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January 2011

  • Posted: January 3rd, 2011 - 4:23pm

    A dream holiday to Egypt turned into a nightmare for a Midland couple after their 11-year-old son contracted salmonella. Joshua Massey, from Wolverhampton, was crippled with stomach pains just four days into the trip to the Holiday Village Red Sea in Sharm El Sheikh.

    Date Published: 
    02.jan.11
    Source Title: 
    Sunday Mercury
    Salmonella  |  Comments
  • Posted: January 3rd, 2011 - 4:22pm

    New York State Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker today alerted consumers that Bethel Livestock Farm, located at 522 Happy Avenue, Swan Lake, New York, is voluntarily recalling additional milk products.  This is the second batch of milk to be recalled this week due to improper pasteurization.  Proper pasteurization heats milk in order to effectively eliminate all pathogenic bacte

    Date Published: 
    30.dec.10
    Source Title: 
    New York State
    Raw Food  |  Comments
  • Posted: January 3rd, 2011 - 4:21pm

    Was that milk warm or cold, pasteurised or raw? Was that piece of fish full of healthy omega-3s or laced with mercury? How about that folic acid, how much is beneficial and how much is risky? Just how do you weigh the benefits and risks of food? Weighing the Need: Background & Study

    Date Published: 
    31.dec.10
    Source Title: 
    EUFIC
  • Posted: January 3rd, 2011 - 4:20pm

    During the last 2 weeks Floyd County Health Inspectors visited 10 food serving locations. The following information lists code provisions found to be out of adherence during the inspections. These reports have now been added to our Archive Page which can be found by clicking this link Restaurant Report.

    Date Published: 
    31.dec.10
    Source Title: 
    Rome Newswire
  • Posted: January 3rd, 2011 - 7:51am

    A Lincolnwood bakery will reopen Jan. 3 after voluntarily recalling deserts after health officials linked tainted holiday treats to four recent outbreaks of foodborne illness which sickened at least 100 people.

    Date Published: 
    30.dec.10
    Source Title: 
    Lincolnwood Review
  • Posted: January 3rd, 2011 - 7:50am

    In August, an outbreak of salmonella poisoning spurred a recall of more than 500 million eggs from producers across the country, and was eventually traced back to two sources - Wright County Egg Co. of Galt, Iowa, and Hillandale Farms of New Hampton, Iowa.

    Date Published: 
    30.dec.10
    Source Title: 
    CNN
    Salmonella  |  Comments
  • Posted: January 3rd, 2011 - 7:49am

    New regulations that will revise how Denver restaurants are punished for health violations are a welcome change to an important system. Fines will be stepped up for those establishments that have repeated critical violations. But the new system also will not include the requirement that restaurants hang violation notices in their windows for less serious offenses.

    Date Published: 
    31.dec.10
    Source Title: 
    Denver Post
  • Posted: January 3rd, 2011 - 7:48am

    If you're going out to eat over the New Year holiday you may want to bring the anti-bacterial gel with you. Researchers from the University of Arizona swabbed items on the tables of 12 restaurants in Ohio, New York and Arizona. Analysts at the lab then examined the swabs for total bacteria count.

    Date Published: 
    30.dec.10
    Source Title: 
    WCPO
    None  |  Comments
  • Posted: January 3rd, 2011 - 7:47am

    A clinic in Milan that gives nurses who work with premature babies an annual bonus of $3,900 when they wash their hands properly has seen a 30 per cent drop in hospital-spread disease. An total bonus of $265,000 is set aside for the 70 nurses at the Mangiagalli clinic who are rewarded with a portion if they respect the strict hygiene rules.

    Date Published: 
    31.dec.10
    Source Title: 
    Agence France-Presse
    Handwashing  |  Comments
  • Posted: January 3rd, 2011 - 7:46am

    Food allergies may send more Americans to emergency rooms each year than commonly believed, a new study suggests. Between 2001 and 2005, researchers estimate that Americans made just over a million visits to the ER for allergic reactions to food.

    Date Published: 
    29.dec.10
    Source Title: 
    Reuters
    Allergies  |  Comments
  • Posted: January 3rd, 2011 - 7:45am

    Abstract

    Date Published: 
    30.dec.10
    Source Title: 
    Food Control
    Listeria  |  Comments
  • Posted: January 3rd, 2011 - 7:44am

    WASHINGTON -- First Class Foods, Inc., a Hawthorne, Calif., establishment, is recalling approximately 34,373 pounds of organic ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The following products are subject to recall: [View Labels (PDF Only)]

    Date Published: 
    30.dec.10
    Source Title: 
    FSIS
    E. coli  |  Comments