BARFBLOG: 5 deaths, 38 illnesses being investigated in Canadian listeria outbreak; sub spokesthingy says consumers are hypochrondriacs - (barfblog)
August 22, 2008 – 5:37 pmIts been a bizarre day, answering questions about the U.S. moving ahead with approvals for irradiation on some leafy greens, and Canada moving backwards really backwards into political grandstanding while people suffer in an expanding listeria outbreak.
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gC9NkqspB-o1I8yAAGcJOeLk4IgA
The latest news is that five deaths are now being investigated and dozens of illnesses. If you watch some of the media clips youll see that undeserved Canadian smugness shining through we figured this listeria thing out really fast, it took the Americans six months to figure out salmonella in jalapenos(Maureen Taylor of CBC pokes some big holes in that theory).
http://www.cbc.ca/clips/mov/taylor-lysteriosis-082008.mov
My message was the same: Listeria is a dangerous bug, this is a serious outbreak, there were some serious shortcomings in informing the public and six-months pregnant Amy wouldnt touch a cold-cut or other refrigerated ready-to-eat food whether it was inspected by government or industry or me.
http://barfblog.foodsafety.ksu.edu/2008/08/articles/listeria-1/1-dead-dozens-sickened-in-canadian-listeria-outbreak-some-questions/
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