2022

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What’s up with Raw Milk, New York and Listeria

Bill Marler

Two recalls from two farms in two weeks. April 29, 2022: New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Commissioner Richard A. Ball today warned consumers not to consume unpasteurized raw milk from Thomas Miller DBA Miller Dairy Farm due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Thomas Miller DBA Miller Dairy Farm is located at 51 Transport Lane, Pine Island, New York 10969 in Orange County.

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5 Signs You Might Have a Bar Inventory Problem

Sculpture Hospitality

How are you managing your bar's inventory? No matter how in control you are of your bar's inventory, there's likely something you can do better.

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Restaurant Payments Go from Cash to Credit to Contactless – to Cryptocurrency 

Modern Restaurant Management

The value of the cryptocurrency market almost tripled in 2021 , with digital currencies having the potential to achieve returns higher than the stock market. People use cryptocurrency for quick payments, anonymity, investments or to sidestep transaction fees charged by banks. As payments evolve, consumers adapt and restaurants must meet them there. Why the Crypto Craze?

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Lavu and Verifone Partner to Provide Unified Payments and Point of Sale Solutions to Restaurants

Lavu

Cross-Distribution Partnership Will Enable Card Present, Card Not Present, Mobile, Peer-To-Peer, and Cryptocurrency Payments at Restaurants Albuquerque, NM (May 19, 2022) — Lavu, a major … Lavu and Verifone Partner to Provide Unified Payments and Point of Sale Solutions to Restaurants Read More ». The post Lavu and Verifone Partner to Provide Unified Payments and Point of Sale Solutions to Restaurants appeared first on iPad Point of Sale System for Restaurants, Bars & More.

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TaKorean CEO shares why employees stick around

Fast Casual

Mike Lenard, founder and CEO of TaKorean, said the wages he saves by having highly capable people, as well as low turnover, create a model for ongoing financial success.

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What you need to know about the Jif Salmonella Peanut Butter Recall and Outbreak

Bill Marler

The CDC reports 14 with Salmonella Senftenberg in 12 States linked to Jif peanut butter. Arkansas (1), Georgia (2), Illinois (1), Massachusetts (1), Missouri (1), Ohio (1), North Carolina (1), New York (1), South Carolina (1), Texas (2), Virginia (1), and Washington (1). However, as the CDC says, “the true number of sick people in an outbreak is likely much higher than the number reported, and the outbreak may not be limited to the states with known illnesses.

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All I want for my birthday is Salmonella Free Chicken

Bill Marler

Yesterday was my birthday (65) and I missed this posted by Sandra Eskin, USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety in Health and Safety: Food Safety is About People. When the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a new effort to reduce Salmonella in poultry , we led with the numbers. The number of illnesses due to Salmonella has not decreased over the last two decades.

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Lucky Ladd Farms linked to tragic E. coli Outbreak sickened 14, killing 1

Bill Marler

The Tennessee Department of Health recently released a report from last Summer’s tragic E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak linked to goat contact. I sadly need to update www.fair-safety.com. Full disclosure, we are representing two families. Background. On Wednesday, June 22, the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) was notified of an ill child hospitalized in Florida with Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli (STEC) O157:H7 after attending a goat husbandry summer camp at a local farm in Rutherford County, Tenn

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At least 210 sickened worldwide by Kinder Chocolate tainted with Salmonella

Bill Marler

United Kingdom and France have most illnesses to date. As of 04/22/22, According to EU health officials : The outbreak is characterized by an unusually high proportion of children being hospitalized, some with severe clinical symptoms such as bloody diarrhea. Based on interviews with patients and initial analytical epidemiological studies, specific chocolate products (Kinder) have been identified as the likely route of infection.

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In my opinion – it is criminal not to recall Revive Pineapple & Mango Smoothies

Bill Marler

Mr. Revive, what the hell are you thinking? Where are United States and Canadian health officials? As I said the other day, for nearly a month we have known about the likely link between Revive Mango & Pineapple smoothies and an ingredient known as Tara. To date, in addition to the nearly 350 Daily Harvest cases (also with an ingredient known as Tara), we are representing over two dozen people that have suffered acute liver failure linked to Mango & Pineapple.

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Nearly 100 children in at least 7 countries suffering from Hepatitis from unknown cause

Bill Marler

Adenoviruses is one of the possible causes being investigated. According to the Jerusalem Post, 12 cases of hepatitis (liver inflammation) from an unexplained source have been reported in children at Shaare Zedek Medical Center and Schneider Children’s Medical Center for Israel, the Health Ministry announced on Tuesday night. Earlier this year, Britain reported an outbreak of unexplained hepatitis cases among children.

