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ROMAINE LETTUCE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL (CDC) E. coli Infections Linked to Romaine Lettuce Stay Away From Romine Lettuce Throw All Romaine Lettuce Out Don't Buy Any CDC Warning – Steer clear of romaine lettuce Hitting Hawaii Suppliers, Farmers Hard SCIENCE vs. POLITICS WARNING VS. RECALL ______________________________________________________________ ANN ALTHOUSE, ESQ., ON SCIENCE AND POLITICS [T]he whole point of science is to question and investigate and test. If scientists close ranks when they think that they have enough evidence and that they will have more infuence if they claim consensus, they have moved from science to politics. Yet if we see that scientists don't maintain scientifc values, the basis for their infuence in politics is, ironically, destroyed. Even if you want to abandon ethics and sell out for what you see as the greater good, it won't even work. Step back from the precipice, scientists! We need you. We have enough politicians. ______________________________________________________________ FOOD SAFETY ALERT November 20, 2018 at 2:30 PM ET https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/2018/o157h7-11-18/index.html CDC is advising that U.S. consumers not eat any romaine lettuce, and retailers and restaurants not serve or sell any, until we learn more about the outbreak. This investigation is ongoing and the advice will be updated as more information is available.
CDC is advising that consumers do not eat any romaine lettuce because no common grower, supplier, distributor, or brand of romaine lettuce has been identifed. [Emphasis Supplied] Reported Cases: 32 1) States: 11 2) Hospitalizations: 13 3) Deaths: 0 4) RECALL: NO [Emphasis Supplied] ______________________________________________________________ Tish Uyehara, Armstrong's Director of Marketing and Food Safety, says this is going to be a major disaster for the industry if the source of the outbreak isn't found soon. “Nobody is going to touch it. Nobody is going to buy it,” said Uyehara. “It's costly and it's huge volumes. We consider it a very dire situation at this point.” Uyehara says sales have dropped since the CDC issued its warning Monday. She says restaurants and businesses continue to pull romaine from their menus and stores, and she says some clients have been returning boxes and asking for refunds. “Who then is responsible to pay for the product? We don't feel we're responsible,” Uyehara said. “It's a bad time because it'' the holidays as well, so everybody has ordered and planned for the holiday season and now everything is just going to be sitting there.” Lane Muraoka, the owner of Big City Diner, says they pulled romaine from the menus at all their restaurants. Source: CDC's warning to steer clear of romaine lettuce hitting Hawaii suppliers, farmers hard. Romaine warning afecting Hawaii businesses By Ashley Nagaoka. Hawaii News Now November 21, 2018, accessed November 22, 2018. Please Watch Video Newscast http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2018/11/22/romaine-lettuce-warning-afecting-hawaii-restaurants-businesses/
SCIENCE vs. POLITICS WARNING VS. RECALL RECALL: THE FOOD INDUSTRY'S BIGGEST THREAT TO PROFITABILITY By Tyco Integrated Security. October 2012. Published in Food Safety Magazine. Accessed November 22, 2018 https://www.foodsafetymagazine.com/signature-series/recall-the-food- industrys-biggest-threat-to-proftability/ Food Recall Impact The number of food recalls in the U.S. has shown a dramatic increase in the last few years, jumping four-fold over the number just 5 years ago. There are multiple reasons for the huge spike in the number of recalls, but contributing factors include the increasingly global and complex food supply chain, a few dramatic, large scale recalls, such as intentional shipment of Salmonella-contaminated peanut products by the Peanut Corporation of America and the recall of over a half billion fresh eggs from Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms, and the resulting heightened regulatory oversight and media coverage of an issue that directly impacts public health. Food recalls are most importantly a public health issue, but they are also signifcant economic issues. The average cost of a recall to a food company is $10M in direct costs, in addition to brand damage and lost sales according to a joint industry study by the Food Marketing Institute and the Grocery Manufacturers Association. However the costs for larger brands may be signifcantly higher based on the preliminary recall costs reported by frms of some recent recalls. And these are just the direct costs, which typically include notifcation (to regulatory bodies, supply chain, consumers), product retrieval (reverse logistics), storage, destruction, unsalable product, and of course, the additional labor costs associated with these activities as well as the investigation of the root cause. They do not include what could arguably be the more signifcant costs to the company from litigation costs, the costs from any agreed or mandated governmental oversight post incident, lost sales, and the impact to the company's market value and brand reputation.
