Get email alerts for food recalls...in Michigan

by Shayna Glick (Subscribe to Shayna Glick's posts)
Posted Sep 2nd 2008 6:00PM
Filed under: Health & Medical, Food News

The RSS symbol halfway inside an envelope.

With so many food recalls recently, wouldn't it be nice to have that information sent to you rather than just happening across it?

If you're a reader of food blogs, you probably don't have to look too hard for information on the latest out break of food borne illness. The Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) has got something better for you. You can sign up to receive email alerts for any new Class I food recall, which is one where food has been determined to be the cause of human illness and is therefore unfit for consumption. According to MDA, there was a 56% rise in Class I recalls from 2006 to 2007 that affected Michigan consumers.

You can sign up for the email alerts here. I'm pretty sure the alerts will be geared toward Michigan's citizens, but there doesn't seem to be any restrictions on the sign-up page. Something like this could definitely be worth it. Do you think this should be offered nationally?

Tags: email alerts, EmailAlerts, food recalls, FoodRecalls, Michigan, Michigan departmant of agriculture, MichiganDepartmantOfAgriculture

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9-02-2008 @ 8:31PM

cybele said...

Um, the FDA does offer recall notices via RSS & email, I've been a subscriber for at least two years.

Via Email:
http://www.fda.gov/emaillist.html

Via RSS:
http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/rssRecalls.xml

Check out the home page for the FDA:

www.fda.gov

There's also one for the California Health Department (which I also subscribe to).

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