Sludge Watch ==> Get your salmonella test strips..test your sludges!

[maureen.reilly at sympatico.ca]

Sludgewatch Admin:

Lookee here....inexpensive test strips for salmonella.  Why not test your 
next bag of Milorganite?

After all .... some Milorganite was kicked out of Canada for growing 
salmonella (sludge based fertilizer must be free of salmonella AND have less 
than 1000 fecal coliform per gram). Milwaukee doesn't even test Milorganite 
for salmonella anymore.  But you can!

Its worth $3.50.  Imagine the fun you can have with your kids at the lawn 
and garden centre...testing sludge fertilizer and sludge composts!


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Deli industry gets wake up call from Salmonella lawsuit: Instant food poison 
test strips key in helping to preventing future cases

13.sep.06

PRWeb Press Release


Orlando Florida–- In an open letter to the International Dairy Deli Bakery 
Association, Magna Medical General Manager Robert Greene addresses the 
importance of empowering deli managers with the necessary tools to “spot 
check” food product and machinery to prevent cross contamination.
In a recent lawsuit filed last Thursday in Johnson Superior Court (Indiana), 
it was food from the deli department of a major national chain store that 
had been implicated as the alleged source of outbreak of Salmonella food 
poisoning.
Salmonella bacteria, found in meat, and animal waste, particularly poultry, 
causes food poisoning in humans. Proper handling and cooking procedures 
prevent harmful infection, however, cross contamination can occur. The MMS 
Salmonella strip can detect 50 of the most common and deadliest strains. The 
strips are submerged in food samples, if the organism is present the strip 
will change color in less than 20 minutes.
Greene feels that every produce, meat, fish, deli, and dairy manager should 
have one bottle of instant Salmonella and instant E.coli test strips to 
ensure food integrity for their departments. “Manager’s need to be empowered 
to go with their gut feeling” says Greene. “A $3.25 test strip could save 
them over $75,000 in lawsuits.”
Escherichia coli (usually abbreviated to E. coli) is one of the many species 
of bacteria that is naturally found in the lower intestines of warm-blooded 
animals. “There are literally thousands of varieties of E.Coli, and the most 
common and deadliest strains have been included such as E.coli 103 and 
0157:H7 for detection in the instant E.Coli strip.
Lawsuit case number in reference is Johnson Superior Court (Indiana) Case 
number 41D030609CT00062.
Magna Medical Services, Inc, a trusted provider of drug testing and 
screening products who recently expanded to include tests for safety, 
health, and sanitation, has been chosen to manage the sales and distribution 
worldwide.