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Salmonella Peanut Butter Outbreaks – what have we learned since 2008?

Bill Marler

Friday night the FDA, along with CDC and state and local partners, reported that they are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Senftenberg infections linked to certain Jif peanut butter products produced at the J.M. Smucker Company facility in 2010. Smucker Company facility in Lexington, Kentucky.

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After multiple Jimmy John’s outbreaks the FDA warns them to fix the problems

Bill Marler

From the FDA: Although you stated that corrective actions were implemented following the 2019 and 2012 outbreaks, you have not provided FDA with any information demonstrating long-term, sustainable corrections have been implemented throughout your organization to prevent this violation from recurring in the future. Multistate E.

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Is the FDA reviving the MDP without telling us?

Bill Marler

According to Food Safety News , the FDA is launching a new, temporary testing program for the romaine lettuce from commercial coolers in the Yuma, AZ, growing region. The FDA plans to begin collecting samples from commercial coolers in February and intends to continue sampling through the end of the romaine harvest season in Yuma.

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Canada moves to protect citizens from E. coli-tainted romaine lettuce from the Salinas Valley

Bill Marler

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to identify and respond to any potential outbreaks. coli O157:H7 from 2010 to 2019. FDA Releases Investigation Report Following Fall 2020 Outbreak of E. FDA Leafy Greens STEC Action Plan. Food safety investigations by Canadian and U.S. coli outbreaks. Additional safeguards.

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What up with the Salmonella Peanut Butter and Hepatitis A Strawberry Outbreaks

Bill Marler

FDA conducted WGS analysis on an environmental sample collected at the Lexington, Kentucky, J.M. Smucker Company facility in 2010. The analysis shows that this 2010 environmental sample was closely related genetically to the outbreak strain. WGS showed that bacteria from sick people’s samples were closely related genetically.

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Abbott, infant formula manufacturer, my advice, lawyer-up with some good criminal defense lawyers

Bill Marler

Abbott’s infant formula production facility in Sturgis, MI, has undergone twenty-seven FDA inspections since October 2008, according to the FDA’s inspection database. In October 2010, the FDA inspector cited the company for three issues, specifically: Effective measures are not being taken to exclude pests from the processing areas.

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So, what’s the cause of the recent E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak?

Bill Marler

Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) – I do not recall a CDC post recently that included working with both the FSIS (regulates, Beef, Pork, Poultry and Catfish) and the FDA (regulates everything else). Beef, 2010, 21 cases, 43% female.

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