archive for the 'E. coli' Category

Something good for a change: USDA increases info access on meat recalls

by Elanor @ Friday, July 11th, 2008.

The USDA announces it will publicize the names of retail establishments that could be selling contaminated meat. Score one for access to information.

Digest - News: So Monsanto, going to take on Wal-Mart? Meanwhile, raw milk’s losing

by Ethicurean @ Monday, March 24th, 2008.

Breaking news and developments, such as contaminated-food outbreaks, Farm Bill milestones, and how the farming community is faring around the world.

Digest - Features: Farming San Francisco, 0157’s mutant bastard, mo’ milk

by Ethicurean @ Monday, March 24th, 2008.

In-depth, offbeat, or thought-provoking features about aspects of SOLE food, from eating locally to farms marketing to methods of food preservation.

Two lawsuits filed against raw-milk dairy Organic Pastures

by Amanda Rose @ Friday, February 8th, 2008.

The Ethicurean has learned that California’s leading raw-milk dairy, Organic Pastures, has been named in two personal-injury lawsuits related to a 2006 outbreak of E. coli 0157:H7. Meanwhile, California’s Assembly Agriculture Committee is currently establishing a “blue ribbon commission” to examine whether California’s latest, more stringent coliform requirement has any basis in food-safety science.

Non-total recall: The USDA’s lack of authority

by Marc R. aka Mental Masala @ Monday, February 4th, 2008.

A line of 7,500 trucks stretching 85 miles. That’s what it would take to haul the nearly 300 million pounds of meat and poultry products that were recalled between January 1, 1994, and November 30, 2007, in 773 separate incidents. These eye-popping numbers come from the appendix of a Congressional Research Service […]

Bringing your work home: Poultry workers carry drug-resistant E. coli into the community

by Marc R. aka Mental Masala @ Monday, January 21st, 2008.

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria have been in the news a lot lately.
Sunday’s San Francisco Chronicle had a front page story about the growing problem of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. One of the causes is the routine addition of antibiotics to animal feed as "growth promoters" — including some antibiotics used for treatment of humans.
In a New York Times […]

First major E. coli-related recall of 2008

by Bonnie P. @ Sunday, January 13th, 2008.

Well, the meat’s from 2007, but why quibble when we have this exciting new graphic to guide your decision whether or not to eat a burger of questionable provenance?
Details: Rochester Meat of Minnesota is recalling approximately 188,000 pounds of ground beef products because — drumroll! —  they may be contaminated with E. coli […]

Digest - Features: The economics of cheap food, beef industry insider critics, fish farming

by Ethicurean @ Sunday, December 9th, 2007.

In-depth, offbeat, or thought-provoking features about aspects of SOLE food, from eating locally to farms marketing to methods of food preservation.

Digest - Blogs: Local focal, 0157 by the numbers, courting food stamps

by Ethicurean @ Tuesday, December 4th, 2007.

Posts by bloggers at both personal and nonprofit sites that you won’t want to miss.

USDA requests comments on leafy greens rulemaking

by Marc R. aka Mental Masala @ Friday, November 30th, 2007.

Following last fall’s crisis over E. coli contamination of spinach, the growers, distributors and retailers of salad mix started talking about improving their safety practices. A fair amount of activity in this area has been happening in California, including some bills in the legislature and voluntary standards like the Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement. (Be […]

Digest - News: USDA loophole allows E. coli-positive beef to be sold, lots more news

by Ethicurean @ Sunday, November 11th, 2007.

Breaking news and developments, such as contaminated-food outbreaks, Farm Bill milestones, and how the farming community is faring around the world.

Digest - News: New AgSec nominated, organic food is superior (duh), meat zombies

by Ethicurean @ Friday, November 2nd, 2007.

Breaking news and developments, such as contaminated-food outbreaks, Farm Bill milestones, and how the farming community is faring around the world.

Digest - News: Bayer uncensured, another beef recall (yawn), fishy recommendations

by Ethicurean @ Sunday, October 7th, 2007.

Breaking news and developments, such as contaminated-food outbreaks, Farm Bill milestones, and how the farming community is faring around the world.

Digest - News: Save our schoolkids (from their lunches), another E. coli outbreak, mass fish slaughter

by Ethicurean @ Thursday, September 27th, 2007.

A round-up of the most important news & commentary regarding SOLE- and anti-SOLE food issues, farming, policy, etc. that we think Ethicurean readers will want to know about.

Not so NAIS: Animal-tracking program is solution to wrong problem

by Elanor @ Thursday, August 16th, 2007.

Thanks to Marc R. for calling my attention to the Government Accountability Office’s recent report on the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). NAIS, which first saw the light of corner offices at the USDA in 2002, flaunts a meaty goal: to identify and track the movement of all livestock animals and poultry in the United […]

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