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The sad thing about doing this kind of work for over 30 years is that my memory still functions and I recall too much.
On New Years Eve Day, FSIS push out the following recall notice:
Valley Meats, LLC, a Coal Valley, Ill. establishment, is recalling approximately
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: Remembering another Valley Meats E. coli recall
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Today, September 18, would be my son, Riley Detwiler’s 32nd birthday.
Earlier this year, I had the privilege and heartache of being part of the recently released Netflix documentary, “Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food.” In addition to offering insights from my food safety career over the past 30 years
Continue Reading Poisoned: A memorial and a call for courage in food safety
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Editor’s note: This column was originally published by MEDPAGETODAY and is reposted here with permission.
In August 2006, Ruby Trautz of Omaha, Nebraska was the first person of several to die in a foodborne outbreak after eating uncooked baby spinach laced with E. coli 0157:H7, a
Continue Reading Netflix documentary ‘Poisoned’ shows tragic truth about food safety in America
It’s prime mushroom hunting time in much of the United States, but foragers need to have a keen eye or an expert opinion to avoid serious consequences.
A recent mushroom poisoning case in Massachusetts has illustrated again how people who forage mushrooms can find themselves carrying home a basket of
Continue Reading Misidentification increases the risk of poisoning as mushroom hunters head out to forage
Editor’s note: This story was originally published by The Ohio State University and is republished here with permission. The author is Barbara Kowalcyk, Kevin’s mother.
Kevin came into our lives early in the morning on December 10, 1998. Our second child – our first son – immediately captured our hearts
Continue Reading Remembering Kevin: There was no accountability
Sarah Schacht is part of a select group of people with the distinction of falling ill with E. coli in two separate outbreaks. First a victim in Seattle’s Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak of 1993 at the age of 13, Schacht was sickened again 20 years later after
Continue Reading Consumer who fell ill after eating Daily Harvest tells her story
Editor’s note: This essay was written as a Final Assignment for the Food Safety Litigation course at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville and was selected by the professors as one of the top essays in the class. The course is taught by attorneys Denis Stearns and Bill Marler.
By Tami Kelley
Continue Reading Salmonella potentially changed my granddaughter’s life
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Santé publique France reports that as of 13/04/2022, 53 confirmed cases have been identified, of which 51 are linked to O26 strains, and 2 to O103 strains. For 26 other cases of HUS and STEC infections notified to Public Health France, investigations are ongoing.
These 53 cases occurred in
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: Your child should not get E. coli and kidney failure or die from eating a pizza
Five years ago, three-year-old Jordin Du Preez was fed a polony sandwich at her preschool. The Tiger Brand’s polony in the sandwich was contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes and nearly killed Jordin and her classmates and left them with debilitating health consequences.
The Tiger Brands polony listeriosis outbreak began at the
Continue Reading Mother describes daughter’s near death from 2017 Tiger Brands Listeria outbreak
“They took away something that I was waiting for almost eight years of my life.”
Over the course of their first eight years of marriage, South African Thenjiwe Dodo and her husband tried to have a child. In 2018, after eight years, and eight miscarriages, Thenjiwe was one month away
Continue Reading South African mother loses newborn to listeriosis in 2018 Tiger brand polony outbreak
