What’s up in Alabama? – E. coli and Salmonella
E. coli and Salmonella Outbreak at unnamed Decatur Church – As many as 19 sick with possibly 2 deaths: WHNT reports that Alabama State epidemiologist Dr. Mary McIntyre confirms there are 19 combined...
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Chia Seed and Powder Salmonella Newport, Hartford, Oranienburg, and Saintpaul...
In Canada, four strains of Salmonella causing illness have been associated with this outbreak: Salmonella Newport and Salmonella Hartford, Salmonella Oranienburg, and Salmonella Saintpaul. In total, 52...
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Legislation Filed to Give FSIS Authority to do Job on Certain Salmonella
Food Safety News reports that Reps. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Louise Slaughter (D-NY) are introducing a bill in the House of Representatives that would give the Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety...
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Canada Keeps Counting, US Far Behind in Salmonella Chia Outbreak
Canada 59 – USA 21 In the United Sates as of June 9, 2014, a total of 21 ill persons infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Newport (13 persons), Salmonella Hartford (6 persons), or...
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“Good on ya,” Foster Farms and FSIS too
Over 1,000,000 pounds of chicken recalled. Over 170 types of products recalled. A few years ago I spent several weeks “Down Under” giving a series of speeches on “Why it is a Bad Idea to Poison your...
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Is this Chicken Adulterated if it has Salmonella on it?
Read the Federal Meat Inspection Act for yourself and decide. Title 21 – FOOD AND DRUGS – CHAPTER 12 – MEAT INSPECTION – SUBCHAPTER I – INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS; ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING – Sec. 601...
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621 Sick with Salmonella in 29 States Linked to Foster Farms Chicken
On July 4, 2014, the CDC reported a total of 621 individuals infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Heidelberg from 29 states and Puerto Rico. Most of the ill persons (76%) have been reported...
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U.S. Attorney Seeks Salmonella Victims
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa is asking people who were sickened by eggs produced by Quality Egg, LLC between about the beginning of 2010 and August 2010 to contact their...
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Foster Farms Lawsuits – Not What You Think
Two months ago Foster Farms filed suit against Orkin pest control for allegedly failing to control cockroaches at one Foster Farms processing plant. The FSIS suspended operations at that Foster Farms...
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Has Foster Farms Chicken Put Our Military At Risk?
Reuter’s P.J. Huffstutter reported this evening that U.S. military bases and military commissaries in five states that supply food to personnel and their families are among the outlets believed to have...
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Remembering the Salmonella Victims of Stewart Parnell and PCA
The criminal trial of Stewart and Michael Parnell, the former PCA chief executive officer and peanut broker for PCA, respectively and Mary Wilkerson, PCA’s former quality control manager is set to...
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PCA Salmonella Criminal Trial Postponed Two Weeks
Food Safety News editor Dan Flynn and reporter Dallas Carter, reported yesterday that The trial of the three former Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) executives that was to begin Monday morning is...
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Bobby Ray – Another Salmonella Death Linked to PCA
Bobby Ray Hullett, known to friends and family as Pete, and his wife Shirley lived in Maiden, North Carolina. The Hulletts were married for forty-five years and worked together at the Southern Glove...
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A Saturday Night Foster Farms Recall Update
FSIS announced this evening to further clarify and correct “Use or Freeze by” and “Best by” date ranges, as well as to provide an updated product list. The product list remains the same and the recall...
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Poison Hundreds with Salmonella and get the Keys to the City
Ramona Giwargis’s article from the Merced Sun Star entitled “Livingston city officials present Foster Farms with key to city” dropped into my inbox a few moments ago and I have been trying to come up...
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Salmonella Chia Powder Sickens 84
As of July 14, 2014, a total of 25 ill persons infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Newport (16 persons),Salmonella Hartford (7 persons), or Salmonella Oranienburg (2 persons) have been...
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One of the Youngest Victims of PCA’s Salmonella Outbreak
Three-year-old Jacob consumed Salmonella-contaminated Austin Toasty Crackers with peanut butter. Jacob’s parents purchased the crackers at Costco Wholesale in Wilsonville, Oregon. Jacob’s stool sample...
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Another Salmonella Death Linked to Peanut Corporation of America
At 6:41 AM, on January 20, 2009, Minnie Borden was pronounced dead. It was a stunning end to an illness that came about all because of an invisible collection of bacteria contained in a package of...
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Another Slow, Painful Death Linked to PCA Peanut Butter
Robert Moss was a true representative of The Greatest Generation. A child of modest means, Robert gave up a college scholarship to fight in the Navy in World War II, where he suffered a severe gunshot...
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Another Family Impacted by Salmonella – Tainted Peanut Butter from PCA
In 2009 Vernon Knudsen was 74 years old and lived with his loving wife, Marjorie, in the small town of Onalaska, Texas, just north of Houston. Vernon was happily retired and normally enjoys a quiet,...
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