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After 470 reports of illnesses, Daily Harvest recalls French Lentil + Leek Crumbles

Bill Marler

According to the FDA, Daily Harvest has voluntarily recalled all French Lentil + Leek Crumbles due to consumer reports of gastrointestinal illness and potential liver function issues. . From April 28 to June 17, 2022, approximately 28,000 units of the recalled product were distributed to consumers in the continental United States through online sales and direct delivery, as well as through retail sales at the Daily Harvest store in Chicago, IL and a “pop-up” store in Los Angeles, CA.

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Why has Revive NOT recalled the Mango and Pineapple Smoothies that have sickened many??

Bill Marler

As I said the other day, for nearly a month we have known about the likely link between Revive Mango & Pineapple smoothies and an ingredient known as Tara. To date, in addition to the over 350 Daily Harvest cases (also with an ingredient known as Tara), we are representing over 30 people that have suffered acute liver failure linked to the Mango & Pineapple smoothies.

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The World’s Largest and Deadliest Listeria Outbreak is turning 4 in March

Bill Marler

Over 200 died, many were the young and the unborn who will never turn 4. In March of this year in will be 4 years since I boarded a flight from Seattle to Johannesburg (20 plus hour flight) to speak at a food safety conference just days after the South African health authorities announced that a Listeria outbreak had been linked to a product named polony manufactured by the largest food manufacturer in Africa.

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FDA’s failures have consequences – real people – here is one story – there are countless others

Bill Marler

Helena Bottemiller Evich’s well done piece in Politico “The FDA’s Food Failure,” that hit the internet very early this morning, is a stunning, but not surprising, indictment of our government’s food safety failures that transcends political parties and administrations. Note, for someone who has been directly involved in food safety for the last almost 30 years, democrats have tended to at least try and make progress.

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Your child should not get E. coli and kidney failure or die from eating a pizza

Bill Marler

Santé publique France reports that as of 13/04/2022, 53 confirmed cases have been identified, of which 51 are linked to O26 strains, and 2 to O103 strains. For 26 other cases of HUS and STEC infections notified to Public Health France, investigations are ongoing. These 53 cases occurred in 52 children and 1 adult, who presented symptoms between 01/18/2022 (week 3) and 03/16/2022 (week 11); for 1 adult, the date of onset of symptoms is under investigation.

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Abbott enters Consent Decree with FDA on Cronobacter infant formula outbreak and recall

Bill Marler

Here are the highlights of the Consent Decree : Abbott has agreed to take corrective actions following an FDA inspection of its Sturgis, Michigan facility. Abbott Nutrition will be required to retain an independent expert to review the Sturgis facility’s operations to ensure compliance with the law. It also includes requirements for testing products, as well as ceasing production, and promptly notifying the FDA should contamination be detected.

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Wendy’s Michigan and Ohio E. coli Outbreak update – Real People sickened

Bill Marler

16 days hospitalized: Summer E. coli outbreak linked to Wendy’s takes toll on Michiganders. Danielle Salisbury of Mlive.com. In August in an emergency department waiting room, Eboné Colbert remembers going to use the bathroom. So exhausted and dehydrated, she lay on the floor until summoned nurses came to her aid. “I was just so weak at that time,” said Colbert, 37, of Redford.

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Norovirus Oyster update – now 431 sick in Canada and the United States

Bill Marler

Canada reports : As of April 8, 2022, there have been 328 cases of norovirus and gastrointestinal illness linked to consumption of British Columbia oysters reported in the following provinces: British Columbia (293), Alberta (3), Saskatchewan (1), Manitoba (15) and Ontario (16). Individuals became sick between mid-January and early April 2022, and no deaths have been reported.

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CDC adds 1 Hepatitis A illness to Strawberry Outbreak

Bill Marler

Of 28 with Hepatitis A in the United States and Canada, 17 have been hospitalized. We filed the first Hepatitis A Complaint – ArthurBrown – Complaint 6.2.22 Final WDM – To Be Filed. As of May 31, 2022, a total of 18 outbreak-associated cases of hepatitis A have been reported from 3 states – California (16), Minnesota (1) and North Dakota (1). Illnesses started on dates ranging from March 28, 2022, to May 6, 2022.

