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LISTEN NOW to learn how you can mitigate your risk of getting sick   Reprinted with permission from Bill Marler, Marler Clark. CDC and FDA announce more illnesses in another E. coli Outbreak tied to leafy greens. (Seattle) “With more illnesses, now with at least six with acute kidney failure, it is past time for the leafy green industry to put the health, safety and lives of consumers first,” said Marler Clark managing partner, Bill Marler. “Since the early 2000’s the industry has pushed prepackaged leafy greens on consumers without adequately addressing the root causes of many of these outbreaks...

Official Statement from Dr. Shawki Ibrahim, Ph.D. Environmental Health Sciences and Mareya Ibrahim, Food Safety Expert, in response to Recent E.coli Outbreak with Cut Romaine Lettuce On Friday, April 13th, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) confirmed the cause of a multi-state E.coli O157-H7 related to chopped Romaine lettuce, affecting 35 people in 11 states, hospitalizing 22 and causing kidney failure in 3 victims. This outbreak was the result of cases of eating the lettuce from March 22nd – March 31st, 2018, yet the cause of the outbreak was not confirmed until over 3 weeks after the first illness was...

I’m HEAPING mad. I mean….I’m FUMING over the news that is breaking across the internet right now about the Dole Federal investigation. I think you will be just as outraged when you hear what’s happening. According to Food Safety News, the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating Dole in relation to the Listeria monocytogenes outbreak that occurred in January 2016. Why the investigation? Well, apparently, Dole knew about the Listeria in their processing plants, and kept on producing leaving 33 people desperately ill and 4 dead in the wake of their disregard. This from the Food Safety News website: “Company...

Image from Scientific American You can’t see them, but if they get into your food, look out. Havoc is about to be wreaked. From a whole range of E.coli strains to Salmonella, Listeria to Norovirus, fresh produce, seafood, poultry and meats are all vulnerable to contamination. Those microscopic pathogens might be invisible to the naked eye, but a food business has to imagine that these little creatures are as big and bold as day, and your single-most important job is to make sure they don’t show up at your doors. It’s a tough break that Chipotle has endured in the...