More than 150 persons have been affected with gastroenteritis and sought medical attention in the Turks and Caicos Islands since the end of April 2012, according to health officials investigating the mysterious sickness that has affected about 12 hotels on the island of Providenciales.

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Guelph -- On April 16, 2012, a conviction was registered in the Ontario Court of Justice in Simcoe against Lakeshore Fish Market Inc., also doing business as Lakeshore Fish Company, of Port Dover, Ontario. This conviction resulted in a fine of $6,000.

This is going to be transformed into dinner in about 12 hours, traditional comfort food as the people of Brisbane bundle up with lows as low as 59F and highs of only 69F with rain (people are dressed like it was Feb. in Saskatoon).

Spot the cross-contamination: Emeril on Good Morning America this morning, which is broadcast the next day in Australia at 3:30 a.m.; even used raw sprouts. The video is at http://abcnews.go.com/watch/good-morning-america/SH5587637/VD55206537/gma-528-emerils-memorial-day-burgers. But I can’t get it in Australia. Maybe Chapman will embed it.

The Food Standards Agency saw an increase in the number of food incidents it investigated last year. These included reports of contaminated or illegal food entering the food chain, with some potentially harmful to the public.

DUBAI -- Failure to keep food cool was the biggest cause of food poisoning last year, according to Dubai Municipality. It was closely followed by poisoning resulting from raw and cooked food being handled together.

SHIJIAZHUANG -- Nearly 100 people fell sick due to eating suspected contaminated chicken in North China's Hebei province, local authorities said Sunday.

In March 2012, dozens of people were apparently sickened with norovirus after visiting an eastern Iowa swim facility. The Quad-City Times has been trying to name the facility, but an Iowa law that allows public health officials to keep secret the name of a business involved in a disease investigation; this, say some of those sickened, puts business interests before public safety.