Information about the Aspen Ideas Festival is here. I am scheduled for a session, The American Wellness Paradox, currently scheduled from 11:00-11:50 a.m., at the East Lawn Tent. This will be a discussion with senior HHS policy advisor, Calley Means. Here’s the blurb on it: “Americans are spending more than ever on healthcare, supplements, wellness trends, and “clean eating,” yet rates of chronic disease and metabolic illness continue to climb. As skepticism fuels the rise of movements like MAHA, debates over what Americans should eat have become deeply cultural, political, and economic. Two influential voices with sharply different perspectives on nutrition and food science explore how food systems, farming practices, consumer culture, and the wellness industry collided to create one of the defining public health debates of our time.”
by Marion Nestle
Aug
21
2017
The Papaya Salmonella (4 kinds!) outbreak continues
The CDC tracking of the papaya outbreak continues, with a score of
All foodborne illness outbreaks are devastating for victims but fascinating for investigators, since each is different.
This investigation has traced the illness-causing Salmonella to one kind of papaya (Maridol, under Caribeña, Cavi, and Valery brands) to one Mexican farm (Carica de Campeche).
But four Salmonella strains have been found in papaya samples and in ill people:
- Kiambu
- Thompson
- Agona
- Gaminara
The shift from one to another is evident in the epi curve:
The moral:
- Don’t buy Maridol papayas.
- If you have one, throw it away (but be careful not to cross contaminate surfaces)
- If you don’t know where the papaya was grown, don’t eat it
If you are interested in the legal implications, check Bill Marler’s website.
