Showing posts with label food and drug administration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food and drug administration. Show all posts

Monday, January 12, 2009

Just Eating Has Become An Issue! There Is Another Salmonella Outbreak In 42 States!


At least 400 people have been sickened in a salmonella outbreak across the country. I am always wary of anything canned. These days I only cook fresh foods as much as I possibly can. The less food has been handled by someone else the better off you will be. A processed food may be the culprit this time around.Here's more from WSJ.com:

"An Ohio company recalled its creamy peanut butter after Minnesota health authorities identified the sandwich spread as the likely source of a wave of salmonella infections in the state.

Minnesota investigators found that every one of the 30 people with recent salmonella infections in that state had eaten peanut butter before falling ill, and confirmed in the "overwhelming majority" of those cases that the victims had eaten King Nut brand, according to state Department of Health spokesman Doug Schultz. The Minnesota salmonella strain matches the bacteria that have sickened at least 369 people in 41 other states since early September, although Minnesota authorities haven't connected the peanut butter to the national outbreak.

Minnesota officials, who are working with the federal Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, expect further test results as early as Monday. CDC spokeswoman Lola Russell identified peanut butter as "one of the major hypotheses" for the source of the outbreak."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123172133257172179.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

But looking at this video that focused on the last salmonella outbreak,which wasn't even a year ago,fresh foods can be contaminated also.With the economy being the main focus,what's going to happen to the FDA under the Obama administration?The Food & Drug Administration has been a serious issue for a long time.