MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Seventeen Kansas State University scientists will join researchers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and other universities and government agencies in a coordinated, multi-pronged approach to improve the safety of beef.

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Social embarrassment works on a number of levels: Scarlett letters, verbal putdowns, passing gas. Even stickers of shame, the New York City practice of slapping a neon yellow sticker along with a $65 fine on cars that illegally block street cleaners.

Last May, it was reported that 195 of the 580 people served Easter Brunch at Luciano's Cotton Club in Worcester, Mass. were struck by norovirus contracted from a sick employee, and the incident was chronicled on Yelp and a food safety site called barfblog.com.

This sounds like norovirus. And some investigators discovering that youngsters use different ways to communicate. Michelle Ferguson tried to avoid it, but the rapid onslaught of nausea took its toll on her body when she suddenly vomited in the back seat of a school bus last weekend.

There's been another recall of mung bean sprouts grown in Victoria (that’s where Melbourne is). For the second time this month, mung beans and mung bean and alfalfa sprout mixes have been recalled due to E. coli contamination. The salad mixes were grown in two separate locations, one in Flowerdale north of Melbourne, and the other in Gippsland in Victoria's south east.

Guwahati -- Two persons have died and 10 others are battling for lives due to food poisoning in Assam's Udalguri district today, official sources said. The victims fell ill after having pork meat during a community feast at Hagramari village of the district. Two persons died on way to the hospital.

LAHORE -- Even though the Punjab Assembly passed the Punjab Food Safety and Standards Authority Act in June last year, officials can’t seem to agree when the authority will become functional.

Roy Costa of Environ Health Associates, Inc. writes: We will not see then end of the Jensen/Frontera/ Primus Auditor issue for some time. While there is plenty of room for criticism of Jensen, Fonterra, and Primus there are also problems with FDA, and this tragic incident has become a hot potato being passed to and fro by Congress.