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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

Sprouts have long been a problem as my friend Doug has repeatedly warned on Barfblog : Kate Bernot of The Take Out wrote , “If you ask anyone in food safety, ‘What is the one food you will not eat?’ I’ve asked him whether food-safety fears about sprouts—those tiny, crunchy squiggles in your salad or sandwich—are well-founded.

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4 Star Reps Acquires RC Hospitality

Foodservice Equipment Reports

Two manufacturers’ rep firms—4 Star Reps and RC Hospitality—have merged. RC Hospitality, founded by Robin Carmeans in 2012, specializes in tabletop, buffet displays, smallwares, food safety solutions, chef apparel and textiles. “This change for 4 Star Reps and RC… Source

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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

The NSLP used about $9 million worth of raw and $240 million worth of processed chicken products in the 2009-10 school year (USDA, FNS, 2012). Like all chicken sold in interstate commerce, the chicken purchased by AMS for the NSLP must meet Federal food safety standards, including tolerances for Salmonella spp.

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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). So, meat, leafy greens or something else?

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Seriously, why in hell are the USDA and CDC not protecting the public from Salmonella Infantis in Chicken?

Bill Marler

Illness caused by the persistent strain of Salmonella Infantis REPJFX01 was first reported to PulseNet in 2012. Among the same subset of patients, 29 percent were hospitalized and 7 percent were admitted to intensive care units. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.

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What is it with Cantaloupe and Bacteria?

Bill Marler

That is saying a lot given that the Centers for Disease Control and prevention estimate that food sickens 48,000,000, hospitalizes 135,000 and kills over 3,000 each year. Those same retailers distance themselves from such behavior, clucking constantly about food safety from “farm to fork” and creating a “culture of food safety.”

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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.