38 Sickened in UK E. Coli Outbreak Linked to Prepackaged Salad By News Desk  Health officials in England are tracking an outbreak of E. coli O157 linked to prepackaged salad that has sickened 38 people. The Verocytotoxigenic E. coli (VTEC) cases were first identified in early August 2015 by whole genome sequencing. As of Sept. 3, the cluster includes 38 confirmed cases, with one additional probable case and four possible cases for... Continue Reading
Why the CEO and Board Need to Pay Attention to FSMA By Bill Marler  In the spring of 2007, I was asked to testify before the U.S. House of Representative's Energy and Commerce Committee, which was the committee tasked with modernizing our food safety system. From those hearings, which stretched from 2007 to 2009, came the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). On the Senate side of the hill, work... Continue Reading
Parnell Defense Attorneys: Outbreak Victims Are Not 'Crime Victims' By Dan Flynn  In a legal move that, if successful, could significantly reduce sentences for Stewart and Michael Parnell, defense attorneys in the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) criminal case have presented arguments that individual victims of an outbreak of foodborne illness are not "crime victims" under federal law. The sentencing recommendation that could see Stewart Parnell spending the... Continue Reading
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Schrader Farms Meat Market of Romulus, NY, is recalling approximately 20 pounds of ground beef product that may be contaminated with non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Tuesday. The ground beef item was produced on Sept. 2, 2015. The following product is subject to recall: 1-lb.... 
A Wilmington, NC-based produce dealer known as Farmer's Friend is suing Don Hugo Produce Inc., its Texas supplier of cilantro from farms in Puebla, Mexico. The litigation was brought because that Mexican cilantro has been contaminated with Cyclospora, a parasite which has caused the diarrheal illness known as cyclosporiasis for each of the past four seasons.... 
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