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Can your reusable grocery bag make you sick? This study finds that they can.

February 11, 2013 by foodsafeguru

I am an advocate f or reusable grocery bags to a point. The grocery store baggers tend to overfill the bags making them extremely heavy to carry into my house. Also if I don’t use get plastic bags sometimes, I won’t have anything to use in my bathroom wastebasket or to place food scraps when I peel […]

64 sick with Salmonella; Texas Country Club makes changes to fix food safety issues

August 25, 2012 by foodsafeguru

by Doug Powell Refrigeration of fresh produce is not something to trifle with in Texas — in summer. But that’s exactly what the fancy-pants Abilene Country Club did and now it has been linked to 35 of the 64 confirmed cases of salmonella in the area in the past month. KTXS reports the club scored […]

Bermuda Grass Poisoning Tied to Texas Cattle Deaths

July 2, 2012 by foodsafeguru

DALLAS (AP) — The sun was setting when Jerry Abel’s cattle began to bellow on his Central Texas ranch. They were convulsing by the time he rushed to the pasture. Within hours, Abel had lost almost all his herd. The culprit: toxic grass. Abel’s 15 dead cattle represent the first documented case of cyanide deaths […]

Hundreds of Dallas restaurants not inspected in years; broken system leaves food safety gap

February 28, 2012 by foodsafeguru

by Doug Powell An NBC 5 investigation finds that more than 200 Dallas restaurants have not been inspected in at least two years. The city of Dallas has been scrambling to inspect hundreds of restaurants because of an NBC 5 investigation. NBC 5 discovered that the city’s inspection system has broken down so badly that […]

Guacamole implicated in Texas E. coli O157:H7 outbreak

July 2, 2011 by foodsafeguru

By Ben Chapman The newest food safety infosheet, a graphical one-page food safety-related story directed at food businesses, is now available for download. Food Safety Infosheet Highlights: - 5 confirmed cases (including 2 hospitalizations), 11 suspected; linked to Killeen, TX Jason’s Deli location - The Bell County Health Department figures the source of the illnesses […]