Opinion
At the risk of beating this issue to death, I found yet another blog post I did several years ago on the issue of transparency in how public health deals with the public’s right
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Publisher’s Platform: A bit more about the FDA and lack of Transparency
Opinion
The Halloween disclosure of a multistate E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce raises another concern about the FDA and transparency — the failure to disclose where consumers purchased the tainted product. The FDA,
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Publisher’s Platform: It is not like I have not been preaching transparency for some time
Opinion
There has been yet another romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak. This time with 23 people infected from July 12 to Sept. 8 in a dozen states. Eleven people were hospitalized. However, the outbreak was
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Publisher’s Platform: Goodness, it is almost that time of the year
It is hard to believe that 2019 is drawing to a close.
The weather here in Seattle is quickly turning to Fall. The changing colors reminded me that I needed to jump-start our Food Safety
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Publisher’s Platform: Minnesota State Fair reports E. coli cases linked to animal contact – what a surprise?
Opinion
The best way to keep the lawyers out of it is to keep the children safe.
Yesterday the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) reported that it is investigation an outbreak of E. coli O157
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Publisher’s Platform: Journal of Pediatrics weighs in on E. coli Outbreak linked to Soy Nut Butter
Opinion
I.M. Healthy – goodness the irony.
For a bit(e) of history: In the Spring of 2017, the CDC reported that thirty-two people infected with the outbreak strains of E. coli O157: H7 were reported
Publisher’s Platform: Hey, CDC, time to recommend Food Service Workers be vaccinated against hepatitis A
Presently, there has been outbreaks of hepatitis A that were first identified in 2016. I started noticing the outbreak in San Diego in 2016, spreading to Utah, Kentucky and beyond. Now 30 states have publicly
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Publisher’s Platform: FSIS knows your chicken is tainted, says it’s OK to sell, but tells you not to wash it
By warning you not to wash chicken (or other poultry), FSIS correctly recognizes the risk of cross-contamination in your kitchen and the risk that it poses to you and your family – especially children and
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Publisher’s Platform: Hey, Washington State Health Authorities and Restaurants, make me proud and let’s vaccinate against Hepatitis A
Last week the Washington State Department of Health declared an outbreak of hepatitis A in multiple counties in people who are living homeless or who use drugs. The outbreak includes 13 confirmed cases: nine in
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Publisher’s Platform: Restaurant Hepatitis A challenge – agree to vaccinate your employees and I will not sue you
From yesterday: “The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) is warning of a possible hep A exposure after an employee of the McDonald’s in Trumann tested positive for the virus.”
In 2000, I wrote this:
20 years for licking ice cream, 0 years for 10 Listeria illnesses with 3 deaths
Opinion
I gave the office the 5th off, but had the opportunity to talk with Fox 10 about the “Blue Bell Licker.” According to the report:
Police in East Texas say they have spoken with