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Friday, June 27, 2008 3:09 PM

Salmonella Outbreak Continues - maybe tomatoes, maybe not tomatoes

The latest news regarding the Salmonella outbreak in tomatoes is not optimistic. New cases continue to be reported. The most recent case of Salmonellosis with the saintpaul serotype was report on June 15, 2008 and so far and since April, 810 cases have...
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Thursday, August 23, 2007 4:24 PM

Food safety and produce

Is produce the safest fresh food group? That's the question posed by the Barfblog today. The Ontario (Canada) Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, estimates that 41% of foodborne illness in Ontario can be attributed to produce. A 2005...
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Tuesday, August 14, 2007 2:26 PM

Eating Local and Food Safety Issues

I think we were all disappointed when we opened up the Tuesday, August 10, 2007 Honolulu Advertiser when Jan TenBruggencate article about the E. coli outbreak traced to lettuce on Kauai. It seems that 8 people were sickened due to E. coli contamination...
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