A Sampling of Food Safety & Food Poisoning Stories

The Blight and Plight of Restaurants Everywhere

http://gcse-food-health-protection.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-blight-and-plight-of-restaurants.html

(GI) illness cases In Cruise Ships: http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/vsp/surv/gilist.htm

Indifference can be Fatal - http://gcse-food-health-protection.blogspot.ca/2013/02/fatal-indifference.html

Read stories published on the  Food Poisoning Bulletin Webpage-https://foodpoisoningbulletin.com/category/news/

New York Times Stories: 

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/f/food_safety/index.html

More Stories Published Elsewhere (not in chronological order)

Deadly Milk Tea

Among the casualties was shop owner . . . who tasted the milk tea
More from: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/468178/news/metromanila/fda-testing-sample-of-deadly-milk-tea-for-cyanide

MKR Contestant Forced to Quit Following Food Poisoning Nightmare

By Rebekah Carter

March 26, 2015 | Posted in Food Poisoning, News

PRESS RELEASE: Ice Cream Recalls— March 13, 2015 — Brenham, TX. "Three deaths have been reported."

Posted February 12, 2015: 7 deaths in a Multistate Outbreak of ListeriosisLinked to Commercially Produced, Prepackaged Caramel Apples  - http://www.cdc.gov/listeria/outbreaks/caramel-apples-12-14/

The cantaloupe Death Trail

http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/03/health/listeria-outbreak-investigation/

Mother and daughter, 14,  . . . died of possible food poisoning in Bali 

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2533747/Mother-daughter-14-die-Bali-resort-possible-food-poisoning-just-one-day-arriving-holiday.html#ixzz3GX8Ju6GW

Food Safety Conference Hit by ... Food Poisoning

http://www.newser.com/story/186165/food-safety-conference-hit-by-food-poisoning.html

Powerful Pesticide Killed Kids in India

http://www.newser.com/story/171283/powerful-pesticide-killed-kids-in-india.html

Canadian Sisters Found Dead in Thai Hotel Room

http://www.newser.com/story/148299/canadian-sisters-found-dead-in-thai-hotel-room.html

"Mum dies after eating Christmas dinner at pub 'which had not been properly cooked'"

"In sickness and in health: Wedding ruined by mass food poisoning"

and Other Stories in the Mirror (UK):

http://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/food-poisoning

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Safest Times to Eat Out

I had a brief interview with William, a chef with very good knowledge of restaurant food safety measures who has worked at restaurants that are affiliated with high-end hotels. I am using only his first name to protect his identity. You probably can already guess what he said about the extent to which he and his fellow kitchen staff were committed to ensuring that food is safe for patrons. "At the off hours," he said, meaning outside of the breakfast, lunch and dinner rush hours, "it is possible to follow food safety rules". "However," he added, "the rules go out the window when the rush is on." Incidentally, these are the times when a majority of people are served at restaurants with the increased chances of getting more people ill at once.

He did not say this but I suspect he saw no reason for anyone to worry. After all, a few rules ignored until it is more convenient to obey them will not hurt any of the hungry patrons during the rush hours, right?

Posted by Felix Amiri

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Felix Amiri is currently the chair of GCSE-Food & Health Protection, and a sworn SSQA advocate.