Just landed in Norway, and the first thing I read off the plane was Tom Gremillion’s new piece for the Consumer Federation of America, “Food Safety and Corruption.” Read the whole thing. Nobody in Washington connects the dots on food safety better than Tom, and nobody says it more plainly. Thank you, Tom — for the piece, […]
Morning Edition, April 12, 2007 · Lettuce and spinach crops are in the ground now in California’s Salinas Valley. They’ll soon be arriving as pre-washed bagged leafy greens at your local supermarket. But after last fall’s big E. coli outbreak in spinach that sickened 200 people and killed three, the big question is, are those […]
From Times Staff Reports April 13, 2007 A 15th person has tested positive for E. coli linked to the outbreak originating at a Foothill Ranch restaurant, authorities said Thursday. The latest victim, a young adult who ate at the restaurant March 23, was not hospitalized, an Orange County Health Care Agency spokesman said. Fourteen of […]
I have learned that the current Salmonella Tennessee case stool and urine positives (substantial numbers of ill people had urinary tract infections instead of stool cultures) have risen to 563 in 47 States. The first reported case is in August 2006 and remaining constant, but low, through September, spiking in October, November, December and then […]
Tom Ragan, Sentinel staff writer, wrote today – Leafy green growers, shippers face three strikes rule It’s three strikes or they’re out for growers, shippers or handlers who violate food safety standards designed to prevent future E. coli outbreaks. The new policy is expected to be passed later this month in Sacramento by the California […]
Sylvester, Georgia – Thousands of people worldwide were sickened by Sylvester produced Peter Pan and Great Value Peanut Butter and are suing ConAgra Foods. Ten attorneys were allowed inside the plant Monday to see for themselves how salmonella bacteria ended up inside peanut butter jars. Lawyers, photographers, and engineers walked the roof of ConAgra Foods, […]
The Associated Press out of Atlanta broke our visit to the ConAgra Peanut Butter plant in Sylvester, Georgia ConAgra’s Leaking Roof Lawyers and investigators visit south Ga. peanut butter plant An army of plaintiffs’ lawyers and investigators is inspecting the south Georgia peanut butter plant linked to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than […]
Two new cases of E. coli bacteria infection among people who ate at a Lake Forest restaurant were confirmed Saturday and health officials said the restaurant would be closed until further notice. The other latest case involves an employee who tested positive for E. coli despite not reporting any early symptoms. Restaurant officials voluntarily closed […]
According to a breaking AP story: Young E. coli victim improves, could leave intensive care A girl hospitalized with an E. coli infection after eating at a restaurant was expected to be transferred out of intensive care by the weekend, a hospital spokeswoman said Friday. The 12-year-old girl was one of 10 people sickened by […]
Authorities say three more cases of E, coli have been identified among customers of an Orange County restaurant, bringing the number of people sickened to ten. The Orange County Health Agency says interviews with all ten people confirmed they ate at a restaurant in Lake Forest on March 23rd or 24th. The agency says officials […]
See post at www.salmonellablog.com According to Associated Press reports: ConAgra spokeswoman Stephanie Childs said the company traced the Salmonella outbreak to three incidents in its Sylvester, Ga., plant last August. The plant’s roof leaked during a rainstorm and the sprinkler system went off twice because of a faulty sprinkler, which was repaired. The moisture from […]
What is Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS)? Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) (see www.about-hus.com) is a severe, life-threatening complication of an E. coli O157:H7 bacterial infection (see www.about-ecoli.com). Although most people recover from an E. coli O157:H7 infection, about 5-10% of infected individuals goes on to develop HUS. Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome was first described in 1955, and […]
Since the news first broke of E. coli illnesses tied to an Orange County buffet-type restaurant, we have received several calls from folks who believe that they have been sickened. We are investigating those claims. When I first heard about an E. coli outbreak tied to a buffet-restaurant, I must admit I was not too […]
The Orange County Register reports that a restaurant and the Orange County Health Department try to pinpoint origin of illness The restaurant, a San Diego-based salad-bar chain, is cooperating with Orange County health officials who are trying to pinpoint the food that caused six children and one adult to get sick after eating at a […]
Susan Salisbury staff writer of the Palm Beach Post wrote an article published on Monday, April 02, 2007 – excerpts below The crusading journalist Upton Sinclair stunned the nation in 1906 with his book The Jungle, which exposed deplorable, dangerous conditions in the slaughterhouses of Chicago. Later that year, Congress acted, and the rules it […]
Peep, chirp, quack! one chick just hatched Th CDC warns the public of the risk of Salmonella being transferred from chicks to humans. Why parents should think twice before giving baby birds for Easter: Easter brings to mind brightly colored eggs, baskets full of candy, and large chocolate bunnies. Traditions associated with the Easter season […]