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February 2012

  • Posted: February 6th, 2012 - 11:20am

    Health Protection Scotland (HPS) said it had recorded 253 positive cases of E. coli during 2011, up from 212 the previous year.

    Date Published: 
    03.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
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    Posted: February 6th, 2012 - 11:19am

    Cleaning up vomit promptly is crucial to containing the spread of bugs like norovirus as 300 staff and students at a Jesuit high school in San Francisco discovered Wednesday.

    Date Published: 
    03.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Norovirus  |  Comments
  • Posted: February 6th, 2012 - 11:18am

    PIERRE — The South Dakota Department of Health is investigating a suspected foodborne illness outbreak linked to a Tuesday evening boys’ basketball game in Pierre between Pierre and Mitchell. Approximately 50 people have been reported ill with a diarrhea illness, according to the Department of Health. The illness appears to be of short duration.

    Date Published: 
    02.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    The Daily Republic
  • Posted: February 6th, 2012 - 11:17am

    Police raided a Rockbank, Australia property this week with representatives from the RSPCA, Melton Shire Council, the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) and the regulator responsible for meat safety, PrimeSafe.

    Date Published: 
    03.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Animals  |  Comments
  • Posted: February 6th, 2012 - 11:17am

    Diners in Kanawha County, West Virginia will soon be able to check their mobile phones for restaurant inspections. Dr. Rahul Gupta, executive director of the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department, told The Charleston Gazette he is developing a mobile application featuring inspections for all restaurants in the county.

    Date Published: 
    03.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
  • Posted: February 6th, 2012 - 11:16am

     DETROIT -- There’s a new concern that budget cuts could put consumers’ health in Wayne County at risk. Inspectors handle 3600 restaurants in the county. They check food temperature, hand washing and the overall cleanliness of restaurant facilities. Some also check swimming pools and tattoo shops.

    Date Published: 
    02.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    ClickOnDetroit
  • Posted: February 6th, 2012 - 11:15am

    http://bites.ksu.edu/sites/default/files/foodsafetyinfosheet-2-1-12-fr.pdf Le département de la santé de Caroline du Nord a signalé une éclosion à norovirus ces dernières semaines, permettant aux responsables de la santé de l’État d’émettre une alerte.

    Date Published: 
    01.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Norovirus  |  Comments
  • Posted: February 6th, 2012 - 11:14am

    Abstract

    Date Published: 
    03.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    Foodborne Pathogens and Disease
    Salmonella  |  Comments
  • Posted: February 6th, 2012 - 11:13am

    Food producers, dealers, traders and merchants joined hands to stage demonstrations simultaneously at 32 places across Tamil Nadu on Thursday demanding that the Central Government must postpone the implementation of the Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act 2006, which was notified and implemented from August 5, 2011.

    Date Published: 
    03.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    The Hindu
    Food Safety Policy  |  Comments
  • Posted: February 6th, 2012 - 11:12am

    The Health Protection Agency (HPA) is aware of nine cases of Legionnaires’ disease in English holiday makers associated with the Diamante Beach Hotel in Calpe, Costa Blanca since January 2012, in addition to four Spanish cases so far reported. Subsequently two of the English patients are reported to have died from their illness.

    Date Published: 
    03.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    Health Protection Agency
  • Posted: February 6th, 2012 - 11:11am

    The Maryland health department has found bacteria in two bottles of raw milk produced by Pennsylvania’s Family Cow as the number of people sickened in the campylobacter outbreak on Thursday grew to 35 in three states -- 28 confirmed cases in Pennsylvania, four in Maryland and one in New Jersey.

    Date Published: 
    02.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
  • Posted: February 6th, 2012 - 11:10am

    I still regret cuddling up to my pet turtle, but what did I know? The U.S. Centers for Disease Control is collaborating with the Pennsylvania State Health Department in an ongoing investigation of an outbreak of human Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi B var. L (+) tartrate + infections associated with pet turtle exposures (MMWR, 61(04);79).

    Date Published: 
    03.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Salmonella  |  Comments
  • Posted: February 6th, 2012 - 11:09am

    JANESVILLE — Nobody wants to know how the sausage is made. We just want it to arrive on our plates, well-cooked and accompanied by pancakes and two sunny-side-up eggs. Now, consumers have a chance to peek into the kitchens where their food is prepared.

    Date Published: 
    02.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    Gazette Xtra
  • Posted: February 6th, 2012 - 11:08am

    DETROIT -- There’s a new concern that budget cuts could put consumers’ health in Wayne County at risk. Inspectors handle 3600 restaurants in the county. They check food temperature, hand washing and the overall cleanliness of restaurant facilities. Some also check swimming pools and tattoo shops.

    Date Published: 
    02.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    ClickOnDetroit
  • Posted: February 6th, 2012 - 11:07am

    A new study by food safety researchers at Drexel University demonstrates that plasma can be an effective method for killing pathogens on uncooked poultry. The proof-of-concept study was published in the January issue of the Journal of Food Protection.

    Date Published: 
    02.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    Physorg
    Raw Food  |  Comments
  • Posted: February 6th, 2012 - 11:07am

    To help prevent the establishment and amplification of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) through feed in the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) implemented a final rule that prohibits the use of most mammalian protein in feeds for ruminant animals.

    Date Published: 
    02.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    FDA
    Animals  |  Comments
  • Posted: February 3rd, 2012 - 11:55pm

    The UK Health Protection Agency (HPA) is investigating an outbreak of a strain of Salmonella Newport infection among 30 people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland since the beginning of December 2011. Cases of illness caused by the same strain have been confirmed in Scotland, Ireland and Germany.

    Date Published: 
    02.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Salmonella  |  Comments
  • Posted: February 3rd, 2012 - 11:54pm

    Traducido por Gonzalo Erdozain Resumen del folleto informativo mas reciente: - Brotes de Norovirus en aumento en Carolina del Norte - Personas infectadas pueden diseminar grandes cantidades del virus a través del vomito y diarrea. - El virus puede permanecer en superficies comunes de la cocina por hasta 6 semanas.

    Date Published: 
    01.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    bites
    Norovirus  |  Comments
  • Posted: February 3rd, 2012 - 11:53pm

    Carteret County is now reporting an outbreak of norovirus following a similar outbreak of the stomach bug in Pitt County last week. The Carteret County Health Department is working with an un-named long term care facility that reported more than twenty patients are ill and several have been hospitalized over the last few days with symptoms of norovirus.

    Date Published: 
    01.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    WITN
    Norovirus  |  Comments
  • Posted: February 3rd, 2012 - 11:52pm

    Las Vegas, NV -- Issues with food storage and signs of roaches lead to the closure of a valley restaurant. Contact 13's Tricia Kean has the details in our Dirty Dining report.

    Date Published: 
    01.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    KTNV