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Improperly canned elk leads to botulism
Doug likes to call me the canning queen; this is something I embrace. I’ve detailed my recent skill development in home food preservation, which has been part necessity and part interest. I’m a...
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The consequences of unsafe home canning are scary
With the first ramps making their way to New York restaurants, the North Carolina spring is here. As the top two-thirds of North America thaws out, the bottom third is gearing up for the home canning...
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Mississippi man still recovering from 2011 botulism illness
Mrs. Kalisz, my middle school family studies teacher, scared the crap out of me by telling stories about paralysis and warned of the dangers of botulism by holding up a bulging can of beans. All the...
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Virginia jail helps cook up inmates’ dreams in food safety program
When I was in jail in 1982, the only food-related job was putting peaches and plums (horse balls) in a can and shipping them to other institutions. I taught school. But at the Prince William County...
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Canned potato outbreak linked to two deaths in 2015
I really am scared of botulism. Not in an irrational way – I get the risk calculation stuff. Prevalence is low but consequence is way high. Like months of health problems. Which might lead to death...
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Ben Chapman profiled at NC State (this time with notes)
Chapman got his obligatory profile as new faculty in one of the North Carolina State University publications this week; this is the bites/barfblog version. When Ben Chapman arrived at N.C. State...
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UK food plant shut down after filthy conditions discovered
The Evening Courier reports that a chick-pea canning plant at Marshall Hall Mills in Elland has been ordered closed after environmental health officers found a shocking catalogue of hazards and filthy...
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When is organic ever safer? Production standard only
National Public Radio in the U.S. – or as Colbert calls their programming, state-sponsored jazz – ran a story entitled, Organic isn’t always safer when it comes to botulism. When is organic ever safer?...
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Soup producers mad California regulators didn’t tell them how to manage risks
Being public is double-edged: great benefits by electronically and almost instantly connecting with individuals and food safety types around the world, with the risk of being a bigger target for every...
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Improperly home canned foods eaten at private BBQ linked to three cases of...
I’m not sure if it’s a function of getting old or whether my circle of friends are changing their habits but my Facebook timeline has been peppered with status updates about trips to the farmers’...
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