The Iowa egg farms, Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms, at the center of a national Salmonella enteritidis outbreak investigation, were found to have violated FDA food safety rules. Feedstuffs online reporter, an agribusiness news agency, reported that listed violations included “allowing access points to exist to hen houses for flies, rodents and wild animals and bird nests in buildings.” Additionally,... [more]

  With all the negative news currently inundating the airwaves and internet, it is nice to hear some positive news regarding one university’s fight against foodborne illness, specifically Salmonella enteritidis. Penn State has over twenty years searching for solutions to prevent food poisoning related to Salmonella enteritidis. During the early 1990’s, Penn State researchers began utilizing flock... [more]

The massive size of the Wright County and Hillandale salmonella egg recall has forced restaurants and governmental agencies to take stock in egg supplies. These entities want to ensure consumers are safe from Salmonellosis. Today’s announcement by the Ohio Warren County Combined Health District that nine restaurants were being inspected to ensure no recalled, possibly Salmonella tainted eggs, are... [more]

It appears  research teams with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration may have uncovered the source of the Salmonella outbreak which has caused nearly 2,000 illnesses and resulted in the recall of over half a billion eggs throughout the United States. Investigators examining farms owned by Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms have found traces of Salmonella... [more]

News reports covering the recent recall of more than half a billion eggs linked to are not painting an encouraging picture for consumer confidence in the federal and state regulatory agencies tasked with keeping Americans safe from foodborne illnesses.  In what appears to be a pervasive problem in many U.S. regulatory agencies, there is evidence of at best, a communication breakdown, at worst, outright... [more]

Senator Amy Klobuchar is fighting for food safety. Klobuchar is the original sponsor of the 2009 Food Safety and Modernization Act. Given the current Salmonella enteritidis outbreak and the illnesses that have resulted, she has once again rallied the cry for food safety. This Democrat from Minnesota issued a statement in 2009 reemphasizing the need for the improved Food Safety legislation. In her statement... [more]

  Every time a consumer walks up to the cold storage section of their grocery store to purchase a dozen eggs, the same thought runs through their mind. Are these eggs safe? Are they free of Salmonella enteritidis? If I feed these eggs to my family, will someone be exposed to Salmonella bacteria?  Given the recall of 550 million eggs, implemented to prevent Salmonella food poisoning, and the growing... [more]

Salmonella comes in many different forms. There are many different serotypes of Salmonella bacteria. Previously, our blog has reported on Salmonella enteritidis, Salmonella braenderup, Salmonella typhi (linked to Typhoid fever), Salmonella Baildon, and many, many others. Today, we wanted to summarize all of the current Salmonella recalls and take a short trip down memory lane to examine some of the... [more]

As additional eggs are recalled due to possible Salmonella enteritidis contamination, it is likely that illnesses will also increase. The CDC has already illustrated that Salmonella enteritidis food poisoning cases have been on the rise since early summer. In fact, it was this piece of information accumulated through their PulseNet program which helped identify the outbreak itself. Restaurants have... [more]

Recently Fresh Express recalled lots of Veggie Lovers Salad because of concerns over Listeria contamination. Salad greens  aren’t typically a source for Listeria contamination, but it seems that some of the most common foodborne pathogens, such as Listeria, Salmonella and E. coli O157:H7, seem to show up in the most unusual places. The disease Listeria causes, listeriosis, is a fairly rare disease,... [more]