Food Safety

FoodSafety: [CanadianRecalls] HEALTH HAZARD ALERT - READY-TO-EAT COOKED MEATS produced by establishment 294 may contain Lister... http://bit.ly/cz2u3c

FoodSafety: [CanadianRecalls] HEALTH HAZARD ALERT - Certain RICHLAND VALLEY and TAKE AWAY CAFÉ brand SANDWICHES may contain Li... http://bit.ly/dD1DYj

Ill people have reported eating at Subway restaurants located in 23 Illinois counties -- Bureau, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Fulton, Knox, LaSalle, Macon, Marshall, Mclean, Moultrie, Ogle, Peoria, Sangamon, Schuyler, Shelby, Tazewell, Vermilion, Warren, Winnebago and Will.  Age range of confirmed cases: 2 to 79. 

(38.6 cases of Salmonella infection for each culture-confirmed case see, http://www.cdc.gov/enterics/publications/374-voetscha1.pdf)

food_democracy: RT @NaomiStarkman: xclnt @amystanden on @kqed on methyl iodide http://bit.ly/admmgy http://huff.to/cpncj0 voice your opposition by 6/2 ...

food_democracy: RT @WholeFoods: Support Moms in need! @WholeFoods will donate $1 for each RT of this msg thru 5/9 (up to $10k) to @NDVH (Nat'l Domestic ...

FoodSafety: Stop & Shop recalls its store brand Fully Cooked, Bone-In Buffalo, Barbecue & Teriyaki Wings - undeclared allergens http://bit.ly/9F9HNq

FoodSafety: NY State Dept. of Ag: Sirob Imports, Inc. recalls Strawberry Farm Sun Dried Tomatoes due to undeclared sulfites http://bit.ly/avIyoK

FoodSafety: AP: U.S. Dept. of Transportation considers banning or restricting peanuts on commercial flights http://bit.ly/b0S3Np

FoodSafety: AP: North Carolina State University researcher finds lax food safety in restaurants http://bit.ly/a1ZXWW

FoodSafety: RT @GOHSEP Louisiana DHH Partially Reopens Oyster Harvesting Area 17: http://bit.ly/agaqC9 #oilspill

FoodSafety: RT @GOHSEP Louisiana DWF Amends Fishing Closure South of Cocodrie in Terrebonne Parish: http://bit.ly/92zpgj #oilspill

FoodSafety: [USDA-FSISNews] USDA To Host Red Meat Mobile Slaughter Unit Information Session http://tinyurl.com/38zfp9m

FoodSafety: [UKAllergyAlert] Wm Morrison Supermarkets recalls its own brand Chicken Chow Mein due to the presence of undeclare... http://bit.ly/bgGcmS

FoodSafety: [AustraliaRecalls] Madelaine Confectionery Pty Ltd—Madelaine Gummy Baby Crocodiles, Madelaine Gummy Day Old Chicks... http://bit.ly/c0fycN

FoodSafety: MDH: Three more E. coli O157:H7 cases in Minnesota linked to raw milk from farm http://bit.ly/c27Hfx

FoodSafety: FDA CVM: The Melamine Story http://bit.ly/bTmAb7 - Video explains how FDA uncovered the adulterant in pet food

food_democracy: Profiling Women Changing the Way We Eat: Suzanne Ashworth http://bit.ly/dtATC7 @Thefarmerjane

food_democracy: #ff @tomphilpott on Florida’s poisoned farmworkers, chefs schooled, Big Food’s raking it in http://bit.ly/afwYBn #ag #bigfood

Not quite sure why I thought about Jim Croce, "Don't Mess Around With Jim," when I saw the Minnesota Department of Health press release, “Three more E. coli cases linked to raw milk from farm 
Additional testing of environmental, animal samples finds outbreak strain,” but I did.

State health officials have identified three additional cases of E. coli O157:H7 illness in Minnesotans linked to consumption of raw milk or other dairy products from a dairy farm in Gibbon, Minnesota.

Since May 26, including the new cases, a total of eight E. coli O157:H7 cases in seven different homes have been linked to products from the Hartmann Dairy Farm.

Two of the newly identified cases occurred in school-aged children who consumed milk from the Hartmann Dairy Farm. Both cases had E. coli O157:H7 with the same DNA fingerprint as five earlier cases associated with dairy products from the Hartmann farm. The other newly reported case occurred in an infant living in the same household as one of the earlier five cases. The infant had a confirmed case of E. coli O157:H7, but no stool sample was available for genetic fingerprinting in the MDH lab.

Health officials said today that 28 environmental and animal samples obtained by the Minnesota Department of Health from the Hartmann farm have now tested positive for E. coli O157:H7. Twenty-six samples had the same DNA fingerprint as the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7. These additional positive samples include environmental samples from the dairy barn where the cows are milked. The DNA fingerprint is unique among the more than 3,000 isolates of E. coli O157:H7 tested at the Minnesota Department of Health since 1993. This strain of E. coli O157:H7 has not previously been found in Minnesota.

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You don't spit into the wind
You don't pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger
And you don't mess around with Team Diarrhea, da do da do...

FoodSafety: WHO issues Guide on Safe Food for Travellers to 2010 #FIFA #WorldCup http://bit.ly/a6WEoS - See also CDC tips http://bit.ly/a4CF4H