Spinach Crisis Summary Rewind IX
With so much having been written in so short a time, thought it would be helpful to publish a sort of round-up of available material to help people understand the whole situation regarding spinach and this E. coli breakout: The Perishable Pundit itself has dealt extensively with the subject in several major pieces. On September […]
Pundit’s Mailbag —
What Are The Feds Up To
Joel Schulz of Russet Potato Exchange in Wisconsin, the heart of the current spinach/E. coli outbreak, asked a question: If everyone in Salinas is cooperating so well, why is the FBI on the scene this morning? Fair enough and, to you and me, it may seem like the FBI ordering everyone out of facilities so […]
A Look At The Faces
Since the spinach crisis broke, here at the Pundit we have written over 60,000 words on the subject. All have been attempts to understand and analyze the crisis, its causes, its implication, its meaning and significance to the trade. Other than linking to the FDA web site, we have not written about the casualties of […]
Spinach Crisis Summary Rewind VII
With so much having been written in so short a time, thought it would be helpful to publish a sort of round-up of available material to help people understand the whole situation regarding spinach and this E. coli breakout: The Perishable Pundit itself has dealt extensively with the subject in several major pieces. On September […]
Be More Popular at Cocktail Parties
Many have expressed a desire to really study the Pundit beyond what they can do at work. A tip of the hat to Frieda Caplan, dean of specialty food trade and inspiration to all women in produce, who asked us to provide a better printing functionality. We had received several other such requests, but what […]
U.S. Spinach Still Banned in Canada
If there is a silver lining in disasters, it is that they stress out systems and thus reveal internal weaknesses. For example, we’ve learned that the traceback systems we trumpet so proudly are only half of what is needed. We need a way to quickly trace forward where bad product may have wound up so […]
Botulism III
We’ve dealt both here and here with the issue of Botulism and the recall by Wm. Bolthouse Farms of its 100% carrot juice. The issue is bigger than carrot juice though. The tie between the Bolthouse recall and the Natural Selection Foods recall is the inching of the fresh produce industry into a food processing […]
Bailando Juntos (Dancing Together)
A new name brought into the spinach fiasco by the execution of the search warrants in Salinas is Growers Express. They issued a statement as well: Public statement regarding FDA/FBI inquiry 10-4-06 1505 hrs. Oct. 4, 2006 (Salinas, Calif.) — This morning, officials of the Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Bureau of Investigation […]
Just when you thought it was safe to go
back in the water…
…the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California issued the following statement: The US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California announced that agents of the FBI and FDA Office of Criminal Investigations executed two search warrants today on Growers Express in Salinas, CA, and Natural Selection Foods in San Juan Batista, […]
Bolthouse And Juice Refrigeration
We dealt here with the FDA’s decision to warn consumers not to drink Bolthouse Farms carrot juice, 450 ml and 1 liter plastic bottles, with “BEST IF USED BY” dates of Nov 11, 2006, or earlier due to botulism concerns. As if Earthbound Farms wasn’t in the news enough lately, its brand is included in […]
