Calls for Increased Transparency in Foodborne Illness Investigations
On April 20, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released an updated report on a burgeoning Salmonella Bareilly outbreak linked to a raw tuna product used in sushi dishes. According to the report, 160 people have been confirmed ill and 26 have been hospitalized across
Joel Greene – Since early March 2012, the use of lean finely textured beef (LFTB) in the U.S. ground beef supply has come under a barrage of media criticism and consumer backlash. The depiction of LFTB in the media as “pink slime” raised the product’s “yuck” factor and implied that there were food safety issues
Multistate Jimmy John’s Restaurants Raw Clover Sprouts 2011
25 Sickened – On March 8, 2012, the Centers for Disease Control announced an ongoing investigation into illnesses linked to the consumption of raw clover sprouts consumed at Jimmy John’s Restaurants in several states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama
I am sitting in my office in Seattle watching the snowfall on this St. Patrick’s Day while working on one of the latest food disasters – Listeria in cantaloupe. I was reminded by the staff at Food Safety News that my “Publisher’s Platform” was due. After spending most of my day reading about the horrible
The 2010 NARMS (National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System) Report (FULL REPORT PDF) fell into my inbox today. According to the Report, for 2010, 5,280 retail meat samples were collected from 10 CDC FoodNet sites, including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Tennessee and the Pennsylvania Department
Matt Bewig
Bowing to industry lobbying, the Obama administration has proposed eliminating a program that tests fresh produce for food-borne diseases like the listeria outbreak in cantaloupe that killed 36 people in 2011. The USDA microbiological data program (MDP), created by the administration of President George W. Bush in 2001, collects fresh produce
DECEMBER 2011
Multistate Jimmy John’s Restaurants Raw Clover Sprouts 2011
Organism: Non-O157 STEC
Vehicle: Vegetables, Sprouts, Clover Sprouts
On February 15, 2012, the Centers for Disease Control announced an ongoing investigation into illnesses linked to the consumption of raw clover sprouts consumed at Jimmy John’s Restaurants in several states. Among 11 ill persons
Officials in Marin, California had recently reported two cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD). CJD is a rare and fatal brain disease. One type of CJD is Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), sometimes referred to as “mad cow”disease.
Lab results results released today though, indicate that, for at least one of the cases, there is no indication of “mad cow”
Laboratory testing by the Department of Health has identified Clostridium perfringens as the cause of the outbreak associated with the Pierre-Mitchell high school boys’ basketball game held in Pierre January 31. The investigation, which included voluntary questionnaires, implicated the tacos as the source food of the outbreak – of those completing questionnaires, 75% who ate
The other day I said to MSNBC:
“I think it just proves the point that it is always better to be transparent,” said Bill Marler, a Seattle food safety lawyer who used his blog to lobby vigorously for the release of the name. “Taco Bell could have looked like a hero by coming out and saying that