http://www.salmonellablog.com/ Food Poisoning Lawyer & Attorney : Bill Marler : Marler Clark en Copyright 2011 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:03:17 -0800 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:03:17 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.32-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss This scenario provides an exclamation point !!! to the need for Tracebacks to the SOURCE of contamination. The apparent cause of this outbreak is black and red pepper, which was contaminated with Salmonella. Such outbreaks will continue, until the point in the pepper supply chain is determined where the contamination occurred, and require meaningful corrective actions at the source. Probably the primary obstacle in determining the true SOURCE is USDA/FSIS, which historically has thwarted tracebacks to the SOURCE. Fortunately, USDA is conducting a public hearing on Tracebacks this coming Wednesday, March 10 in Washington, DC. This agency admission that it must improve traceback protocol comes a full twelve years after the largest plants implemented HACCP. This unnecessary delay indicates that meaningful agency changes to Traceback protocol will be easier said than done. Instead of being the country's "Premier Public Health Agency", USDA/FSIS policies have been designed to insulate the source plants from accountability, forwarding all liability downstream to destination facilities, imperiling public health. Agency actions the remainder of this year will reveal if it has truly experienced a metamorphosis in this pathogen arena. John Munsell

]]> http://www.salmonellablog.com/salmonella-recalls/fda-update-on-the-investigation-into-the-salmonella-montevideo-outbreak-daniele-international-mincing-overseas-spice-and-wholesome-spice-implicated/#13217 http://www.salmonellablog.com/salmonella-recalls/fda-update-on-the-investigation-into-the-salmonella-montevideo-outbreak-daniele-international-mincing-overseas-spice-and-wholesome-spice-implicated/#13217 Salmonella Recalls Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:57:11 -0800 marler@marlerclark.com (Salmonella Lawyer)