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Protecting families from contaminated food and water
Food Safety,Our Blog,Outbreaks & Recalls | July 21, 2019
Attendees at a charity barbecue this last Friday went home with more than just leftovers. Some went home with a nasty case of food poisoning. According to a county public health alert, attendees of the Masonic Snow Lodge fundraiser Barbecue… read more
Food Safety,Our Blog,Outbreaks & Recalls | July 14, 2019
Recalls for flour. Recalls for eggs, ground beef, and more. Every time you turn around there is another recall. But how exactly does a recall work? What goes into a recall? Some of the downline notifications are fairly standard, but… read more
Food Safety,Our Blog | July 12, 2019
Have you heard of poppy seed tea? Perhaps you use it occasionally to help you sleep at night? Apparently, it’s very dangerous to drink poppy seed tea, and at least 12 people have died from it. Here’s the low down… read more
Crowd-Sourcing Food Safety Shuts Down Restaurant
Food Safety | July 6, 2019
Just a few days ago I was having a conversation with someone from my generation on the topic of how the Internet has changed life; both for the better and the worse. The conversation turned to police work and how… read more
What Do Climate Change, Fruit Flies and Food Poisoning Have Common?
Food Safety,Our Blog | May 31, 2019
“It’s a cool place, and they say it gets colder. You’re bundled up now wait ‘til you get older. But the meteor men beg to differ, judging by the hole in the satellite picture.” Perhaps Smash Mouth is on to… read more
What IS the “Dirtiest” Food We Eat?
Food Safety,Our Blog | May 27, 2019
Once upon a time, I was convinced that the dirtiest food on earth resided in my daughter’s room. But after becoming a contributing writer for Make Food Safe, I discovered there are far more nefarious and innumerable germs that could… read more
Death by Cookie? Hidden Risks of Raw Cookie Dough
Food Safety | May 26, 2019
Raw cookie dough. You either love it or you hate it. I happen to be smack firmly in the hate category. While I am certainly a germaphobe, that actually isn’t the reason why. I just really don’t like the flavor… read more
Food Policy,Food Safety,Our Blog,Outbreaks & Recalls | May 17, 2019
Here’s a scary situation: what happens if the government finds out that a particular food is contaminated or dangerous (like with Listeria), asks the company that made the food to recall it — and they don’t comply? What IS the… read more
California Fired and the Woe of Avocados
Food Policy,Food Safety | May 12, 2019
Delicious, green, creamy goodness. The omni-useful, omni-versatile, omni-famous – Avocado. I know I just made up a few words just then, but how else would you describe it? But I have some bad news, California Fires and Avocados don’t mix…. read more
California Vibrio Raw Oysters Outbreak
Food Safety,Our Blog,Outbreaks & Recalls,Vibrio | May 7, 2019
On May 3, 2019, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) recommended that consumers avoid eating raw oysters harvested from Estero El Cardon in Baja California Sur, Mexico. We just found out why. It’s because they are linked to an… read more