Guest guest Posted June 22, 2000 Report Share Posted June 22, 2000 Food Safety Mistakes Caught on Tape Scientists put cameras in the kitchens of 100 families in Logan, Utah, who thought they did a pretty good job. What was caught on tape in this middle-class, well-educated college town suggests why food poisoning hits so many Americans. People skipped soap when hand-washing. Used the same towel to wipe up raw meat juice as to dry their hands. Made a salad without washing the lettuce. Undercooked the meat loaf. One even tasted the marinade in which bacteria-ridden raw fish had soaked. Not to mention the mom who handled raw chicken and then fixed her infant a bottle without washing her hands. Or another mom who merely rinsed her baby's juice bottle after it fell into raw eggs - no soap against the salmonella that can lurk in eggs. " Shocking, " was Utah State University nutritionist Janet Anderson's reaction. http://news.excite.com/news/ap/000619/15/cooks-come-clean http://www.cnn.com/2000/FOOD/news/06/19/cookscomeclean.ap/index.html --------- Tougher enforcement of meat plants needed, auditors say June 22, 2000 Web posted at: 12:27 p.m. EDT (1627 GMT) The new inspection system requires companies to identify potential hazards in slaughterhouses and processing plants and implement controls for foodborne pathogens. Previously, companies relied on USDA inspectors to find contaminated meat by poking and sniffing it. The inspectors' job now is to ensure that the plants are following their sanitation plans and to do some microbial testing... ....Plants are shipping products to consumers without testing for specific pathogens like E. coli O157:H7 or Listeria monocytogenes even after tests for generic versions of those bacteria are positive, the report found. And plants aren't testing at all for some major pathogens such as campylobacter, the auditors said... http://www.cnn.com/2000/FOOD/news/06/22/meat.safety.ap.ap/index.html ----------- More food safety tests needed to protect consumers Updated 1:08 PM ET June 21, 2000 By Julie Vorman WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Agriculture Department's food safety agency needs to expand laboratory tests and tighten other rules for meat and poultry plants to protect American consumers from foodborne disease, according to a U.S. government investigation released on Wednesday. http://news.excite.com/news/r/000621/13/food-safety2 ----------- Dominick's Clarifies Packerland Beef Recall OAK BROOK, Ill., June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Packerland Packing Co., Inc., a Green Bay, Wisconsin firm is voluntarily recalling approximately 196,000 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E.coli 0157:H7 http://news.excite.com/news/dj/000616/20000616-006733 ----------- USDA says Calif.firm recalled hams for possible Listeria Updated 6:55 PM ET June 14, 2000 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - California firm, Demes Gourmet Corp. has voluntarily recalled 1,800 pounds of hams that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, a potentially deadly bacteria, the U.S. Agriculture Department said Wednesday. http://news.excite.com/news/r/000614/18/food-recall-ham2 -- ------------------------ Free email services provided by http://www.goodkarmacafe.com Powered by OutBlaze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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