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All I want for my birthday is Salmonella Free Chicken

Bill Marler

Yesterday was my birthday (65) and I missed this posted by Sandra Eskin, USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety in Health and Safety: Food Safety is About People. million illnesses, 26,500 hospitalizations, 130 outbreaks, and 420 deaths each year. When the U.S. This is nothing new.

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Request for update on Petition to deem Salmonella an Adulterant

Bill Marler

Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety. Food Safety and Inspection Service. Food Safety and Inspection Service. million illnesses, 26,500 hospitalizations, and 420 deaths, and 130 outbreaks each year [6] [7] and unfortunately, the burden on consumers shows no signs of letting up. August 19, 2021.

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What is it with Cantaloupe and Bacteria?

Bill Marler

Like players and the baseball industry, incentives are wrong with cantaloupe growers – actually all food – and the retail industry. In 2011, Listeria -tainted cantaloupes grown in Eastern Colorado sickened 147 in two dozen states, killing at least 33. The farm, as with most food audits, got a superior rating of 96%.

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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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Salmonella declared an Adulterant in certain raw Chicken products – a Baby Step, but a Step forward nonetheless

Bill Marler

Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing that it will be declaring Salmonella an adulterant in breaded and stuffed raw chicken products. Food safety is at the heart of everything FSIS does,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. This is nothing new.

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Hey Chicken Little, the sky will not fall if Salmonella is deemed an adulterant

Bill Marler

19, 2020, we filed a petition with USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), on behalf of Rick Schiller, Steven Romes, the Porter family, Food & Water Watch, Consumer Federation of America, and Consumer Reports. million illnesses, 26,500 hospitalizations, 130 outbreaks, and 420 deaths each year.

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Could Dole and Fresh Express face criminal charges for Listeria Outbreaks?

Bill Marler

A food product is also considered “adulterated” if it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance, which may render it injurious to health. The 1938 Act, and the recently signed Food Safety Modernization Act, stand today as the primary means by which the federal government enforces food safety standards.