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What you needed to know BEFORE the Salmonella Cantaloupe Outbreak – You should have watched Poisoned

Bill Marler

Here is a sampling: Caito Foods Melon Salmonella Outbreak – Multistate (2018) Chamberlain Farms Cantaloupe Salmonella Outbreak – Multistate (2012) Del Monte Cantaloupe Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuit – Nationwide (2011) Susie Cantaloupe Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuit – Washington (2002) Viva Cantaloupe Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuit – Washington, California (..)

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Did you know that FSIS has a zero tolerance for Salmonella in beef served to school kids, but not for the rest of us?

Bill Marler

Some of that chicken is purchased through typical commercial channels, but schools can also obtain it via the Poultry Products Purchase Program, which is administered by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). Chicken is a major component of the meals served to students. Nevertheless, Salmonella remains the second-most common?cause

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2 sick in New York, 7 sick in Massachusetts and 1 dead in Florida from Listeria tainted Deli Meat

Bill Marler

They reported purchasing prepackaged deli meats and meats sliced at deli counters at various locations. State and local public health officials interviewed ill people about the foods they ate in the month before they became ill. Listeria bacteria can spread easily to other foods and surfaces.

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The Importance of NSF Certification for Restaurant Tools and Knives

Modern Restaurant Management

In 2011, the U.S. Most products that receive the certification bear the NSF mark on their packaging to help buyers make educated purchases. government created the Food Safety Modernization Act , which transformed the nation’s food safety system by shifting the attention from responding to foodborne illness to preventing it.

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

Bill Marler

For “Study II” online and phone order records were used to recruit controls (non-ill Jimmy John’s customers) who purchased food from the same Jimmy John’s locations on the dates as case-patients. Among 29 ill people, illness onset dates ranged from December 25, 2011, to March 3, 2012. Eight patient’s laboratory confirmed with E.

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COVID-19 Fuels Growth in Organic Food Options

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Though certified organic farms have increased 56 percent from 2011, this still only makes up less than one percent of total acres of American farmland, according to Pew Research Center. In the early days of Clean Juice, we did not have USDA-certified organic purchasing power established.

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WaPo – Romaine Industry, time to get your s**t together.

Bill Marler

We also advised people not to eat any romaine they had purchased and to throw it away instead. The Food Safety Modernization Act , signed into law in 2011, places the responsibility on food producers to prevent contamination from occurring and to assure their product is safe. Now, right before Thanksgiving, it’s happening again.

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