BARFBLOG WEEKLY - 08/28/2019 Money: Cost of Salmonella infections in Australia, 2015 If you process tahini, you should include Salmonella as a known or reasonably foreseeable hazard Spanish sushi restaurant linked to outbreak; also had some odd online reviews Food Safety Talk 191: Make KABOBs with Gordon 2 dead, 184 sick linked to Spanish listeriosis outbreak Celebrity chef to advise UK government on hospital food following Listeria deaths 32 sick from rare Salmonella outbreak in UK and Ireland Foodborne pathogen sheltered by harmless bacteria that support biofilm formation E. coli O157: Which typing is better? Good year for Cyclospora bad year for humans: 205 sick linked to Mexican basil in latest outbreak Canada: Raw frozen chicken thingies outbreaks 255 sick from same Salmonella in American beef and Mexican soft cheese Radiation exposure in Russia blamed on Fukushima crabs 175 now sick with Listeria in Spanish outbreak Satire becomes reality: Poop Like a Champion cereal Inspector fraud: New York health department worker sentenced for falsifying food safety inspections Money: Cost of Salmonella infections in Australia, 2015 By Doug Powell on Aug 28, 2019 05:42 pm Gastroenteritis caused from infections with Salmonella enterica (salmonellosis) causes significant morbidity in Australia. In addition to acute gastroenteritis, approximately 8.8% of people develop irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and 8.5% of people develop reactive arthritis (ReA). We estimated the economic cost of salmonellosis … Continue reading → View the entire entry » If you process tahini, you should include Salmonella as a known or reasonably foreseeable hazard By Ben Chapman on Aug 28, 2019 11:42 am After a few months of retreating and thinking about next steps for barfblog, and focusing on consumer food safety observations in our new kitchens, I’m getting back in the posting mix. And still, one of my favorite emails (after the weekly … Continue reading → View the entire entry » Spanish sushi restaurant linked to outbreak; also had some odd online reviews By Ben Chapman on Aug 28, 2019 10:46 am Sushi and sashimi is one of those foods that splits the food safety nerd world. Some folks eat it, some don’t. That’s really a personal risk management decision. There’s lots going on in a sushi restaurant risk-wise: holding rice at … Continue reading → View the entire entry » Food Safety Talk 191: Make KABOBs with Gordon By Ben Chapman on Aug 27, 2019 06:41 pm Don and Ben are joined by friend Gordon Hayburn, dog judge and VP food safety and quality at Trophy Foods. The guys talk dogs, monorchids and online food discussions. They go on to talk about plant-based meat alternatives, is chicken … Continue reading → View the entire entry » 2 dead, 184 sick linked to Spanish listeriosis outbreak By Doug Powell on Aug 26, 2019 10:02 pm Last Tuesday a 90-year-old woman passed away, becoming the second death in Spain’s burgeoning listeria outbreak linked to La Mecha branded ‘carne mechada.’ The outbreak has been traced to utensils (slicers? Something lost in translation) used in the preparation of … Continue reading → View the entire entry » Celebrity chef to advise UK government on hospital food following Listeria deaths By Doug Powell on Aug 26, 2019 04:42 am Health chiefs are to set national standards for hospital food after the deaths of six people in a listeria outbreak. Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith (right) will advise the Government review into bedside meals, amid growing criticism of patients’ … Continue reading → View the entire entry » 32 sick from rare Salmonella outbreak in UK and Ireland By Doug Powell on Aug 25, 2019 05:24 am Shreyas Tanna of Health Gazette reports that 24 people in the UK and eight in Ireland have been sickened with Salmonella Bredeney linked to cooked, chilled pork from Romania. Infections from this outbreak have been reported from 2017 till 2019. View the entire entry » Foodborne pathogen sheltered by harmless bacteria that support biofilm formation By Doug Powell on Aug 25, 2019 12:23 am Pathogenic bacteria that stubbornly lurk in some apple-packing facilities may be sheltered and protected by harmless bacteria that are known for their ability to form biofilms, according to Penn State researchers, who suggest the discovery could lead to development of alternative … Continue reading → View the entire entry » E. coli O157: Which typing is better? By Doug Powell on Aug 24, 2019 03:34 am Due to the potential of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) serogroup O157 to cause large food borne outbreaks, national and international surveillance is necessary. For developing an effective method of molecular surveillance, a conventional method, multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis (MLVA), and whole-genome sequencing … Continue reading → View the entire entry » Good year for Cyclospora bad year for humans: 205 sick linked to Mexican basil in latest outbreak By Doug Powell on Aug 24, 2019 02:09 am The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are investigating a multistate outbreak of Cyclospora infections linked to fresh basil from Siga Logistics de RL de CV of … Continue reading → View the entire entry » Canada: Raw frozen chicken thingies outbreaks By Doug Powell on Aug 23, 2019 09:22 pm We’ve done extensive work on this topic dating back to 2006 (search barfblog.com), but new tools, like whole genome sequencing, mean additional outbreaks have been identified. A summary paper of recent outbreaks has just been published. Abstract below: Frozen raw … Continue reading → View the entire entry » 255 sick from same Salmonella in American beef and Mexican soft cheese By Doug Powell on Aug 23, 2019 07:29 pm What is already known about this topic? Decreased susceptibility to azithromycin is rare among Salmonella serotypes that cause human infections in the United States. If antibiotic treatment is indicated, azithromycin is recommended as an oral therapy. What is added by this … Continue reading → View the entire entry » Radiation exposure in Russia blamed on Fukushima crabs By Ben Chapman on Aug 23, 2019 07:16 pm I’m a sucker for food safety jokes, and the punchline of “it must have been the Fukushima crabs” is a beauty. According to the Telegraph, doctors in Russia who treated victims of a military test explosion have evidence of being … Continue reading → View the entire entry » 175 now sick with Listeria in Spanish outbreak By Doug Powell on Aug 23, 2019 04:42 am Jack Guy of CNN reports Spain’s health ministry has issued an international health warning over a listeria outbreak that has infected 175 people. The bacteria was detected in a processed meat product manufactured in the city of Seville, in the southern region … Continue reading → View the entire entry » Satire becomes reality: Poop Like a Champion cereal By Doug Powell on Aug 23, 2019 02:31 am I miss Phil Hartman, another good Brantford, Ontario (that’s in Canada) boy who lived there until he was10-years-old, when his family moved to the U.S. His third wife shot him to death while he slept in 1998. He had a … Continue reading → View the entire entry » Inspector fraud: New York health department worker sentenced for falsifying food safety inspections By Doug Powell on Aug 22, 2019 11:09 pm Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announced that 49-year-old Timothy Bean of Hamburg has been sentenced by Erie County Court Judge Kenneth Case to 3 years of probation. As part of his sentence, he must perform 200 hours of … Continue reading → View the entire entry » Copyright © 2019 NC State University, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website. Our mailing address is: NC State University 3208 Duveneck Raleigh, NC 27606 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.