Restaurant Law Group

There is no shortage of tips on keeping your loved ones from contracting a food-borne illness. But the NBC affiliate in Wisconsin is nice enough to supply a video as well as text. Here is part of their cornucopia of advice:
The most important rule is not to cook the stuffing with the turkey. Just don’t [...]

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It seems uncanny that Canada could have yet another round of listeria problems, but UPI reports that in routine testing of food from Eurest Dining Services, traces of listeria were discovered.
The company supplies meat to, among other places, correctional institutions in Ontario. The acting chief of health services for the province has warned those who [...]

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So that your Thanksgiving is truly thankful and memorable in a good way, there are quite a few things to watch out for when preparing turkey. You’d be surprised at how often that great “stuffed” feeling becomes unstuffed with salmonella.

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What is it about poor Canada that is taking such a beating with food safety this year? After epidemics of salmonella, E. coli and listeria, now it seems that someone is dumping potentially poisoned candy on the market in Toronto illegally.
Hershey’s candy that was recalled two years ago for potential salmonella poisoning, and supposedly destroyed, [...]

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The Canadian death toll due to listeria food poisoning could be higher than officially reported, according to Torstar News Service.
Lack of blood tests in nursing homes and hospitals points to an even higher figure than the 20 known deaths. Blood tests have been denied patients at one nursing home even though a person died [...]

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Though samples from one of Maple Leaf’s processing lines are still showing positive for listeria contamination, after its other lines have repeatedly passed inspection, those meats have been cleared by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency for distribution.
The company attributed the listeria, which sickened over 50 people and was responsible for 29 deaths, to a [...]

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HUA XIA, Flushing, New York, is recalling boxes of YILI Brand Sour Milk Drink because it may be contaminated with melamine.
The product is distributed in New York City through Asian grocery stores. FDA tests revealed the product contains melamine, a known carcinogen, which Chinese farmers and processors have added to their milk products to make [...]

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Aunt Mid’s Produce Co. is denying that its lettuce was the source of an e. coli outbreak that sickened some three dozen Michiganders.
The Detroit company is basing its defense against a lawsuit on Michigan Agriculture Department findings that say the lettuce was clean. However, a statement for the department says that their tests were based on lettuce [...]

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Atlantic Croaker
The New York State Agriculture Commissioner warned consumer not to eat frozen salted Croaker, distributed by YS Trading in New York and New Jersey.
The Croaker is uneviscerated, which could lead to botulism, because botulism is more concentrated in the guts of the fish than any other part.
Botulism can be fatal. Symptoms include blurred vision, [...]

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Canadians, who have suffered over a dozen deaths to listeria from lunch meats, are not over the listeria scare yet. After the lunch meats, several cheeses were recalled due to listeria, and now it’s lunch meats again.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a warning against Dunn’s Famous smoked meat pouches, which are sold at [...]

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