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September 2009

  • Posted: September 28th, 2009 - 8:43pm

    NEW YORK -- Japanese women, but not Japanese men, who regularly drink 5 or more cups of green tea daily appear about 20 percent less likely to develop stomach cancer, study findings hint.

    Date Published: 
    25.sep.09
    Source Title: 
    Reuters
    Functional Food  |  Comments
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    Posted: September 28th, 2009 - 2:54pm

    William Perry, aka The Tipton Slasher, was the bare-knuckle heavyweight boxing champ of England in 1850 and 1856.

    Apparently, I am related, through my father’s mother’s family.

    You can see it in the profile (above).

    I figured this out during a grade 8 genealogy project in 1975.

    Date Published: 
    27.sep.09
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Wacky and Weird  |  Comments
  • Posted: September 28th, 2009 - 2:52pm

    The number of E.coli cases linked to Godstone Farm has risen to 83. Health chiefs confirmed at the weekend that four children remain in hospital, all of whom were described as stable. Meanwhile it has been reported that two families who visited the farm months before the first suspected outbreak suffered serious health problems.

    Date Published: 
    28.sep.09
    Source Title: 
    getsurrey
    E. coli  |  Comments
  • Posted: September 28th, 2009 - 2:52pm

    Irish petting farms have been issued with guidelines for avoiding the E.coli infection that has shut down a string of petting farms in Britain. The Health Protection Surveillance Centre, part of the HSE, said Irish petting farms are perfectly safe to visit as long as visitors wash their hands after touching the animals. Its website, hpsc.ie, includes safety advice.

    Date Published: 
    26.sep.09
    Source Title: 
    Irish Times
    E. coli  |  Comments
  • Posted: September 28th, 2009 - 2:51pm

    Hong Kong -- The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health is investigating a case of suspected food poisoning involving 12 people and reminded members of the public to observe good personal, food and environmental hygiene to prevent food-borne diseases.

    Date Published: 
    27.sep.09
    Source Title: 
    HKSAR Government
    Norovirus  |  Comments
  • Posted: September 28th, 2009 - 2:50pm

    Abstract

    Date Published: 
    27.sep.09
    Source Title: 
    Food Microbiology
    E. coli  |  Comments
  • Posted: September 28th, 2009 - 2:49pm

    Abstract

    Date Published: 
    27.sep.09
    Source Title: 
    Scientific Commons
  • Posted: September 28th, 2009 - 2:48pm

    TORONTO -- University of Toronto researchers are part of an international team which has uncovered a previously unknown mechanism that plays an important role in the spread of listeria, the trigger behind the food-borne disease listeriosis, which caused a deadly outbreak in Canada in the summer of 2008.

    Date Published: 
    28.sep.09
    Source Title: 
    Daily Exchange
    Listeria  |  Comments
  • Posted: September 28th, 2009 - 2:47pm

    Have you heard? You should wash your hands to avoid swine flu. But there's a second part of that message you don't hear as often: Keep your hands off your face.

    Date Published: 
    27.sep.09
    Source Title: 
    USA Today
    Handwashing  |  Comments
  • Posted: September 28th, 2009 - 2:46pm

    McAlister's Deli Facility type: Full-service restaurant Inspection type: Routine Inspection date: Aug. 11 Critical violations: 2 Noncritical violations: 0 # Managers on duty at the time of this inspection were not able to correctly answer our questions about policy regarding employee health situations. Level: Critical (corrected during inspection)

    Date Published: 
    28.sep.09
    Source Title: 
    News Leader
  • Posted: September 28th, 2009 - 2:46pm

    Dr. Ben Wileman, a guest columnist and a graduate student in veterinary medicine, writes: "If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins," Benjamin Franklin said. The latest installment from Beth Mendenhall, "A lobbying success story of milk: Unnatural, unhealthy, unwise" is again full of passion but little reason.

    Date Published: 
    28.sep.09
    Source Title: 
    K-State Collegian
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  • Posted: September 28th, 2009 - 2:44pm

    A drug commonly used to treat cattle and sometimes dogs for a blood parasite can, at a relatively high dose, completely eliminate the parasite Babesia caballi from horses, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have discovered.

    Date Published: 
    28.sep.09
    Source Title: 
    ARS News Service
    Animals  |  Comments
  • Posted: September 28th, 2009 - 2:43pm

    BRISTOL, R.I. -- The tiny black and silver fish in a 50-gallon vat at Roger Williams University do not look like the aquaculture breakthrough they just may turn out to be.

    Date Published: 
    27.sep.09
    Source Title: 
    Boston Globe
    Animals  |  Comments
  • Posted: September 28th, 2009 - 2:42pm

    DETROIT -- A global team of researchers has mapped the genetic code of the world's most popular vegetable — the potato. The draft of the potato genome released last week represents the work of more than 50 scientists from 16 institutions and will provide a starting point for other researchers to develop sturdier, more nutritious potatoes.

    Date Published: 
    28.sep.09
    Source Title: 
    Associated Press
  • Posted: September 28th, 2009 - 2:40pm

    Gilbert J. Sloan, a strategic development advisory committee member with the Fraunhofer Center for Molecular Biotechnology, writes that the Fraunhofer Center for Molecular Biotechnology in Newark is an outgrowth of the Fraunhofer Society of Germany, a not-for-profit research organization. In 2001, scientists from the German parent organization decided that they wanted to establish a U.S.

    Date Published: 
    27.sep.09
    Source Title: 
    News Journal
    Plants  |  Comments
  • Posted: September 28th, 2009 - 2:38pm

    Calcutta -- The tea industry will suffer a major setback following a global ban on Endosulfan — a pesticide that is widely used in growing the crop. Endosulfan is set to be banned worldwide after the signing of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, or the POPs, treaty in Geneva in mid-October.

    Date Published: 
    27.sep.09
    Source Title: 
    Telegraph
    Pesticides  |  Comments
  • Posted: September 27th, 2009 - 2:22pm

    http://barfblog.foodsafety.ksu.edu/2009/09/articles/yuck-factor/ny-students-suspended-for-rawmeat-hazing/index.html LEWISTON, N.Y. — A western New York high school has been roiled by a hazing ritual that entailed hurling raw meat at new players on the girls' varsity soccer team.

    Date Published: 
    26.sep.09
    Source Title: 
    USA Today
  • Posted: September 27th, 2009 - 2:21pm

    Farms across the North are increasing safety and cleanliness measures in the wake of E-coli scares in North Yorkshire and Surrey. Visitor numbers have been hit at many children’s farms throughout the region as people stay away. Currently around 79 people are in hospital with the infection.

    Date Published: 
    27.sep.09
    Source Title: 
    Sunday Sun
    E. coli  |  Comments
  • Posted: September 27th, 2009 - 2:21pm

    Officials with the Grayson County Health Department want the people selling food to at local festivals to understand the importance of hand washing.

    Date Published: 
    27.sep.09
    Source Title: 
    Herald Democrat
  • Posted: September 27th, 2009 - 2:20pm

    Next time you're going out to eat in San Bernardino or Riverside counties, you might want to check the restaurant's food-safety practices. An "A" placard hanging in the window doesn't necessarily reflect a sparkling-clean kitchen.

    Date Published: 
    26.sep.09
    Source Title: 
    Press-Enterprise