In a post more suited for d-listed, I came across this oddly shaped wallet while browsing an online shopping site. After many inappropriate jokes about what the taco-shaped wallet resembles, Doug, Amy and I found food safety relevance for the tacky taco accessory.
A brief history of taco-related food safety:
Taco Bell, like many other restaurants in June 2008, removed tomatoes from menus after an outbreak of Salmonella identified them as one of the outbreak culprits.
In December 2006 two separate outbreaks of E. coli O157:H7 were linked to produce at Taco Bell and Taco John’s outlets in various U.S. states. The infosheet is here.
Taco lovers can purchase the taco purse for $7.99 + S&H.
A Colorado dairy has been shut down after 11 people were sickened by campylobacter, believed to be associated with the consumption of raw, unpasteurized milk, reports 
In an act typically associated with 
When an unhappy customer calls the local health department on your restaurant, what’s the best response? It is not going on about the absence of cats in the kitchen, when there are bigger issues – like 36 food code violations – to deal with. 
TLC, the same channel that’s home to the popular show Jon and Kate Plus 8, aired I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant last night, and I’m embarrassed to say I watched it. 
As a follow-up to the 
Kensington Market in Toronto, Canada is a great place to shop, but with repeated rodent issues, may not be the place to eat. The .jpg)
“In this case, the operator did not maintain the level of compliance after the first closure on Sept. 5, 2008. Fines are usually higher on repeat offences.”
The federal government has recalled nine kinds of smoked salmon after a batch destined for export was rejected at the United States border… [Niagara Smoked Fish Ltd.] also sold the product in Quebec, Ontario and Alberta, but Canadian Food Inspection Agency officials don’t know how many packages were shipped to stores or made it into customers’ refrigerators. Nor do they know whether any ended up in restaurants.
A news station in Austin, TX has used the name-and-shame approach to expose restaurants in the area that failed health inspections in 2008.
With the semester coming to an end and finals approaching it’s not a great time to be stuck on a toilet or in the hospital. Nearly 50 Michigan State University students are ill, 20 of which are being treated at a local hospital after becoming ill with gastrointestinal illness, reports .png){kind=small}