– OPiNION – By Mitzi D. Baum and James Kincheloe The recent media coverage and public outcry over illnesses and two infant deaths associated with recalled powdered infant formula due to Cronobacter contamination is the most recent example that unsafe food is unacceptable. A recent poll of voters, asking about perceptions on Salmonella in poultry, quantified…
The FDA has confirmed five different strains of Cronobacter sakazakii bacteria at a production plant that makes infant formula that has been linked to four illnesses and two deaths. None of the five different strains match two available samples from sick babies, according to an announcement from the Food and Drug Administration. The agency found…
A federal court Monday ordered a Carneys Point, NJ, company to stop distributing adulterated pet food that is in violation of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA). Pet food contaminated with Salmonella puts humans at risk when it is handled by pet owners. In a complaint filed on March 15, the United States…
There is a lack of research on the emerging risks for animal, human and plant health when following a circular economy approach, according to an analysis. An external scientific report, published by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), found evidence gaps exist in relation to the risks to plant, human and animal health and the…
Lauren would have been thirty-six this year, but because of the Jack-in-the Box E. coli Outbreak she will be forever six.We were proud to donate $100,000 to start the fellowship – I am putting up another $50,000 tomorrow.The national nonprofit public health organization STOP Foodborne Illness is accepting applicants for its 2022-2023 Dave Theno Food…
The number of E. coli O157 infections in England shows a downward trend, according to a study covering 11 years of surveillance data. From 2009 to 2019, there were 8,295 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O157 infections reported to national surveillance and 1,472 were classed as outbreak cases. In England, E. coli O157 is a…
The Dollar General Corporation’s “dollar stores” are sometimes used by researchers as a poverty indicator and this year a corner of those more than 18,000 locations in the continental United States were called out for rodents and other sanitation problems. And a federal grand jury has joined these investigations. Dollar Stores with problems were connected with…
Wyoming is unique for many reasons, not the least of which is its interest in its specific wild animals. No other state talks about the movement of Grizzly Bears, wolf packs, or wolverines the way they do in the Cowboy State. So it should come as no surprise that the state’s new program for people…
USDA Lead Animal Health Technician Roberto Adams has pleaded not guilty to the felony charge of bribery of a public official and demanded a jury trial. A Grand Jury indictment accuses Adams of accepting bribes from March 2019 through November 2021 to allow tick-infested and diseased cattle to enter the United States without inspection or…
Another state is thinking about opening the spigots on wide-open retail sales of unpasteurized, raw milk and cream. The Missouri General Assembly has yet to schedule any floor votes, and no additional hearings are on tap, but two House committees support House Bill 1977. And the Assembly is expected to remain in session until mid-May,…
Parents, consumer groups, and a congresswoman want to know why it took the FDA months to begin investigations into infant formula after learning of the beginning of a cronobacter outbreak that has seen at least five babies develop infections with two deaths under investigation. The Food and Drug Administration has yet to answer many questions…
Danish authorities have revealed three people died in an E. coli outbreak this past year. Imported spring onions were investigated as the source. An update by the Statens Serum Institut (SSI) revealed that from Nov. 23 to Dec. 31, 2021, 85 people were infected with EIEC. Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC) is usually associated with travel diarrhea but…