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The Produce Industry, the FDA, the Congress and the President have blood on their hands

Bill Marler

Of 185 people with information available, 96 (52%) have been hospitalized. Forty-four (44) individuals have been hospitalized. Leaving the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state health departments in the dark about the incidence of pathogens in fresh produce commodities.

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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. All 8 were female.

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Remembering another Deadly Cantaloupe Outbreak

Bill Marler

Of 362 people with information available, 158 (44%) were hospitalized. Sixty-one (61) individuals have been hospitalized. In 2011, a multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections involving 5 distinct strains was associated with consumption of cantaloupe grown at Jensen Farms’ production fields in Granada, Colorado.

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Ode to the Microbiological Data Program (MDP) – Its past time for a comeback

Bill Marler

Of 185 people with information available, 96 (52%) have been hospitalized. Forty-four (44) individuals have been hospitalized. Two days later, the recall was greatly expanded and the FDA warned the public to not eat the recalled melons after agency officials reported unsanitary conditions at the company’s packing shed.

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Outbreak Database – Decades of Cantaloupe Outbreaks – Chemicals, Campylobacter, Salmonella, E. coli, Norovirus and Listeria

Bill Marler

2011 Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Panama Linked to De Monte Cantaloupe Del Monte Fresh Produce recalled whole cantaloupes after an epidemiologic link was found between the cantaloupe and an outbreak of Salmonella Panama. Four people were hospitalized. Illness onset dates ranged from June 6 to July 15, 2011. No one died.

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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). Romaine, 2011, 58 cases, 59% female.

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FDA publishes rule for production of sprouts

Food Safety News

The FDA has released its final food safety guidance for producers of sprouts, a food that has been linked to several outbreaks in recent years. Between 1996 and 2020, the FDA reported 52 foodborne illness outbreaks linked to sprouts, which are produced in conditions ideal for pathogen growth. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.

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