Food Safety Official's Ties to Monsanto Spur Petition for Ouster
BloombergFebruary 29, 2012
(MON), a maker of genetically modified food, are fueling an election-year recall push by consumer and public-interest groups flexing their clout on the Internet. Michael Taylor, the Food and Drug Administration's deputy commissioner for food safety, ...more »
FDA Partners with IFSH to Improve Sprout Safety
Food Safety NewsFebruary 29, 2012
The FDA's announcement comes within months of three prominent sandwich restaurant chains choosing to remove sprouts from their menus due to a mounting number of foodborne illness outbreaks linked to the food. Most recently, Jimmy John's decided to stop ...more »
See Something Say Something; rodents insects tooth false nail metal foodborne...
barfblog (blog)February 29, 2012
A small dead rodent in a bag of bananas; a bolt complete with nut and washer in meatballs; food contaminated with live and dead insects; a tooth; a false nail; pieces of metal; plastic rubber tubing; and a plaster. Other complaints ranged from ...more »
UGA Cooperative Extension Family and Consumer Sciences update
Forest BladeFebruary 28, 2012
My two major areas of focus are Reduce Risk of Foodborne Illness and Decrease Morbidity from Chronic Disease through Nutrition Practices. I have had multiple opportunities to deliver a wonderful program, “Fit as a Fiddle, Body & Mind.more »
Avoid high-risk foods, food-safety expert recommends
Medical XpressFebruary 28, 2012
In the last 15 years, there have been at least 30 reported cases of foodborne illness linked to raw sprouts. It seems that hardly a week goes by without another reported case of some food being blamed for causing people to get sick.more »
E. coli Lawyer Calls on Restaurants to Ban Raw Sprouts on Ready-to-Eat Foods
SunHerald.comFebruary 28, 2012
MINNEAPOLIS -- Restaurants, commercial kitchens and other food service providers should cease serving raw sprouts of any kind unless an explicit food safety warning is provided on menus, national E. coli lawyer Fred Pritzker announced.more »
Contaminated food risks higher under Obama plan
Mid Columbia Tri City HeraldFebruary 28, 2012
The government's tests admittedly are limited, but they're still the best tool to track outbreaks of foodborne illnesses. While a few days may seem like an agonizing wait to figure out why people are getting sick or dying, especially if the cause is ...more »
E. coli Lawyer Calls on Restaurants to Ban Raw Sprouts on Ready-to-Eat Foods
MarketWatch (press release)February 28, 2012
Pritzker, who represents victims of foodborne illness in practically every major US outbreak, said that more than a decade of concentrated effort by regulators and sprout suppliers has failed to make raw sprouts safe to eat. The latest of far too many ...more »
5 Things in Your Kitchen That Could Make You Sick
Huffington PostFebruary 28, 2012
Every year, 76 million Americans get sick from food, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Nothing you can do will ever guarantee 100 percent protection against food-borne illness, but taking certain precautions can help reduce your risk.more »
Avoid high-risk foods, food-safety expert recommends
HealthCanal.comFebruary 27, 2012
In the last 15 years, there have been at least 30 reported cases of foodborne illness linked to raw sprouts. As consumers, we start to ask whether any foods are safe to eat. While it is unlikely that we can completely eliminate the risk of foodborne ...more »
Obama and Vilsack Bow to Produce Lobbyists and Eliminate Program to Test for ...
Food Poison JournalFebruary 27, 2012
Bowing to industry lobbying, the Obama administration has proposed eliminating a program that tests fresh produce for food-borne diseases like the listeria outbreak in cantaloupe that killed 36 people in 2011. The USDA microbiological data program ...more »
Food Safety: 5 Things in Your Kitchen That Could Make You Sick
Huffington PostFebruary 27, 2012
Every year, 76 million Americans get sick from food, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Nothing you can do will ever guarantee 100 percent protection against food-borne illness, but taking certain precautions can help reduce your risk.more »
Obama and Vilsack Bow to Produce Lobbyists and Eliminate Program to Test for ...
AllGovFebruary 27, 2012
Bowing to industry lobbying, the Obama administration has proposed eliminating a program that tests fresh produce for food-borne diseases like the listeria outbreak in cantaloupe that killed 36 people in 2011. The USDA microbiological data program ...more »
The enemy within
Fiji TimesFebruary 26, 2012
Food-borne diseases are a public health concern. Picture: GOOGLE IF you understand your enemies well, then you will be able to defeat them. But if you don't understand them well, then they will certainly defeat you. This is more so as far as the safety ...more »
Unpasteurized milk gets failing grade in U.S. study
Owen Sound Sun TimesFebruary 26, 2012
By Tracey Richardson A new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says unpasteurized milk is 150 times more likely to cause outbreaks of food-borne illness than pasteurized products. Outbreaks linked to raw milk also led to higher ...more »
