January 22nd, 2008 amy
Anyone who ate at Chuy’s Restaurant in Bakersfield between January 4 and 10 is at risk for Hepatitis A infection. An infected employee’s illness has been confirmed. The establishment is now recommending that anyone who ate at the Chuy’s on Rosedale Highway between these dates should be vaccinated. According to a KGET […]
January 22nd, 2008 joshua
The long-term effects of surviving a severe case of food poisoning are just coming to light, according to a report filed by the Associated Press.
High blood pressure, kidney damage and kidney failure are symptoms that have manifested after 10 to 20 years following the acute infection with the food poisoning illness, E. coli. In other […]
January 21st, 2008 joshua
The deeming of cloned meat and milk to be safe for consumption by the Food and Drug Administration last week has the country and world divided on the issue.
But less than a week following that decision, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is asking for a voluntary moratorium on the selling of these products, the Washington […]
January 21st, 2008 amy
In it’s third recall of beans for botulism contamination, over the weekend New Era Canning Company recalled all cans of green beans and garbanzo beans in #10 cans (large cans containing between 6 and 7 pounds) because they may have been processed under conditions which could have led to botulism contamination. The codes on the […]
January 21st, 2008 joshua
The Web site HealthDayNews.com is encouraging consumers to protect themselves against food poisoning, despite the fact that it’s largely the food processor and retailer’s responsibility to ensure safety. It recommends the following guidelines for safe food prep at home:
Cooking eggs until they are done.
Using a food thermometer to ensure ground beef is cooked to […]
January 18th, 2008 joshua
Western growers of leafy greens – namely spinach and lettuce – are enacting standards they hope will avoid another deadly E. coli outbreak.
In 2006, three people died when they ate spinach grown in California. That same spinach presumably sickened another 200 people in 26 states nationwide. The E. coli infection was linked to cow manure […]
January 18th, 2008 amy
The Associated Press reported yesterday that officials found deadly listeria bacteria in seven bottles and on the floor near the homogenizer at the Whittier Farms plant, from which contaminated milk has already killed three elderly Massachusetts men and caused a miscarriage in a pregnant woman. Different listeria strains were found inside four other bottles […]
January 17th, 2008 joshua
Slaughterhouse workers at an Indiana facility fell ill last week and investigators are looking for a connection to a similar outbreak of illness at a Minnesota plant.
The Associated Press reports workers at the Indiana slaughterhouse were on the killing floor’s “head table” where compressed air is used to clear pig brains when they noticed the […]
January 17th, 2008 amy
Diacetyl, a chemical used to give microwave popcorn its buttery flavoring, has been known to cause a painfully debilitating condition called Bronchiolitis Obliterans (commonly called “Popcorn Lung”) in folks who work in popcorn plants. Now, a Denver man who is the first known consumer to develop “Popcorn Lung” has filed a lawsuit. Wayne […]
January 17th, 2008 amy
Rochester Meat Linked to San Diego County Girl’s Illness, County Health Officials Contacting Restaurant Chains
Earlier this week, Rochester Meat Company of Minnesota recalled 188,000 pounds of e. coli contaminated beef products that were distributed to restaurants and food service institutions nationwide between October 30 and November 6. The recall happened after the illnesses of […]
