FDA Reasserts Multi-State 0157:H7 E.Coli Outbreak Linked to Nestle Toll House Refridgerated Cookie Dough
In a recent announcement, the FDA reasserts the multi-state 0157:H7 E. Coli outbreak is linked to Nestle Toll House refridgerated cookie dough. The contaminated sample was collected at Nestle’s facility in Danville, Va. on June 25, 2009.
Meanwhile, the Center for Disease Control announced as of Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 72 people in 30 states have been infected with a strain of E. coli 0157:H7. The ill range in age from 2 to 65 but 65% are under the age of 19. Thirty four people have been hospitalized and 10 have developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS).
Both the CDC and the FDA state further laboratory testing is underway to determine whether the E. coli strain in the Nestle refridgerated, prepackaged cookie dough products match the strain causing the outbreak.
June 19th, Nestle announced a voluntary recall of the Nestle Toll House refridgerated cookie dough stating the FDA had found evidence of E. coli in a production sample of a refridgerated chocolate chip cookie dough bar.
For more information on the original recall and E. coli information please visit http://chitchatcorner.com/risk-of-e-coli-0157-prompts-nestle-to-initiate-recall-of-prepackaged-cookie-dough/.
Obama and U.S. House of Representatives Pay Respect to Michael Jackson
June 29, 2009 by Nancy
Filed under Random Thoughts
President Barack Obama’s senior advisor David Axelrod appeared on the NBC program “Meet the Press” Sunday and said the president has written to the family of Michael Jackson.
When asked why Obama had yet to speak publicly about Jackson’s sudden death last week, Axelrod said: “the president has written the family and has shared his feelings with the family.”
“He felt it was the appropriate way to go,” Axelrod said.
More respect was paid to Michael Jackson on Friday by the U.S. House of Representatives when the lawmakers stood in silence in honor of the “King of Pop.”
Rep. Diane Watson of California rose during a debate on the global warming bill and suggested the House “pay tribute to the culture that he has left behind, his legacy.”
Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. of Illinois said the singer changed the world and he wants to “thank God for letting all of us live in his generation and in his era.”
The pop star icon, Micahel Jackson, was 50 years old when he died Thursday in Los Angeles after suffering cardiac arrest.
JBS Swift E Coli Beef Recall Grows
The JBS Swift E coli beef recall grows from 41,000 pounds of products to 380,000 pounds.
The JBS Swift Beef Co. of Greely, Colo., is voluntarily widening the recall issued earlier this week because of possible E coli contamination.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said today that all the beef products in the widened recall were producted April 21 and are in boxes bearing “Est. 969,” a package date of “042109″ and a time stamp ranging from “0618″ to “1130.”
The USDA did not have an update today of what states had reported illnesses or received beef products covered by the expanded recall. The first recall earlier this week covered products that were made April 21-22 and shipped to Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah and Wisconsin.
The USDA says an investigation by its Food Safety and Inspection Service of 24 illnesses in multiple states prompted the company to take another look at its food safety system. According to the department, 18 of the illnesses appear to have the same cause, and JBS Swift is conducting the E coli beef recall “out of an abundance of caution.
