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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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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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Jif Salmonella peanut butter outbreak hits Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri, Ohio, North Carolina, New York, South Carolina, Texas, Texas and Washington

Bill Marler

Tonight the FDA, along with CDC and state and local partners, are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Senftenberg infections linked to certain Jif peanut butter products produced at the J.M. FDA conducted Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) analysis on an environmental sample collected at the Lexington, KY, J.M. territories.

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“Sproutbreak” – Punitive Damages claim levied against JIMMY JOHN’s, LLC, an Illinois Limited Liability Company, and INSPIRE BRANDS, INC., a Delaware corporation

Bill Marler

Less than one year later, Jimmy John’s was again implicated in a sprouts-related outbreak prompting a February 2012 announcement that Jimmy John’s Franchise, LLC would be removing all raw clover sprouts from their menus. [4] In 2016, Roark Capital, a private equity firm that would go on to form Inspire Brands, Inc., coli 0103 outbreak. [12]

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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, 2018, 62 cases, 66% female.

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Amos Miller wants to cross state lines to sell his Pennsylvania-made raw milk

Food Safety News

And FDA regulations prohibit raw milk from interstate commerce. Those prohibitions were upheld in 2012 by a federal court. Last month, the FDA urged consumers not to eat Raw Farm brand Raw Cheddar blocks and shredded cheese products responsible for a multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7.

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Wise words from Barfblog: ‘What is the one food you will not eat?’ Raw sprouts tops the list, always.”

Bill Marler

According to the FDA , Sprouts Unlimited of Marion Iowa is recalling clover spouts in 4 oz packages because it may be contaminated with Escherichia coli O103 bacteria ( E. Kroger also stopped selling sprouts in 2012.) In an effort to reduce these outbreaks, the FDA in 2017 collected 825 samples of sprouts from across the U.S.;