It’s been several years since a massive, crushing snowstorm hit the Washington, DC area, so I suppose you could say that it was long overdue. Given the craziness of the Congressional struggle over healthcare benefits this week (which appears to be the political version of last-minute cramming for an exam, rather than steady, deliberative, organized [...]
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A Little Bit More to Peanut Corporation of America: Voluntary Recall of Its Own: Hot on the heels of the King Nut and Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) investigations for the peanut butter Salmonella contaminations with their voluntary recalls, further tracking of the PCA product distribution revealed impact on a consumer-facing foodstuffs company: Kellogg Company [...]
A Little Bit More to Voluntary Peanut Butter Recall: Salmonella Involved: Yesterday, the company involved in the manufacturing of the rebranded King Nut peanut butter products involved in the current Salmonella outbreak issued its own voluntary recall: Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) has its announcement available on the FDA site. In addition to the King [...]
Just as last year’s echos of the Salmonellosis deaths are still ringing in our ears, this year has already started off with a new series of Salmonellosis cases. On January 8, 2009, the CDC posted a bulletin concerning a new outbreak of Salmonellosis, this time due to the Salmonella serotype Typhimurium. Unfortunately, there was no detail [...]
A Little Bit: The FDA has posted a voluntary recall announcement from King Nut, a peanut butter distributor, of their food service distributed King Nut branded peanut butter. The claim is that no other King Nut product is affected, including direct-to-consumer items. However, keep in mind that food service distribution items may be sold to [...]
WebMD [WBMD] is sporting a new feature, targeted at diabetics. This is actually an online questionnaire that you can take to see how knowledgeable you are about diabetes and its impact on you. Give it a shot, and see how much you know (or don’t know)!
Say it isn’t so! A news report from Japan surfaced about a serious food crisis that began earlier this week, culminating in a shocker yesterday. Yesterday (in Japan time, it’d be earlier “today”), Nissin Food Products issued a 500,000 unit recall of its Cup Noodles product, that iconic just-add-water instant food staple of the poor, beleaguered, [...]
Starting today, Costco [COST] has begun offering flu vaccinations at various locations. As is typical, the cost is nominally set for USD $20.00, so if you happen to be at your favorite Costco outlet at the time, you can certainly get yourself of a life-saving flu shot while ‘grazing! To determine when your Costco has [...]
Remember what I was saying about “killer tomatoes vs. killer peppers“? Today, in breaking news, the FDA has declared that tomatoes are now (relatively) safe to eat, citing that the chances that the tomatoes grown earlier in April and May 2008 are most likely no longer in circulation. On the flip side, the FDA warns [...]
Just when you thought things were bogged down on the mysterious tomato-related Salmonellosis, the FDA and CDC seem to have turned yet another corner on the widespread illness. But rather than narrowing the search definitively, it seems that the search has widened. In addition to tomatoes, the FDA is also investigating other components found in [...]
