Munro Sefcik was a healthy and strong 50 year old when he went to lunch with a friend at a Subway in Charlotte, NC, Monday, March 9, 2015. Wednesday night he was in intensive care
Continue Reading Widow describes husband’s fight with Clostridium perfringens infection
Federal officials today confirmed another E. coli outbreak that they had previously not revealed to the public. Specific details were not available from the CDC or the FDA, but at least four states have been
Continue Reading Feds again withhold information about E. coli outbreak; restaurant chain implicated
Every hour of every day people around the world are living with and working to resolve food safety issues. Here is a sampling of current headlines for your consumption, brought to you today with the
Continue Reading Briefly: Hot stockings — Healthy as a horse — Drugs down
Public Health in King County (Seattle), WA, suspects norovirus caused gastroenteritis at two local restaurants, which are some distance apart and separately owned.
Eight customers of a Normandy Park Subway restaurant are suffering from vomiting,
Continue Reading Two Seattle area restaurants named in norovirus outbreaks
It’s not just for travelers and people at risk anymore.
I spent the last day meeting with the family of a woman that died too young from complications of Hepatitis A after eating tainted scallops
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: It is time to Vaccinate against Hepatitis A
It’s difficult to summarize what happened on the animal antibiotics front this year. There were lots of pledges, lots of discussions and lots of reports, but not very many actions. Still, we still wanted to
Continue Reading 2015 in Review: Animal Antibiotics
Papa John’s is the latest fast-food chain to announce plans to cut out antibiotics from its chicken production. But while McDonald’s set a two-year timeline, Chick-fil-A set a five-year timeline, and Subway was criticized for
Continue Reading Coming Next Summer: Antibiotic-Free Chicken From Papa John’s
Chick-fil-A, McDonald’s, Chipotle, Panera and, most recently, Subway have made public pronouncements indicating their intentions to source their poultry and meat from producers who don’t use antibiotics. The promises usually involve some time in the
Continue Reading Letter From the Editor: It’s Antibiotic Resistance That’s Hard
Only Chipotle and Panera get an A grade on antibiotics policies and sourcing practices, and most other fast food chains fail, according to a report by the Friends of the Earth, Natural Resources Defense Council,
Continue Reading Report Ranks Antibiotics Policies at Fast Food Chains
Last week, officials at Subway said that the fast-food chain plans to switch to chicken raised without antibiotics by next year, but antibiotic preservationists are frustrated by the lack of details from the company. The
Continue Reading Details Sought About Subway’s Switch to Antibiotic-Free Chicken
The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) is warning the public about possible exposure to Hepatitis A after a Subway employee in Morrilton, AR, tested positive for the virus. Anyone who ate food from the Morrilton
Continue Reading Arkansas Officials Warn About Possible Exposure to Hepatitis A at Subway
