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Public Health and Safety RSS FeedsUS: What does the label on your chicken really mean? - (Science Daily) - According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)—“100 percent natural” means the poultry doesn’t contain artificial ingredients like preservatives. But experts warn—there are no guarantees. “100 percent natural—remember—no inspections are done. So we don’t know if those claims are really true,” says Shannon Wallace, R.D., registered dietitian with Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas. Chicken labeled as “organic” must meet much stric...Feed Source: www.extension.iastate.edu US: Start at the store: 7 ways to prevent foodborne illness - (U.S. FDA Press Release) - Safeguarding your home against foodborne illnesses begins not at home, but at the supermarket, grocery store, or any other place where you buy food that you plan to store and serve.
Combating foodborne illnesses is a top priority at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). That's because, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), foodborne ailments cause about 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,200 deaths nationwide each year... OHIO: Man files first lawsuit in Casa Fiesta salmonella outbreak - (LawyersandSettlements.com) - Norwalk, OH -- After eating at Casa Fiesta on April 25, 2008, a man became very ill with Salmonella poisoning. The man, Kody Dewitt, has filed a lawsuit seeking compensation for medical bills and hardships that equal over $25,000. The lawsuit has been filed in Huron County Common Pleas Court and follows an Ohio Department of Health investigation into 25 other confirmed Salmonella cases that have been traced back to Casa Fiesta.
According to the ... NEW YORK: Fairbank Farms recalls 22,000 lbs. of ground beef after plastic pieces found - (Progressive Grocer) - Fairbank Reconstruction Corp., Ashville, N.Y., recalled approximately 22,481 pounds of ground beef distributed to retailers because the product might contain pieces of plastic, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said yesterday.
Fairbanks said it had distributed the products to Northeast grocers Price Chopper, Shaw's, BJ's, and Wilson Farms, as well as wholesaler C&S Wholesale, to stores in Connecticut, Maryla... US: Scientists closer to developing botulinum toxin antidote - (Empowher.com) - U.S. scientists say they've made a breakthrough in efforts to develop an effective antidote for botulinum toxin, which is a common cause of food poisoning and a potentially devastating biological weapon. One gram of the poison can kill hundreds of thousands of people, according to defense experts, BBC News reported.
The Clostridium botulinum bacterium produces seven different neurotoxins that can block the chemicals nerve cells use to communicat... EU: US poultry ban to be lifted? - (Independent Online) - Brussels -- European sources were cited as saying on Tuesday Brussels will in May propose lifting an EU import ban on US poultry, adopted due to health fears over a chlorine washing process.
The European Commission initiative foresees several health conditions linked to the lifting of the ban, including a requirement for the US industry to rinse the meat in drinking water after it has been disinfected with chlorine or sodium solutions.
The prop... ABSTRACT: Impact of vacuum cooling on Escherichia coli O157:H7 infiltration into lettuce tissue - (Applied and Environmental Microbiology, May 2008, p. 3138–3142 Vol. 74, No. 10) - Applied and Environmental Microbiology, May 2008, p. 3138–3142 Vol. 74, No. 10
Vacuum cooling is a common practice in the California leafy green industry. This study addressed the impact of vacuum cooling on the infiltration of Escherichia coli O157:H7 into lettuce as part of the risk assessment responding to the E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks associated with leafy green produce from California. Vacuum cooling significantly increased the infiltration... UK: Church holy water 'from drains' - (BBC News) - Hundreds of gallons of water which rose from the cellar of a Cambridgeshire church are believed to have come from an old drain.
Water was coming up from underneath the Trinity Church in March at a rate of about 10 gallons (45 litres) an hour.
Reg Kemp, property steward of Trinity Church, had drunk the "holy" water and said he hoped it could be bottled and become an attraction.
But an Anglian Water spokesman was cited as saying tests proved it ... NEW ZEALAND: Nutrient levels investigated - (New Zealand Food Saftey Authority) - "Variations in nutrient claims are not a food safety concern andare expected as the level of nutrient on the nutrition panel isbased on an average," says New Zealand Food Safety Authority(NZFSA) Assistant Director (Joint Food Standards) Jenny Reid.Her comments come in response to concerns raised after studiescomparing actual nutrient levels with those claimed on the labelsof a variety of products have found discrepancies.
"A lot of factors will ... Call to minimise BSE testing in FINLAND - (YLE News) - The Finnish Food Safety Authority wants to cut down mad cow disease testing in Finland, reports Savon Sanomat.
Jaana Husu-Kallio, Director General of the Finnish Food Safety Authority, says testing for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE, could be scaled back without risks to human health.
About 120,000 cattle are tested in Finland annually. The only mad cow disease case to date in Finland was in 2001. The European Union will look into cha... TEXAS: Restaurant reports - (Houston Community Newspapers Online) - Editor’s note: The Courier each week runs a summary of reports on area restaurant inspections by the Montgomery County Health Department Environmental Health Services. The departmetn routinely performs food establishment inspections twice per year, or more often if the inspection report was bad resulting in numerous demerits or a complaint was filed. Below are all establishments that reeived no demerits, plus esstablishments each week that receiv... OHIO: Restaurant inspection report - (Newark Advocate) - For the complete list of foodservice inspections and scores, please visit http://www.newarkadvocate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080512/NEWS01/805120305/1002/NEWS01... US: Ninety percent of consumers trust supermarket meat and poultry: FMI report - (Meatingplace.com) - Ninety percent of consumers agree with the statement, "I trust the meat, poultry and fish my grocery store sells is safe," according to the Food Marketing Institute's U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends 2008 report, released last week.
They express less trust in the government: 79 percent agree with the statement, "I trust the U.S. Department of Agriculture to ensure that the food I purchase is safe." Only 76 percent hold this view about the FDA, the su... Secretary Leavitt travels to the People's Republic of CHINA to check up on efforts to improve product safety - (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Mike Leavitt is visiting the People's Republic of China this week to strengthen bilateral efforts to improve the safety of products on which consumers in both nations depend every day.
The week-long trip to Beijing and Shanghai includes meetings with senior Government officials from China's Ministry of Health (including the State Food and Drug Administration) and from China's General A... ILLINOIS: Food safety violations rising in county; Health department spots troubling trend during inspections - (The Register-Mail) - GALESBURG — Brenda and Bill Egenlauf don't see the Knox County Health Department's food service inspections as an inconvenience.
'One of the inspectors remarked that when she walks in nobody runs to our kitchen and announces ‘The health department is here,' Brenda Egenlauf said. 'We don't get a 100 on our inspections, but I don't know a day-to-day restaurant that does. We just make sure the issues on the inspection report are part of our culture... Copyright © 2008, Curse Buster Sound. All Rights Reserved. |