Doug Powell below writes in his Barfblog about the delay in CDC notifying the public about the source of the current SE outbreak in eggs. The CDC went public in mid August when apparently sufficent information existed in late July to implicate Iowa’s Wright Egg Farms.
Other outbreaks in the recent past had the same scenario, a…
The FDA is investigating a nationwide outbreak of Salmonella in shell eggs.
http://www.emergencyemail.org/newsemergency/anmviewer.asp?a=578&z=34&ref=fem
While many believe that contaminated water and feed and rodents are to blame, if you go further back into the causation you will find that the egg is contaminated because of the absence of salmonella pullorum in the gut of the chicken.…
Florida presses on its reckless path of destroying public health and continues its sinking spiral of deregulation. Here is another story about how political pressure by industry and lack of public outrage whittles away our safety net. All of this is occurring at a point in time where federal efforts are strengthening public health agencies to protect the food
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8-4-10
An Open Letter to Carol B. Dover of the Florida Restaurant Association.
Dear Ms Dover:
In reply to your recent Tampa Tribune article
,http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/aug/04/na-food-inspections-strong/
you failed to mention several important facts about your involvement in food safety and inspections in Florida. From an historical perspective, I have personally seen…