Personal Injury Law

The end of Agnet and AnimalNet

Posted on April 22, 2009
As we move to the launch of bites.ksu.edu, I am ceasing publication of Agnet and AnimalNet, effective immediately. It's Earth Day, and like the compost in my backyard recycling the detritus from last night's dinner, I'm going back to one listserv, not four...

New food safety infosheet: Hepatitis A in staff member at Littleton, CO grocery store

Posted on April 22, 2009
This week's food safety infosheet focuses on a Hep A incident that arose over the weekend.  A staff member responsible for handling and preparing produce in a Colorado Albertson's was found to have Hepatitis A. Food safety infosheet highlights: -Albertsons shoppers may have been exposed to virus between April 6 and April 21, 2009...

Raleigh foodborne illnesses possibly tied to restaurant

Posted on April 21, 2009
Independent Weekly is reporting that at least eight cases of foodborne illness are being investigated and that they may be linked to a common restaurant. The illnesses, reported April 17, may be connected to Evoo, a Mediterranean restaurant in Raleigh's Five Points...

Canadian politicians beware: Maple Leaf's Michael McCain isn't really that into you

Posted on April 21, 2009
He may ooze empathy and smooth, but Canadian politicians on the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food's Subcommittee on Food Safety beware: Michael McCain (below, not exactly as shown) really isn't that into you. Sure he got dressed up for the committee appearance last night, prefaced it with a little foreplay at a luncheon for business types, and said I'm sorry, it was all me, but when a guy says that, he really means, it's all you...

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Food auctions: new trend in a down economy

Posted on April 21, 2009
While canning, freezing and growing food at home are increasing, so are discounted food sales. Sean Gregory writes in this week's Time that food items are now appearing at auctions across the U.S., As the stock market headed south last fall, Ron Peterson, owner of Elmer Auction, LLC, added grocery items like cereals and cleaning supplies to his ledger...

UK: Done with dirty dining

Posted on April 21, 2009
The star-rating posted outside restaurants and pubs in Cumbria, England is making it safer for diners, reports News & Star. The county adopted the Scores on Doors scheme in 2007, which awards a maximum of five stars to establishments with high inspection scores, has noted a decrease in the number of 'high-risk' premises...

Albertsons customers face hepatitis threat

Posted on April 19, 2009
The Denver Post reports that people who have eaten store-prepared produce from an Albertsons in Littleton, Colorado, recently could face shots because a store employee has tested positive for hepatitis A. The Tri-County Health Department said the warning applies specifically to those who have bought green onions, celery that has had the leaves trimmed, any lettuce that was not pre-bagged, any pre-cut watermelon, cantaloupe or honeydew melon...

More Canadian listeria reports; more bureaucratic BS

Posted on April 18, 2009
The bureaucrats have been busy. Three more Canadian government studies on the listeria outbreak of 2008 which killed 21 were quietly posted Friday afternoon while the House of Commons was adjourned – what the Canadian Press called a traditional dumping ground for news the government wants to bury...

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