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Hey Daily Harvest and Stone Gate, it is time to be transparent to the victims of your food

Bill Marler

Understandably, my nearly 350 clients sickened by Daily Harvest French Lentil + Leek Crumbles (and possibly additional products) are frightened and angered by the lack of information about the contaminant in the tara, that according the the FDA, has hospitalized over 100 with symptoms consistent with acute liver failure. Dozens of people have had their gall bladders removed, as well as several with liver biopsies.

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DeLauro Shares Whistleblower Report, Contaminated Infant Formula Led to Hospitalizations and Deaths

Bill Marler

Thank goodness for Rosa. House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today submitted for the record a report acquired from a whistleblower who worked at the Abbott facility which produces infant formula recalled by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in February. Chair DeLauro spoke about the report at the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) hearing.

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Colonel Colon and his League of Fecal Fighters coming soon to help make your food safer

Bill Marler

Over a decade ago, the mom of two clients who both developed acute kidney failure after consuming E. coli O157:H7-tainted spinach sent me an unexpected present. The outbreak sickened over 205 people, killing five, sending hundreds to the hospital, many with life-altering complications. The gift was a bobble-head that bore a similarity to a younger version on me.

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All tara roads lead from Daily Harvest and Revive to Peru and Molinos

Bill Marler

And, did I say the the FDA appears to have closed its investigation after nearly 400 reported illnesses? Tara, you might remember that it is an ingredient in both Daily Harvest French Lentil and Leek Crumbles and in Revive Pineapple and Mango Smoothies. Tara, or Caesalpinia spinosa is a shrub or tree that can reach a height of 8 meters with spreading, grey-barked leafy branches.

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FDA, Leafy Green Industry, it is past time to get your s**t together

Bill Marler

Yet another E. coli outbreak linked to leafy greens is burning through at least four states – Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Michigan – in people that ate hamburgers – with lettuce – at Wendy’s. Hundreds are sick and those numbers will rise. There are several people – mostly kids – with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). Here is an email that I just received: “My wife has been hospitalized with HUS after an E. coli infection verified O157.

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Nestlé Buitoni’s Fraîch’Up Pizza linked to at least 75 with E. coli in France

Bill Marler

“If you have a Fraîch’Up pizza in your freezer, do not eat it and throw it away”. The French Directorate General of Health indicated on Wednesday that the link was confirmed between the resurgence of contamination with E. coli bacteria and Nestlé Buitoni’s “Fraîch’up” frozen pizzas, likely the dough. To date in France, 41 children have developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), which causes kidney failure, since February. 34 additional cases are being evaluated.

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Dr. Esteban, all I want for Christmas is for Salmonella to be an Adulterant

Bill Marler

Dr. Jose Emilio Esteban as been appointed and confirmed as the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Under Secretary for Food Safety. Dr. Esteban was appointed as Chief Scientist of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) in August 2018. In this capacity, Dr. Esteban serves as the primary scientific advisor on matters of public health and food safety that affect the mission of the Agency, with primary responsibility for scie

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Hey, Daily Harvest, who made the Crumbles and where did you get the Tara?

Bill Marler

Inquiring minds, and people with acute liver failure, would like to know. After speaking with over 175 people in the last week who have suffered nearly identical symptoms, and who primarily ate the Daily Harvest French Lentil + Leek Crumbles, we are sill at a loss as to what toxin, chemical, etc., are causing these symptoms and what, if any, are the long-term impacts.

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So, who made the Tara?

Bill Marler

So, who made the Tara, Daily Harvest, Stone Gate, Revive? As Maya Angelou would say – “when we know better, we do better”. For those who have been following my blog the last few weeks, there is little surprise that Tara has been the likely link to some or all the illnesses from Daily Harvest French Lentil + Leek Crumbles (and possibly other Daily Harvest products) and Revive smoothies – specifically, the Pineapple and Mango (which is not longer for sale).

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Another year, another continent, more horribly sick kids and the same E. coli

Bill Marler

53 confirmed and 26 suspected cases so far – there have been 2 deaths, but that is from update last week. I was reading (using Google Translate) Florence Méréo’s article – Bactérie E.coli : avant les pizzas Buitoni, Nestlé avait déjà été empêtré dans un scandale sanitaire – and could not help cringing about the injuries of the victims and the similarities for another Nestlé problem over a decade ago.

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You have to be S g me!

Bill Marler

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) is advising consumers not to eat any Kuntry Gardens produce or products containing produce from Kuntry Gardens of Homer, MI, as it may be contaminated with raw, untreated human waste. All product is expected to be labeled under the name Kuntry Gardens. During a routine produce safety inspection, MDARD staff identified that Kuntry Gardens was using raw, untreated human waste on the fields where produce was grown for sale to loca