Coral Beach

Managing Editor Coral Beach is a print journalist with more than 30 years experience as a reporter and editor for daily newspapers, trade publications and freelance clients including the Kansas City Star, the Independence Examiner and Land Line Magazine. Before joining Food Safety News, Beach was a reporter for The Packer newspaper, an online and broadsheet trade publication covering the fresh produce industry in North America. During her time at The Packer, Beach specialized in food safety topics related to legislation, regulation, recalls and foodborne illness outbreaks. A Jayhawk by birth and education, Beach earned her bachelor’s of science in journalism from the University of Kansas. She enjoys playing trumpet in a community concert band and hanging our with her sister Sandy Beach at the beach house.

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King Arthur flour recalled because of E. coli outbreak; ADM Milling again named

By Coral Beach on June 13, 2019

King Arthur is the second brand of flour, following Aldi’s Baker’s Corner, to be recalled in less than a month because of E. coli contamination in flour from Archer Daniels Midland Co. King Arthur Flour Inc. distributed its recalled flour nationwide. The FDA has not reported if ADM produced other brands at the same time and location as the recalled Aldi and King Arthur flour. People in eight states have been confirmed with infections from E.…

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Salmonella patient count skyrockets; CDC says backyard flocks dangerous

By Coral Beach on June 13, 2019

The number of people confirmed with Salmonella infections from backyard poultry flocks has increased more than 400 percent since May 10, with a third of the sick people younger than 5 years old. In an update this afternoon, the CDC reported that as of June 7 there were 279 people across 41 states who have been infected. In a previous update posted May 16, the agency said that as of May 10 it had…

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UPDATED: Major grocery chains among 32 retailers that sold recalled Tyson chicken strips; injuries reported

By Coral Beach on June 12, 2019

recalled Tyson and Great Value chicken strips

UPDATED: A spokeswoman for SHOP ‘n SAVE told Food Safety News that none of its independently owned and operated stores serviced out of the Pittsburgh distribution facility, including stores in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland and Ohio, are affected by this recall. The USDA has identified retailers, including Walmart, Kroger, and Target, that received part of more than 11 million pounds of recalled Tyson chicken strips. Eleven brands and several flavors are involved. Three people have reported injuries…

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REVISED ADVICE: FDA says some frozen berries contaminated with hepatitis A; Kroger, other grocery stores involved

By Coral Beach on June 7, 2019

recalled frozen blackberries Kroger Private Selection

Editor’s note: On June 10 the FDA revised its alert to say that consumers should avoid and throw away only certain Private Selection brand frozen products containing blackberries. Initially the agency warned against all frozen fruit packaged under Kroger’s Private Selection brand. This story has been edited to reflect that change. Federal officials issued a public alert tonight warning about frozen berries that have tested positive for hepatitis A contamination. Private Selection brand berries sold…

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Researchers confirm pathogens in raw wheat, urge cautious use of raw flour

By Coral Beach on June 7, 2019

Unrecognizable cook clapping hands with flour while making dough.

A research team says there is little industry can do to combat bacterial contamination of raw wheat destined to become flour. They said for now, consumers can make the biggest difference in preventing foodborne illnesses from flour. Only about 10 percent of the wheat flour milled in the United States makes it to consumers via retail shelves, but that’s been enough to cause at least four E. coli outbreaks in Canada and the United States…

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Scientists urge surgeon general to issue warning about unwashed poppy seeds

By Coral Beach on June 4, 2019

In a letter to the country’s top medical official, the Center for Science in the Public Interest asked U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams to issue an advisory warning people of the dangers of contaminated, unwashed poppy seeds and poppy seed pods. Opium and other chemicals in the unwashed seeds and seed pods have caused numerous deaths and serious overdoses, some of which caused permanent brain damage, according to the letter from leaders for the Center…

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Immigrants face higher risks for poisoning from foraging wild foods

By Coral Beach on May 31, 2019

poison mushroom Amanita muscaria var. guessowii — Poisonous mushroom species Amanita muscaria var. guessowii

A recent mushroom poisoning case in Minnesota illustrates how people who set out to gather nature’s bounty can find themselves carrying home a basket of toxins, especially if they are not well versed in local species. Following a mushroom hunting walk in Minnesota in October 2018, a forager suddenly fell ill and went into respiratory failure. The fight of his life began a couple of hours after eating mushrooms he had gathered near his workplace. “He…

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FDA posts expanded flour recall; no word on whether Aldi is mill’s only customer

By Coral Beach on May 28, 2019

In an expanded recall notice for flour sold by Aldi, the grocery chain’ supplier is reminding consumers that the baking staple is made from raw grain and therefore inherently dangerous. There is no word yet about whether any other flour made at an ADM Milling Co. factory could be contaminated with E. coli, which has been found in recalled Baker’s Corner flour and in lab samples from patients in an eight-state outbreak. ADM Milling Co.…

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New outbreak underway despite Canada’s new rules for frozen chicken

By Coral Beach on May 27, 2019

recall notice Canadian consumers are again on alert for Salmonella in frozen breaded chicken, according to a new recall notice and a public health warning about the latest of 18 outbreaks linked to such products since May 2017. This time the recall is for Compliments brand chicken products from Sofina Foods Inc. Outbreak investigators’ work prompted the recall of “Chicken Strips – Breaded Chicken Cutlettes – Uncooked” sold under the Compliments label, according to the…

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People in 8 states infected with E. coli; Aldi, ADM Milling recalling Baker’s Corner flour

By Coral Beach on May 24, 2019

Seventeen people are sick with E. coli infections and three have been hospitalized in an outbreak traced to flour recalled yesterday by the Aldi grocery chain. The Rhode Island Department of Health has isolated the outbreak strain of E. coli O26 in an unopened bag of Baker’s Corner all-purpose flour. Aldi recalled some 5-pound bags of the flour this week after the state officials informed company officials about finding the pathogen. That was before federal…

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King Arthur flour recalled because of E. coli outbreak; ADM Milling again named

Salmonella patient count skyrockets; CDC says backyard flocks dangerous

UPDATED: Major grocery chains among 32 retailers that sold recalled Tyson chicken strips; injuries reported

REVISED ADVICE: FDA says some frozen berries contaminated with hepatitis A; Kroger, other grocery stores involved

Researchers confirm pathogens in raw wheat, urge cautious use of raw flour

Scientists urge surgeon general to issue warning about unwashed poppy seeds

Immigrants face higher risks for poisoning from foraging wild foods

FDA posts expanded flour recall; no word on whether Aldi is mill’s only customer

New outbreak underway despite Canada’s new rules for frozen chicken

People in 8 states infected with E. coli; Aldi, ADM Milling recalling Baker’s Corner flour

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