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Friday, January 29, 2016

Update on Listeria Outbreak Associated with Salad

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CDC provided an update on the number of listeriosis cases linked to Dole's packaged salads.  There are now 15 cases and 1 death.  Dole h...
Thursday, January 28, 2016

CDC Update - Salmonella Cases Associated with Cucumbers Continue to Trickle In

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 Since CDC's last report in November , 50 more people from 16 states have been reported becoming ill with a specific strain of Salmonell...

Food safety requires the pessimism of intelligence and the optimism of will

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This is based off a quote in the Independent  from Donald Rumsfeld, the former US Defense Secretary,    “As my friend Andre de Staercke once...
Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Pizza Recalled for Mistaking Pork Pepperoni for Beef Pepperoni

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Whole Foods is recalling over 70,000lbs of pepperoni pizza because instead of using beef pepperoni, which is stated on the label, they used ...

Concern for Zika Virus - Mosquito transmitted disease of South and Central America

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The Zika virus is a growing concern as it spreads throughout South and Central America as well as the Pacific Islands.  The mosquito is the ...

Dole Withdrawals Salad Items Linked to Listeria Outbreak

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Dole is conducting a voluntary withdrawal of salad products made in their Springfield, OH facility after being linked to a Listeria outbreak...
Thursday, January 21, 2016

Taking a Cruise - Decreasing Risk of Becoming Sick

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The CDC study recently published showed that the rates of diarrheal illness have decreased from 27.2 cases per 100,000 travel days in 2008 t...
Friday, January 8, 2016

Justice Department Investigations of Companies Involved in Food Outbreaks

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 In a Wall Street Journal Risk Blog, there is discussion on the US Justice Department becoming more interested / involved in the investigati...

Blue Bell Provides Update on Listeria Control Efforts

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Blue Bell provided an update on their enhanced Listeria control systems in the aftermath of the Listeria related recall.   In their press re...