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New Zealand leads world on controlling campylobacter

Posted on October 16, 2009
New Zealand's efforts to drastically reduce the effects of the dangerous bacteria found in chicken have seen it lead global efforts to improve the safety of poultry for human consumption. The New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) is taking the lead for the International Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH) in developing standards to combat campylobacter in broiler chickens...

UK - Campylobacter found in 65% of Chickens

Posted on October 08, 2009
The Food Standards Agency has published the findings of a new survey testing for campylobacter and salmonella in chicken on sale in the UK. The survey showed that campylobacter was present in 65% of the samples of chicken tested. Salmonella was in 6% of samples, 0...

Walworth County Wisconsin District Attorney's Office may file charges in Raw Milk Campylobacter Case

Posted on October 02, 2009
The Walworth County District Attorney's Office is evaluating whether to file charges against the owners of an Elkhorn farm shut down after more than two dozen people fell ill from consuming raw milk.  Assistant District Attorney Zeke Wiedenfeld on Monday met with three representatives from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection...

Wisconsin Confirms Raw Milk as Source of Campylobacter Illnesses

Posted on September 21, 2009
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture has announced that testing has confirmed that 35 campylobacter infections resulted from the consumption of unpasteurized 'raw' milk. The agency announced on September 16 that DNA test results and other evidence have now established that the confirmed cases of Campylobacter jejuni infection, including 21 patients under age 18, were caused by unpasteurized milk purchased from Zinniker Family Farm near Elkhorn...

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New Zealand Health Officials Warn Against Raw Milk

Posted on September 16, 2009
The New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) is warning residents not to consume unpasteurized ("raw") milk due to risks posed by bacterial pathogens, such as campylobacter.   The press release, dated September 14, states:  drinking unpasteurised milk is risky because it hasn't been heat treated to kill any harmful bacteria that might be in the raw product, such as Salmonella, E...

Raw Milk In Wisconsin Is Illegal And Making People Sick, Says State

Posted on August 29, 2009
This just in from the State of Wisconsin: Thirteen confirmed cases of illness in southeastern Wisconsin have been linked to consumption of unpasteurized milk, public health officials said today, and they cautioned residents to discard any unpasteurized milk they have in their homes...

Breakthrough Moves Closer to Campylobacter Vaccine

Posted on August 25, 2009
We don't get to report on a lot of good news here. Today, we do, though. The Washington Post is reporting that Navy scientist Patricia Guerry has made 'discoveries that could lead to the first vaccine' for campylobacter jejuni. According to the report, such a vaccine could 'potentially save tens of thousands of young lives in developing countries where the pathogen has proved deadly...

Useful Tips on Avoiding Campylobacter Infection

Posted on August 21, 2009
In an informative article from U.S. News, Janurary W. Payne provides useful information on avoiding campylobacter infection.   Campylobacter is a bacterial infection, often spread through contaminated food.   While it does not receive the notoriety of foodborne pathogens like E...

Milk "For Pet Use Only" Equals Raw Milk In Florida; Latest Scam To Sell Dangerous Product

Posted on August 04, 2009
 The latest scam by the raw milkers is found in Florida, according to the Sarasota Herald Tribune.   It reports: The label on the jug reads "for pet use only," but in the privacy of their kitchens, thousands of people statewide mix smoothies with, churn ice cream with, and drink cold glasses of raw milk...

Hard Water Does Better Job Removing Bacteria From Chicken Skin--Thank God Cousin Emmett Is Not Alive To Read This!

Posted on July 27, 2009
Most all of the upper Midwest, but especially the area novelist Fredrick Manfred named Sioux land, is an area of hard water.   We know a little bit of what we are talking about here as Emmett J. Culligan was our grandfather's first cousin. Like many others in our family, the "Culligan Man" spent time as an expectant father at St...

Treated Soft Water Best For Removing Bacteria From Chickens-- Cousin Emmett Would Be Proud!

Posted on July 27, 2009
Most all of the upper Midwest, but especially the area novelist Fredrick Manfred named Sioux land, is an area of hard water.   We know a little bit of what we are talking about here as Emmett J. Culligan was our grandfather's first cousin. Like many others in our family, the "Culligan Man" spent time as an expectant father at St...

Taking Chickens For A Ride Increases Campylobacter Levels

Posted on July 13, 2009
 Researchers at Bristol University recently presented new findings regarding Campylobacter contamination in poultry populations.  Professor Tom Humphrey from the University's Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, led a new study showing that Campylobacter levels increase in the gut of chickens and other farm animals when they are transported...

Consuming Raw Milk Is "A Risk Factor For Infection With Pathogenic Bacteria"

Posted on July 05, 2009
 In a July 1 letter that appeared in the Stillwater News Press titled, "Know the Facts," Director of the Food Safety Division for the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, Stan Stromberg, explained the milk pasteurization process: In the High Temperature/Short Time process, which is typically used in milk pasteurization, the milk is forced between metal plates or through pipes heated on the outside by hot water, and is heated to 161 degrees F for 15 to 20 seconds, followed by quick cooling to about 39 degrees...

Raw Milk's Danger Jumps Out of CDC's Report On 2006 Food Outbreaks

Posted on June 13, 2009
Americans food habits are changing. We drink less milk and eat more cheese. We drink a lot less milk than most places in Europe and more than most do in Asia. Still, when our total annual per capita consumption amounts to something north of 22 gallons of milk, more than 35 pounds of cheese, and 2...