Today's consumer cannot help but be aware of food recalls with the 24×7 media coverage and the power of social networking to both spread the news and infuence the brand. In a Harris Interactive poll, consumers indicated that 55% would switch brands temporarily following a recall, and 15% said they would never purchase the recalled product and 21% would avoid purchasing any brand made by the manufacturer of the recalled product. A 2010 U.S. Grocery Supplier survey seems to validate these intentions. In the year following the large spinach and peanut butter recalls, almost three- quarters of consumers stopped purchasing those products out of safety concerns, dropping to one-quarter in the second year. THANKGIVING MESSAGE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL (CDC)
Most of the time, we see only what we want to see, or what others tell us to see, instead of really investigate to see what is really there. We embrace illusions only because we are presented with the illusion that they are embraced by the majority. When in truth, they only become popular because they are pounded at us by the media with such an intensity and high level of repetition that its mere force disguises lies and truths. And like obedient schoolchildren, we do not question their validity and swallow everything up like medicine. Why? Because since the earliest days of our youth, we have been conditioned to accept that the direction of the herd, and authority anywhere — is always right. Suzy Kassem Rise Up and Salute the Sun

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  • 1. ROMAINE LETTUCE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL (CDC) E. coli Infections Linked to Romaine Lettuce Stay Away From Romine Lettuce Throw All Romaine Lettuce Out Don't Buy Any CDC Warning – Steer clear of romaine lettuce Hitting Hawaii Suppliers, Farmers Hard SCIENCE vs. POLITICS WARNING VS. RECALL ______________________________________________________________ ANN ALTHOUSE, ESQ., ON SCIENCE AND POLITICS [T]he whole point of science is to question and investigate and test. If scientists close ranks when they think that they have enough evidence and that they will have more infuence if they claim consensus, they have moved from science to politics. Yet if we see that scientists don't maintain scientifc values, the basis for their infuence in politics is, ironically, destroyed. Even if you want to abandon ethics and sell out for what you see as the greater good, it won't even work. Step back from the precipice, scientists! We need you. We have enough politicians. ______________________________________________________________ FOOD SAFETY ALERT November 20, 2018 at 2:30 PM ET https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/2018/o157h7-11-18/index.html CDC is advising that U.S. consumers not eat any romaine lettuce, and retailers and restaurants not serve or sell any, until we learn more about the outbreak. This investigation is ongoing and the advice will be updated as more information is available.
  • 2. CDC is advising that consumers do not eat any romaine lettuce because no common grower, supplier, distributor, or brand of romaine lettuce has been identifed. [Emphasis Supplied] Reported Cases: 32 1) States: 11 2) Hospitalizations: 13 3) Deaths: 0 4) RECALL: NO [Emphasis Supplied] ______________________________________________________________ Tish Uyehara, Armstrong's Director of Marketing and Food Safety, says this is going to be a major disaster for the industry if the source of the outbreak isn't found soon. “Nobody is going to touch it. Nobody is going to buy it,” said Uyehara. “It's costly and it's huge volumes. We consider it a very dire situation at this point.” Uyehara says sales have dropped since the CDC issued its warning Monday. She says restaurants and businesses continue to pull romaine from their menus and stores, and she says some clients have been returning boxes and asking for refunds. “Who then is responsible to pay for the product? We don't feel we're responsible,” Uyehara said. “It's a bad time because it'' the holidays as well, so everybody has ordered and planned for the holiday season and now everything is just going to be sitting there.” Lane Muraoka, the owner of Big City Diner, says they pulled romaine from the menus at all their restaurants. Source: CDC's warning to steer clear of romaine lettuce hitting Hawaii suppliers, farmers hard. Romaine warning afecting Hawaii businesses By Ashley Nagaoka. Hawaii News Now November 21, 2018, accessed November 22, 2018. Please Watch Video Newscast http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2018/11/22/romaine-lettuce-warning-afecting-hawaii-restaurants-businesses/
  • 3. SCIENCE vs. POLITICS WARNING VS. RECALL RECALL: THE FOOD INDUSTRY'S BIGGEST THREAT TO PROFITABILITY By Tyco Integrated Security. October 2012. Published in Food Safety Magazine. Accessed November 22, 2018 https://www.foodsafetymagazine.com/signature-series/recall-the-food- industrys-biggest-threat-to-proftability/ Food Recall Impact The number of food recalls in the U.S. has shown a dramatic increase in the last few years, jumping four-fold over the number just 5 years ago. There are multiple reasons for the huge spike in the number of recalls, but contributing factors include the increasingly global and complex food supply chain, a few dramatic, large scale recalls, such as intentional shipment of Salmonella-contaminated peanut products by the Peanut Corporation of America and the recall of over a half billion fresh eggs from Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms, and the resulting heightened regulatory oversight and media coverage of an issue that directly impacts public health. Food recalls are most importantly a public health issue, but they are also signifcant economic issues. The average cost of a recall to a food company is $10M in direct costs, in addition to brand damage and lost sales according to a joint industry study by the Food Marketing Institute and the Grocery Manufacturers Association. However the costs for larger brands may be signifcantly higher based on the preliminary recall costs reported by frms of some recent recalls. And these are just the direct costs, which typically include notifcation (to regulatory bodies, supply chain, consumers), product retrieval (reverse logistics), storage, destruction, unsalable product, and of course, the additional labor costs associated with these activities as well as the investigation of the root cause. They do not include what could arguably be the more signifcant costs to the company from litigation costs, the costs from any agreed or mandated governmental oversight post incident, lost sales, and the impact to the company's market value and brand reputation.
  • 4. Today's consumer cannot help but be aware of food recalls with the 24×7 media coverage and the power of social networking to both spread the news and infuence the brand. In a Harris Interactive poll, consumers indicated that 55% would switch brands temporarily following a recall, and 15% said they would never purchase the recalled product and 21% would avoid purchasing any brand made by the manufacturer of the recalled product. A 2010 U.S. Grocery Supplier survey seems to validate these intentions. In the year following the large spinach and peanut butter recalls, almost three- quarters of consumers stopped purchasing those products out of safety concerns, dropping to one-quarter in the second year. THANKGIVING MESSAGE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL (CDC)
  • 5. Most of the time, we see only what we want to see, or what others tell us to see, instead of really investigate to see what is really there. We embrace illusions only because we are presented with the illusion that they are embraced by the majority. When in truth, they only become popular because they are pounded at us by the media with such an intensity and high level of repetition that its mere force disguises lies and truths. And like obedient schoolchildren, we do not question their validity and swallow everything up like medicine. Why? Because since the earliest days of our youth, we have been conditioned to accept that the direction of the herd, and authority anywhere — is always right. Suzy Kassem Rise Up and Salute the Sun