food safety

Ground-Turkey Test Finds 90 Percent With Bacteria

Posted on 05/1/2013 by | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthA Consumer Reports lab analysis of ground-turkey products purchased nationwide found that 90 percent had potentially disease-causing bacteria, some of which were antibiotic-resistant. The consumer watchdog organization said its first investigation of this kind on ground turkey also showed that turkeys raised without antibiotics had much less antibiotic-resistant bacteria than did turkeys raised with antibiotics. The new report follows a February analysis of store-bought meat by Food and Drug Administration scientists that found antibiotic-resistant bacteria in 81 percent of raw …

FDA to Pet-Treat Maker: Recall Products or Else

Posted on 02/27/2013 by | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthWe’ve warned you once, twice — now it’s time to “voluntarily” pull those tainted products before we make you do it, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) told a pet-treat maker last week. The federal agency was using its new power to demand mandatory recalls of contaminated food products. The threat was aimed at Kasel Associated Industries, which subsequently pulled all pet treats manufactured at its Colorado facility from April 20, 2012, through Sept. 19, 2012, because the products …

Spinach Recall (Yes, Again) Hits 39 States

Posted on 02/20/2013 by | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthTaylor Farms has announced it is voluntarily recalling its organic baby spinach products in 39 states because of possible E. coli contamination. The company says it took the action “out of an abundance of caution.” This is the third time in as many years that the company has recalled spinach products due to suspected contamination. The currently recalled products had “the potential to be contaminated with Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC),” the company announced in a statement. This bacteria can cause …

Finally! FDA’s New Food-Safety Rules

Posted on 01/7/2013 by | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthSo here’s a brilliant idea: If you want to keep fresh fruits and vegetables from becoming contaminated and making people sick, how about making sure that workers wash their hands, crops are irrigated with unpolluted water, processing equipment stays clean and animals are kept away from crops? Sounds simple, but it’s taken years for the government, consumers and the food industry to agree on how to enforce these things. Last week, two years to the day after Congress passed landmark …

Pumpkin Pie on the Plane and Other Holiday Questions

Posted on 11/16/2012 by | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthWill airport security let me bring my pie as a carry-on? Can I cook a frozen turkey? Does deep-frying a bird really work? You have holiday questions, we have answers. What food can I take as a carry-on? According to the Transportation Security Administration’s website, these foods are classified as potential threats: cranberry sauce, creamy dips and spreads, gravies, jams, jellies, maple syrup, oils, vinegars, salad dressing, salsa, sauces and soups. The answer to the season’s No. 1 one travel question — …

Sprouts Are Out: Kroger Stops Selling Them Due to Health Risk

Posted on 10/23/2012 by | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthSo tiny, yet so deadly. That’s the verdict on raw sprouts — from the mung bean sprouts used in Chinese stir-fry dishes to the threadlike alfalfa or clover sprouts often added to sandwiches —which have caused dozens of food poisoning outbreaks in the past two decades. The government’s been trying for 14 years to get growers to do a better job of reducing contamination, but hasn’t been too successful. So finally, retailers are just deciding not to sell the teeny …

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