Meridian Bioscience Says It Has A New Test For Campylobacter With Results In About 20 Minutes

Posted on June 04, 2009
Medical diagnostic test kit maker Meridian Bioscience, Inc. yesterday said it has obtained Food and Drug Administration clearance for its novel rapid test, ImmunoCard STAT! CAMPY to detect Campylobacter. Campylobacter bacteria is one of the common causes of diarrhea and food-borne illness in the U...

Chile Studies Campylobacter Contamination In Slaughterhouse Chickens

Posted on May 27, 2009
On average, slaughterhouse chickens were contaminated with thermotolerant Campylobacter 54 percent of the time, according to a recent poultry study in Chile. Two poultry slaughterhouses were included in the study. One had a 72 percent contamination rate, while campylobacter was found 36 percent of the time in the other...

UK Chicken Industry Looking At How To Cut The Amount Of Campylobacter In Half By 2010

Posted on May 18, 2009
When you are standing at the poultry counter trying to decide which package of chicken breasts to buy, does it ever cross your mind to think about how old the bird was when it was axed? Didn't think so.  Well, the good folks at British Poultry are giving that a lot of thought...

Follow-Up On Green Party's Campylobacter Expert Candidate: She Lost

Posted on May 13, 2009
Sarah Svensson, the Ph D candidate who is an expert in Campylobacter and who was running as a Green Party candidate in British Columbia, lost. She received 854 votes with a total of 12,731 ballots being cast in Columbia River-Revelstoke. The district easily re-elected the NDP's Norm Macdonald to his second term...

British Columbia (BC) Green Candidate Is Ph D Candidate In Molecular Biology Of Campylobacter

Posted on May 04, 2009
We do not usually follow politics on this blog.  Nor are we any kind of experts about elections in British Columbia.   Who has a chance, and who does not---well, those are questions you are going to have to get answered elsewhere. Nevertheless, we think its worth noting that one of the Green Party candidates running in the upcoming May 12th BC elections from Columbia River-Revelstoke is an expert in Campylobacter...

New Zealand Studies Its Most Prevalent Notifiable Disease--Campylobacter

Posted on April 13, 2009
New Zealand's South Canterbury is on many dream vacation lists. The area between the Conway and Waitaki rivers and what New Zealand calls its Southern Alps to the west, the area's many attractions are anything if not inviting. The tourist brochures for Christchurch and other places in South Canterbury, however, do not mention the fact that this big area of New Zealand has more than its share of Campylobacter...

Raw Milk Is Giving People Campylobacter On Colorado's Western Slope

Posted on April 08, 2009
Raw milk has struck again, this time in western Colorado where at several people are suffering campylobacter poisoning. The Kinikin Corner Dairy in Montrose, CO has been ordered to cease and desist from distributing raw milk to the public, including its so-called "shareholders...

One of Nation's Top Dietitians And Authors Says Raw Milk Is NOT Safe

Posted on March 30, 2009
 Raw milk can be a host to a wide array of pathogens, including but not limited to, staphylococcus aureus, campylobacter jejuni, E. coli, listeria monocytogenes and yesinia enterocolitica. The incidence of infection varies worldwide and not all cases of illness are serious enough to be reported...

Poultry Litter War Sees Battle In Denver; Remains Unsettled

Posted on March 13, 2009
Above the bench in the Tenth Circuit Courtroom in Denver where a battle was fought this week between the State of Oklahoma and the poultry industry are the words: 'Reason is the soul of all law.' The 'poultry litter' war being waged by Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson and the mostly Arkansas-based chicken companies originally caught our attention because of its possible impact on campylobacter incidents in the Illinois River watershed...

From the Byron White Courthouse In Denver---Oklahoma Seeks Injunction Against Poultry Industry

Posted on March 11, 2009
  The words above historic courtroom III in 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver say 'Reason is the soul of all law.' Below, three very experienced jurists –two wearing bow ties—this morning tried to make sense out of pollution by poultry litter on Oklahoma's Illinois River...

Raw Milk Causes Five People To Suffer Campylobacter Illnesses

Posted on March 04, 2009

Health Department Says Don't Drink Raw Milk; Ag Department Says "Yes You Can!"

Posted on March 01, 2009

New Premier Campy Test By Meridian Approved By FDA

Posted on February 10, 2009
Meridian Bioscience, a fully integrated life science company, has received the FDA clearance for a new test for Campylobacter. Launched as Premier Campy, the rapid enzyme immunoassay test provides for optimized detection of Campylobacter infection, the company said...

Campylobacter--Still The One! (In the European Union)

Posted on January 21, 2009
Campylobacter infections still topped the list of zoonotic diseases in the European Union as of 2007. That at least is the finding of The European Food Safety Authority’s and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control’s Community Zoonoses Report for 2007, which monitors the occurrence of infectious diseases that can be transmitted from animals to humans...

British Poultry Council Calls For Team To "Eliminate Campylobacter"

Posted on January 05, 2009
The UK's Farmers Weekly Interactive (FWI) is reporting that the British Poultry Council wants the government's Food Standards Agency to join it in setting up a technical group to come up with "cost effective measures for tackling campylobacter. FWI quotes the Council's Ted Wright as saying: "Foodborne illness caused by campylobacter infection is still a problem...

University of Hawaii Authors Examine Campylobacter On The Islands

Posted on December 11, 2008
Hawaii's Star-Bulletin today takes a look at the high rate of campylobacter contamination being experienced on the islands of the nation's 50th State.   The newspaper reports that: With about 800 cases per year, Hawaii has the highest rate of reported Campylobacter infections in the nation...

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