The Coast Guard’s 65 signal flags and pennants were part of Scott Benson’s life for 20 years. He retired with the rank of Commander and now finds himself an elected Detroit City Councilmember, chairing the
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Denmark hit by E. coli O157 outbreak with 10 ill
Officials in Denmark are investigating an outbreak of E. coli that has sickened 10 people.
Statens Serum Institut (SSI) reports the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak began in May and the source of infection is not
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Salmonella and E. coli behind six outbreaks each last year in Scotland
Shiga-toxin producing E. coli and Salmonella both caused six outbreaks last year in Scotland, according to figures from Health Protection Scotland.
Data comes from ObSurv, a surveillance system established in 1996 for general outbreaks of
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Farm linked to E. coli outbreak halts ice cream sales and animal contact
Ice cream production and contact with calves has been stopped while investigations continue into an E. coli outbreak in Iceland, according to one of the owners of the farm.
A cluster of Shiga toxin producing
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Growers Express expands recall; doesn’t name vegetable supplier
Growers Express is again telling consumers to toss out certain fresh vegetable products because of a test result showing Listeria contamination, but it’s not telling them who supplied the implicated vegetables.
In an expansion to
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Amos Miller gets his legal team back together and plans to fight FSIS in federal court
Amos Miller and Miller’s Organic Farm had to terminate their defense attorneys two years ago during a federal court case because Miller couldn’t pay all the legal bills.
In a new federal civil case that
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English E. coli cases linked to travel to Egypt
Public Health England has issued a warning after almost 20 cases of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli infection were found in people returning from Egypt this year.
All travelers had been to the Hurghada region of
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Import alerts include cheese, seafood, herbs, pet treats, allergens, misbranding
The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.
Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as
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New E. coli outbreak linked to ground bison; patients confirmed in 7 states
An international investigation is underway as public health officials report more than 20 people have been infected with E. coli linked to ground bison, which is now under recall.
“As of July 16, Northfork Bison
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Nationwide recall includes dozens of products, many sent to regional grocery chains
Dozens of hummus products sold under several grocery brands as well as others are under recall after Listeria monocytogenes was found at a manufacturing facility.
Pita Pal Foods LP of Houston did not report how
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Exemptions added to state public disclosure act to get FDA to resume sharing information
The Washington State Department of Agriculture is about to find out if appeasement works with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
In 2018 the FDA stopped sharing nonpublic information with the state department (WSDA), and
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