Best of Baltimore August 18 party linked to possible Salmonella or...
According to news reports, health officials in Baltimore and Maryland are investigating an outbreak of Foodborne illness to some that attending the Best of Baltimore event. Press reports indicate that...
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Salmonella outbreak perking in Pennsylvania
We are tracking an outbreak of at least two people who dined at the same nationwide chain restaurant on the same day in Western Pennsylvania. More to come.
View ArticleMystery Cantaloupe Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak sickens 87 in US
No details about those sickened, no details about the grower, processor or seller, and no details about the conditions that allowed for the contamination? Where is the “root cause analysis?” I have a...
View ArticleNovember 3, 2022 – FSIS – Virtual Public Meeting on Reducing Salmonella in...
DATE AND TIME November 3, 2022, from 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. ET The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is considering a regulatory framework for a new strategy to control Salmonella in raw...
View ArticleKerry manager pleads guilty to introduction of Salmonella adulterated food
A former quality assurance director for food manufacturer Kerry Inc. pleaded guilty today to charges related to the manufacture of a breakfast cereal linked to a 2018 outbreak of salmonellosis, or...
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FDA and FSIS active investigations – Lots of Salmonella, Listeria and E. coli...
One mystery Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak has sickened 254. And, FDA (and state health departments and the CDC), I still am not sure why you closed the investigation with nearly 400 sick (100...
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Hey, USDA FSIS, stop ruining our Thanksgiving and PLEASE ban Salmonella from...
Honestly, when it come to Salmonella in poultry, little has changed since Frontline did this groundbreaking documentary nearly 10 years ago. Although the focus was on chicken, the same issues surround...
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Dr. Esteban, all I want for Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa is for Salmonella...
Dr. Jose Emilio Esteban as been appointed and confirmed as the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Under Secretary for Food Safety.Hanukkah Dr. Esteban was...
View ArticleSome Past Sprout Lawsuits
Caldwell Foods Alfalfa Sprouts Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuit – California (2010) Harmony Farms Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuits – Washington & Oregon (2003) Jimmy John’s & Tiny Greens Organic Farms...
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Past time for a Warning Label for Sprouts?
According to the CDC, as of December 29, 2022, a total of 15 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella have been reported from three states Nebraska (8), Oklahoma (1) and South Dakota (6)....
View ArticleMr. Smucker, you need a good criminal lawyer because you sold Salmonella...
The key points of this warning letter are in BOLD below: WARNING LETTER 638042 Dear Mr. Smucker: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services Food...
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FDA and CDC working on 3 active foodborne illness investigations – 2...
Mystery Listeria: As of February 14, 2023, a total of 11 people infected with the outbreak strain of Listeria have been reported from 10 states – Arkansas, California, Colorado, Michigan, Missouri,...
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Why do people do Sprouts with Salmonella?
On Feb. 28, 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that the multistate outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium infections linked to Sun Sprouts-brand alfalfa sprouts grown by...
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Behind the scenes of Salmonella outbreaks linked to food animals
I have the Honor to speak today at this conference. It is our pleasure to invite you to a symposium sponsored by the University of Minnesota. There is no fee for this in-person symposium designed to...
View ArticleA bit(e) of history of flour related outbreaks
With another flour-related foodborne illness outbreak brewing – this time Salmonella – a bit(e) of history might be on the menu. Here is the latest one: As of March 30, 2023, 12 people infected with...
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Marler, what’s your next project?
Someone asked me in an email this morning. I said, I was not done trying to Get the F out of the FDA. Far too many lives depend on the FDA paying more attention to food safety and human nutrition. We...
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USDA takes step in right direction: Salmonella is an Adulterant on “some”...
This was embargoed until a few moments ago. USDA Proposes Declaring Salmonella an Adulterant in Breaded Stuffed Raw Chicken Products WASHINGTON, April 25, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s...
View ArticleWhy did the CDC and FDA not make public a 2022 Cantaloupe Salmonella...
In August 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state partners conducted an outbreak investigation into a multistate outbreak of...
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We need to teach more science to lawyers and insurance companies
My law practice lives and breathes the science of foodborne illness epidemiology. Stool cultures, incubation periods, case control studies and genetic fingerprinting make or break causation in cases....
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