Monique Scotti of Global News is reporting that Health Canada is issuing a widespread recall of frozen No Name brand chicken burgers as part of a broader effort to reduce the number of salmonella-related illnesses across the country. The specific product affected … Continue reading
The Public Health Agency of Canada is collaborating with lotsa other bureau-types to investigate an outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis infections in four provinces with cases of human illness linked to frozen raw breaded chicken products. PHAC feels compelled to tell Canadians the risk is low … Continue reading
That’s what a frustrated Kirk Smith, head of the foodborne disease unit of the Minnesota Department of Health, suggested to USA Today today as he described how people are still getting sick with Salmonella by microwaving raw, frozen, breaded chicken, despite the lack of microwave instructions."We wish the labels would be even more emphatic
We’ve done extensive work on this topic dating back to 2006 (search barfblog.com), but new tools, like whole genome sequencing, mean additional outbreaks have been identified. A summary paper of recent outbreaks has just been published. Abstract below: Frozen raw … Continue reading
In 2005, after Chapman was afraid he’d be eaten by bears in Prince George, BC (that’s in Canada) we met with Phebus at a pub in beautiful Manhattan, Kansas, and crafted a research project idea to see how people actually … Continue reading
The Public Health Agency of Canada says 474 people have gotta sick from raw frozen chicken thingies over the past year and a half. Over a decade ago, when I went to Kansas State, me and Chapman and Phebus came … Continue reading
Most frozen breaded chicken products available for sale in grocery stores in Canada contain raw chicken that can cause Salmonella illness and therefore pose an increased health risk to Canadians who handle, prepare or consume them. Such products include chicken … Continue reading
Craig Takeuchi of Straight writes several more cases of Salmonella have been reported in an outbreak across Canada linked to a recalled frozen raw chicken product. The Pubic Health Agency of Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Health Canada, and … Continue reading
In an outbreak that begin May 2017 and continues, the Public Health Agency of Canada is reporting 30 cases of Salmonella Enteriditis between May 2017 and February 2018. The news release came out last Thursday, two days, one day after the feds … Continue reading
I’m old. My ribs hurt, my body hurts, I can’t butterfly like Tony O, and I’m writing about stuff I had ideas for 12 years ago. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), along with their federal food safety partners, Health … Continue reading