s food safety and inspection service) has had a standardized test for Non-O157 STECs now for some time, but has not taken the step of designating these bad bugs as “adulterants” in the meat supply. So the reason why is not related to having the ability to meaningfully monitor for non-O157 STECs.
E. coli O157:H7 illnesses, particularly those associated with ground beef products, typically peak in the summer months. In a January 2011 article, Food Safety News published an article, about a study, that asked why. The answer given, in a nutshell, was the increased shedding of bacteria in cow feces one, among possibly many, factors, during the summer months. Read Why Are There
Five cases of E. coli have been confirmed in Bell County, Texas. The Bell County health district said no additional cases have been reported and said that it “continues to carefully monitor for further cases.”
Most varieties of E. coli are harmless or may cause brief diarrhea, the health district said, and sometimes produce no symptoms
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) announced in a press release on Monday, April 4, 2011, that there have been 13 reported E. coli O157:H7 illnesses likely linked to recently recalled Amira Enterprises walnuts. Although the agency is still trying to ascertain the definitive source of the outbreak, it reported that several individuals who
Yesterday, April 3, 2011, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Amira Enterprises Inc., a distributor of dried fruits and nuts based in St. Laurent, Quebec, warned the public not to eat certain bulk and prepackaged raw shelled walnut products because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.
The company announced that it was
Food safety news has been dominated this week by the ongoing Salmonella outbreak linked to DeFusco’s bakery pastries in Rhode Island. Reports today are that the case count has reached 43 people, with 22 hospitalizations, and one death. This morning, marlerblog.com published the last several reports from Rhode Island Department of Health inspections at
Lawsuits typically flow from outbreaks of foodborne disease, and the Palmyra bologna E. coli outbreak will probably be no exception. North Carolina, Maryland, New Jersey, and Ohio, in addition to Pennsylvania, all have residents who have no doubt incurred substantial expense, not to mention significant physical anguish, as a result of contaminated bologna and E.
A national food poisoning litigation practice has brought us to all corners of the country, and sometimes even internationally in outbreaks where foreign ompanies have sickened residents of the US. E. coli, Salmonella, and hepatitis A outbreaks have brought us to Pennsylvania more than a few times. After the announcement of a multi-state