Though it is safer to have separate deliveries for each meal of the day, leaving less chance of food spoiling in the sun, a single delivery in the morning is cheaper, and preferred by many companies.

SOUTH CAROLINA (WMBF) - The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control aims at improving food safety at area restaurants through a statewide inspection initiative.

At least 14 people have died in Madagascar from poisoned fish. Around 120 other people are seriously ill, with some in hospitals, after ingesting the toxic sardines which had been caught in the south-western town of Toliara. Samples of the fish have been sent for analysis.

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Since February, the Reference Laboratory at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health has identified identical strains of Yersinia enterocolitica O:9 in 20 patients living in Norway.

Interviews with the patients with yersiniosis led to suspicion of a particular pre-packaged lettuce mix that was withdrawn from the market.

A 2010 listeriosis outbreak that killed two people in Louisiana and led to the recall of 500,000 pounds of processed meat is drawing national attention.

Introduction of post slaughter irradiation, industrial cooking or carcass freezing by processors would all slash levels of campylobacter in poultry, said the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Changes to state food safety laws will impact the more than 1,200 farmers markets across Pennsylvania that are gearing up for the summer season. Late last year, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture began to implement a new state law that revamped Pennsylvania’s approach to food safety. Change

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