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The Lange Law Firm Files First Lawsuit in Salmonella Supermercado Carnitas Outbreak
Food Safety,Our Blog,Outbreaks & Recalls,Salmonella | March 11, 2019
Jory Lange of the Lange Law Firm, PLLC and prominent Chicago lawyer Jeffrey Goldberg of Goldberg & Schulkin Law Offices were the first to file a lawsuit in the Salmonella Supermercado Carnitas Outbreak on March 11, 2019. The lawsuit was… read more
Big Beef Wants to Stop Cell-cultured Meat
E. coli,Food Policy,Food Safety,Our Blog,Science | March 10, 2019
The National Cattleman’s Beef Association has released their list of priorities for 2019. According to a press release, they’re focusing on their efforts on a top priority that may be familiar to regular readers of this blog: stopping cell cultured… read more
Under the Radar Caramel Apple Outbreak
Listeria,Our Blog,Outbreaks & Recalls | March 9, 2019
The CDC has confirmed that caramel apples were behind an outbreak of listeria in 2017. Government regulators had long suspected as much, and we wrote about the incident last year, but this is the first time that we’ve received official… read more
Brote De Salmonella Carnitas En Chicago
Our Blog,Outbreaks & Recalls,Salmonella | March 9, 2019
Chicago no es mi ciudad natal, sino mi adoptada. He llegado a amar de verdad a esta ciudad en todas sus complejidades y peculiaridades y por lo que la hace tan adorable. Entonces, cuando alguien me informa que hay una… read more
Food Safety,Our Blog | March 8, 2019
At first glance, you might expect that growing produce hydroponically would be safer than growing it in an outdoor environment. Hydroponic environments are controlled, after all. They’re indoors. You don’t have to deal with any of that nasty soil; the… read more
Salmonella Carnitas Outbreak in Chicago
Our Blog,Outbreaks & Recalls,Salmonella | March 8, 2019
Chicago is not my hometown, but my adopted one. I’ve come to really love this city in all its intricacies and quirks and what makes it so lovable. So when someone informs me that there is a foodborne illness afloat,… read more
Supermercado Rivera Carnitas causa brote de intoxicación alimentaria por salmonela
Our Blog,Outbreaks & Recalls,Salmonella | March 7, 2019
Seis personas que comieron carnitas del supermercado Supermercado Rivera el mes pasado se intoxicaron con Salmonella. Supermercado Rivera se encuentra en 4334 W. 51st St. en el vecindario Archer Heights de Chicago. Las seis personas comieron comida del mostrador de… read more
Supermercado Rivera Carnitas Cause Salmonella Food Poisoning Outbreak
Our Blog,Outbreaks & Recalls,Salmonella | March 7, 2019
Six people who ate carnitas from Supermercado Rivera last month have gotten Salmonella food poisoning. Supermercado Rivera is located at 4334 W. 51st St. in Chicago’s Archer Heights neighborhood. All six people ate food from Supermercado Rivera’s kitchen counter on… read more
Food Safety Tips While Traveling
Food Safety,Our Blog | March 6, 2019
It’s March right now. We’ve just survived out of a polar vortex that brought brutal sub-zero temperatures to much of the east coast and midwest. Although temperatures have risen somewhat, many of us are still stuck inside, staring out of… read more
Food Policy,Food Safety,Our Blog | March 5, 2019
Another day, another good bit of writing from Deborah Blum, dedicated chronicler of preservatives and poisons. We’ve written about the author of The Poison Squad here at Make Food Safe before, an excellent recent book by Blum that covers the… read more