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Spring 2013 looked like it would be a banner season for progress by the Obama Administration on new worker safety regulations; not so much anymore.
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Many chain restaurants and supermarkets have their own food safety staff or hire third-party auditors to stay ahead of local inspectors, and limit the risk of making customers sick. Wtsp TV reports that a month after a state inspector temporarily … Continue reading →
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Gay cowboy bar Flaming Saddles was shut down by New York City’s Department of Health Monday, after an inspection revealed its problems in the kitchen. Mathew Katz of DNAinfo reports the hot spot — which features shirtless bartenders who two-step on the … Continue reading →
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Researchers in Regina are using cow manure set atop a roof to study how E. coli is able to survive through winter. “We have been made fun of,” Dena McMartin, a professor at the University of Regina, told CBC News … Continue reading →
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Jacqui Kennedy, Birmingham City Council’s head of regulation and enforcement, writes in the Birmingham Mail that last year, Sutton Park National Nature Reserve was associated with the E. coli infection. A link was made between the cows that graze on … Continue reading →
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Later on Drugmonkey, we will be discussing this.
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I am not sure whether this has come up before in any of my blog posts, but I am a member of the Charity “Sense about Science”, and occasionally work with them. They are, as stated on their website (link) a “Charitable trust that equips people to make sense of science and evidence on issues […]
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Why do people believe the things that they do? While only science can generate testable hypotheses, advocates of various paranormal claims tend to rely more on anecdotes, appeals to authority and “intuition” and the general public tends to be ambivalent...
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ACT Chief Health Officer Dr Paul Kelly today said that ACT Health is currently investigating an outbreak of Salmonella gastroenteritis linked to a local restaurant. Over 100 suspected cases of gastrointestinal illness have been reported among persons who ate at the … Continue reading →
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You might not realise it, but statistics rule your life. Think about that for a minute. Because even if you claim you know nothing about maths, maths knows a lot about you. Consider what you did even when you woke up this morning. After you brushed your teeth, you might have put on some face cream that you bought because the TV advert told you 87% of people who used it reported an improvement in the appearance of fine lines and... Read more
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Yesterday?s TalkingNutrition.dsm.com blog emphasized the importance of balancing omega-3 and omega-2 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (LCPUFA) intakes with respect to seasonal allergies. We could have simply cited the review by GD Lawrence in Advances in Nutrition.In a masterful understatement, Dr Lawrence concludes ?Saturated fats are benign with regard to inflammatory effects, as are the MUFAs.? [For the record, MUFAs refers to mono-unsaturated fatty acids]. He also emphasizes the […]
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The number of confirmed Salmonella cases has skyrocketed to 80, and is believed to be the largest outbreak of its kind ever seen in the Australian Capital Territory. Thirteen people remain in hospital on Wednesday, with the number rising significantly … Continue reading →
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Just four pathogens underpin most cases of serious diarrhea in children—the second leading killer of young children worldwide—according to a study published today in The Lancet. Nature.com reports that out of nearly 40 diarrhea-causing germs, the researchers identified four primary … Continue reading →
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The owner of a Christchurch takeaway shop that was shut down after inspectors found “extensive rodent infestation” is blaming a “poverty trap” for the pest problem. The takeaway was closed after a council inspection in March found it breached food … Continue reading →
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When I think stir-fry, I think Mr. Stirfry of Topeka (that’s in Kansas). According to CJOnline, coming into compliance with Kansas food safety standards has been a tough and expensive road, but Mr. Strifry is back on track, said co-owner … Continue reading →
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Over the past several days I have spent a lot of time talking to patients, trying to explain why I've had to cancel their upcoming fecal transplant. The FDA has ruled that stool is an investigational new drug (IND), which now imposes a huge bureaucratic hurdle to getting a much needed therapy for patients with recurrent or intractable C. difficile infection. Today's Omaha World-Herald covers the new ruling and features our fellow blogger Dan Diekema. Even before the FDA did this, there […]
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Lorenzo Logoreci, a prominent San Francisco restaurateur, was cited by San Francisco police last Friday for slapping a city health inspector and faces battery charges. Logoreci, owner of Allegro Romano, a Russian Hill restaurant popular with city officials, is accused … Continue reading →
