2018 was a bad year for food – Salmonella-tainted Tahini, Chicken, Hamburger (a.k.a. “Hamberders”), Eggs, Turkey, Pasta Salad, Cereal, Melon, Coconut, Chicken Salad, Kratom and Sprouts; E. coli-tainted Romaine Lettuce (2 of them) and Hamburger(a.k.a.
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Is the government shutdown compromising our safety?
I have faith in the consummate professionalism of the 47,000 TSA inspectors as I consider boarding a plane in Seattle on Wednesday for a trip to Chicago for
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An additional 87 ill people from 16 states were included in this investigation since the last update on Nov. 15. States with newly reported illnesses include: Michigan, Mississippi, and West Virginia.
As of Dec.
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Hundreds sicken and hospitalized, dozens with kidney failure and 7 deaths from romaine in the last 12 months in the U.S. and Canada and the response from industry and government has been what? Please put
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2017 and 2018 Romaine E. coli Outbreaks in the United States and Canada
Total Sick – 339
Hospitalized – 159
Kidney Failure – 31
Deaths – 7
In 2017 in Canada, a total, of
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Since I posted the below last week, we have received about a dozen really qualified resumes. If anyone is interested, or knows someone who might be, please contact me before the end of the month.
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As some of the readers might know, in my spare time I am the managing partner at Marler Clark in Seattle. Our long-time Epidemiologist, Patti Waller, has moved into semi-retirement and is running www.outbreakdatabase.com for
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Seventeen people are infected with Salmonella I 4,[5],12:i:- in an outbreak across four states. Eight people have been hospitalized. One person in New York has died. Raw chicken is implicated.
Here is a post
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I just learned one of my friends is pregnant, It made me think about food safety during pregnancy and I thought I would share my thoughts.
We have about 500 “Poisoned” books that we would like to “give away.” All you need to do is subscribe to Food Safety News for the first time (see link above) and then send
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Although the brand was recalled, the Best Buy Date was not part of the recall. My apologies to my friends at Safeway.
On July 23rd Pepperidge Farms recalled Goldfish crackers because they might be tainted
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