Editor’s note: The Courier each week runs a summary of reports on area restaurant inspections by the Montgomery County Health Department Environmental Health Services. The department routinely performs food establishment inspections twice per year, or more often if the inspection report was bad resulting in numerous demerits or a complaint was filed.

DVFA suspects in the January-French Lollo Bionda lettuce to be related to more than 250 consumers were affected by roskilde disease (norovirus). Suspicion for-Lollo Bionda lettuce as the source of the outbreaks occurred after a large number of individuals and companies reported symptoms of norovirus-poisoning, vomiting, abdominal pain, nausea and diarrhea one to two days duration.

The Food and Drug Administration, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S.

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Sure, some delicacies might taste just like chicken, but they usually feel and look much different. Soy meat alternatives, such as the soy burger, have become more popular recently, with increased sales of eight percent from 2007 to 2008. Now, scientists at the University of Missouri have created a soy substitute for chicken that is much like the real thing.

Abstract

Abstract

Sorenne got to play with Marian Nestle’s hair while waiting to go to dinner, Amy talked to some dude from Switzerland and maybe arranged a trip to one of her favorite previous countries to live in, and I apparently pissed off everyone during my talk to 600-or-so delegates at the Global Food Safety Initiative meeting in Washington today.

Over 200 children, most of them younger than 3 years, were hospitalised with acute intestinal infection after eating fruits imported from China, the Rossiya TV channel reported on Sunday [31 Jan 2010].

Consumer Reports Analysis Finds Bacteria in Packaged Green Salads Those "prewashed" and "triple-washed" bagged salad greens in the produce section of the supermarket may not be as clean as you think.