Arkansas and Oklahoma are not getting along these days and a debate about Campylobacter took center stage recently in the dispute.
It seems that Oklahoma wants Arkansas to help cleanup the Illinois River by stopping the spreading of "poultry litter." It basically sounds like Arkansas lets Tyson Foods and others spread chicken poop throughout the
We like to track as much food-borne illness data as we can. We think its important for many reasons.
The Irish Medical News recently reported that Campylobacter was Ireland’s No. 1 food-borne illness for 2006, the latest year for which complete data is available. The Medical News reports:
Campylobacter infection is the most important cause
The government of New Zealand latest attempts to combat Campylobacter have come under fire from the country’s Green Party. Scoop, an independent news service in New Zealand, says the Greens think the Poultry code too weak to tackle campy epidemic. It reports that:
The New Zealand Food Safety Authority has missed a vital chance to
Campylobacter is a big problem in New Zealand. Reporting for Meat & Poultry, the business journal for meat and poultry processors, Bryan Salvage says:
New guidelines for poultry processors have been developed by the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (N.Z.F.S.A.) and the New Zealand Poultry Industry Association to reduce food poisoning cases associated with Campylobacter
The new issue of Agricultural Research Service’s (ARS) Food and Nutrition Research Briefs, published on line by the United States Department of Agriculture, reports that a new medium developed by ARS that provides a quicker, simpler way to distinguish between Campylobacter species has been licensed for manufacture by two U.S. companies.
Food and Nutrition
The Washington Department of Health warned that milk produced at the Pleasant Valley Dairy in Ferndale, Washington, may be contaminated with Campylobacter this week. Campylobacter – a bacterium that causes diarrhea, somach cramps, and other symptoms of food poisoning, is one of the most common causes of foodborne illness.
According to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
49abcnews.com reported last week that at least 87 Kansans had become ill with Campylobacter infections after consuming raw dairy products in November. The outbreaks were caused by raw cheese and raw milk – both products that have been identified as past food poisoning outbreaks, including E. coli and Salmonella outbreaks.
In the first outbreak
US – A quicker, simpler way to distinguish between Campylobacter species has now been licensed for manufacture by two U.S. companies. The new culture medium called Campy-Cefex is specifically designed to detect and differentiate C. jejuni and C. coli mixtures of food-contaminating microbes. These two bacteria are important causes of foodborne illness.
Agricultural Research Service
A Queensland University of Technology (QUT)researcher has developed a new technique that can help scientists and clinicians quickly and cheaply diagnose the bacteria which causes the most common bout of food poisoning in Australia. Erin Price, from QUT’s Faculty of Science, has developed a novel set of methods that uses genetic markers to pinpoint the
Annette Saldivar, 38, was living a normal life as a dialysis technician and as a mother of two teenage girls.
Then, in February, she began to experience restless leg syndrome, a tingling sensation that kept her awake at night.
Later, she complained about headaches, vertigo, weakness and vision problems. She was fatigued all the time.
New guidelines for poultry processors have been developed by the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (N.Z.F.S.A.) and the New Zealand Poultry Industry Association to reduce food poisoning cases associated with Campylobacter