Food Safety News - March 14, 2015 3 Deaths, 5 Illnesses: Listeria Outbreak Linked to Single-Serving Blue Bell Ice Cream

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3 Deaths, 5 Illnesses: Listeria Outbreak Linked to Single-Serving Blue Bell Ice Cream

By News Desk

State and federal health officials are investigating five cases of Listeriosis which have been linked to single-serving ice cream from Blue Bell Creameries. The five, all adult Kansas residents, were hospitalized at the time for other reasons and reportedly became ill after a majority of them consumed Blue Bell Creameries single-serving ice cream at the hospital.... Continue Reading

Publisher's Platform: A Reasonable Proposal For Safer Meat

By Bill Marler

New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has once again proposed a law that would give the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) the ability that it does not believe it already has to recall meat tainted with the pathogenic Salmonella bacteria. The law, in essence, would prompt the FSIS to label Salmonella for... Continue Reading

Study: Five Major Factors Impact Economic Costs of Meat, Poultry Recalls

By News Desk

A recent Kansas State University study found that five major factors have the greatest financial impact on a company involved in a meat or poultry recall. Those factors — perceived health risk severity, recall size, firm size, firm’s experience with recalls, and media coverage — ended up having the most impact on the recalling company’s stock market price, according... Continue Reading

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