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November 18, 2005 • Salmonella
Recall: Ocean Pearl Clam Meat
Yu I Hsiang U.S.A. Corp. dba Fortuna Seafoods of Rosemead, California has recalled approximately 782 cases of Ocean Pearl brand Wild Caught Clam Meat that are fully cooked but quick frozen. Each case contains 24 1-pound packages to a case. The company’s clam meat has shown to be contaminated with …
November 18, 2005 • Hepatitis A
State’s eatery watch too lax
11/18/2005 By: Bill Vidonic – Times Staff The Pennsylvania auditor general’s office said Thursday that thousands of restaurants and fast-food facilities across the state were not inspected properly, but received license renewals anyway – information uncovered in an audit prompted by the 2003 hepatitis A outbreak in Beaver County. According …
November 18, 2005 • Hepatitis A
Audit faults restaurant inspections
Pittsburgh Tribune Review By staff and wire reports Friday, November 18, 2005 Thousands of Pennsylvania restaurants have been licensed in recent years without the required annual inspections for sanitation and health, according to a new state audit prompted by a deadly outbreak of hepatitis A at a Beaver County restaurant …
November 18, 2005 • Hepatitis A
Pa. restaurant inspections lacking
LATEST NEWS Pittsburgh Business Times 11/17/2005 Nearly a quarter of the state’s 17,000 restaurants, bars and retail food purveyors have been licensed in recent years without annual health and sanitation inspections, the auditor general said Thursday. About 4,000 eateries had license renewals even though they had not been inspected for …
November 18, 2005 • Events & Speaking Engagements
Mealey's Foodborne Illness Liability Teleconference (2005)
Bruce Clark participated in the Mealey's Foodborne Illness Liability Teleconference, in which he discussed techniques for settling and litigating foodborne illness cases, dealing with class action litigation and negative publicity, and regulatory and legislative efforts that affect food liability cases. …
November 17, 2005 • Outbreaks
November 17, 2005 • Outbreaks
November 16, 2005 • Salmonella
International Partnership for Poultry Safety
Agricultural Research magazine reports that Bruce Seal, research leader for the ARS Poultry Microbiological Safety Research Unit in Athens, Georgia, is directing a group in the area of reducing food borne bacterial pathogens like Campylobacter and Salmonella by testing purified bacteriocins on broiler chickens challenged and colonized with either Salmonella …
November 16, 2005 • Hepatitis A
Sanitary conditions at Briscoe questioned
By Marc Fortier Staff writer November 16, 2005 BEVERLY — On the same day that administrators were urging Briscoe Middle School students to wash their hands to prevent the spread of hepatitis A, some bathrooms at the school had no hot water, no soap and no paper towels. Most of …
November 16, 2005 • Outbreaks
November 15, 2005 • Salmonella
Salmonella claims 14 lives as unhealthy conditions prevail in Harare
Tererai Karimakwenda reports that 14 children under the age of five have died of salmonella infections in Harare, Zimbabwe in the last few weeks. The infections are usually contracted from infected food and given the critical food shortages and the squalid conditions under which many displaced families are living, more …
November 15, 2005 • Hepatitis A
Three Briscoe students contract hepatitis A
By Marc Fortier Staff writer 11/14/2005 BEVERLY — Three Briscoe Middle School seventh-graders have tested positive for hepatitis A, a viral infection of the liver that is transmitted through direct contact from one person to another. All three boys are recovering. Unlike hepatitis B and C, hepatitis A is rarely …
November 11, 2005 • Outbreaks
November 11, 2005 • Hepatitis A
School employee diagnosed with Hepatitis A
11/11/2005 By Crystal C. Bozek Sentinel & Enterprise LEOMINSTER — State officials have confirmed that a Johnny Appleseed School employee was diagnosed with a case of Hepatitis A. But local health officials insist children and faculty are at a very minimal risk of catching the virus. Hepatitis A, which has …
November 11, 2005 • Outbreaks
November 11, 2005 • Salmonella
$2 million awarded in salmonella suit
Margaret-Ann Reynard, 40, a former midwife in Scotland, became ill after celebrating her 35th birthday at a Chinese restaurant in East Kilbride in October 2000 where she acquired salmonella poisoning that left her disabled. Her lawyer said the salmonella triggered reactive arthritis, a condition that left her not only unable …
November 10, 2005 • Outbreaks
November 10, 2005 • Events & Speaking Engagements
Greater New York Chapter of Healthcare Food Service Administrators (2005)
Denis Stearns gave a presentation on strict liability related to food service at a meeting of the Greater New York Chapter of Healthcare Food Service Administrators in New York, New York. …
November 09, 2005 • Listeria
Garden Leaf Foods Recalls Trader Joe’s Chicken Wrap
The following Food Safety Alert is being sent to you from the California Department of Health Services. WASHINGTON, November 8, 2005 – Garden Leaf Foods, a Gardena, Calif., firm, is voluntarily recalling approximately 275 pounds of a ready-to-eat chicken product that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department …
November 09, 2005 • Listeria
Ready-To-Eat Chicken Product Recalled for Possible Listeria Contamination
By USDA Nov 9, 2005, 07:04 California Firm Recalls Ready-To-Eat Chicken Product for Possible Listeria Contamination WASHINGTON, November 8, 2005 – Garden Leaf Foods, a Gardena, Calif., firm, is voluntarily recalling approximately 275 pounds of a ready-to-eat chicken product that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection […] …
November 09, 2005 • Listeria
Food recalls
November 3, 2005 Associated Press The following recall has been announced: About 3,672 pounds of smoked salmon, sold by Golden Eagle Smoked Foods Inc., because the product may be contaminated with the listeria monocytogenes bacteria, which can cause serious illness or death. No reports of illness have been received. The …
November 09, 2005 • Salmonella
Eggs: washed or unwashed?
A report by the EU’s food regulator not only indicates that it is moving to recommend that table eggs be washed in the bloc, but also provides insight to the different methods and equipment food plants use to handle procedure. Eggs are a primary source of human salmonellosis in Europe …
November 09, 2005 • Events & Speaking Engagements
British Columbia Food Protection Association (2005)
Bruce Clark gave the keynote address at the BCFPA Food Safety Conference in Surrey, British Columbia. His presentation was based on, "Minimizing Your Liability Risks and Foodborne Illness Lawsuits." …
November 08, 2005 • Salmonella
Six more salmonella cases reported
As reported in The Missoulian, six more suspected cases of salmonella were reported to the Missoula City-County Health Department over the weekend, bringing the total of confirmed or suspected cases to 19, which fifteen of the 19 have been linked to the Rocky Mountain Grill at 2300 W. Broadway, which …
November 08, 2005 • Outbreaks
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