LAS VEGAS – The Southern Nevada Health District is revamping its food handler card program this summer as it implements a new online food handler education course, eliminates temporary health cards and pares down the number of visits to the health district to receive a food handler or child care card.

Beef producers have become quite successful at detecting and preventing contamination of E. coli O157:h7 in their raw beef products—that’s thanks to years of experience after the Shiga toxin-producing bacterial strain (STEC) was first declared as an adulterant in raw beef in 1994.

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Media doesn’t tell people what to think; but it does tell people what to think about. And that includes doctors, epidemiologists and other mere mortals. So the numerous previous chick-related Salmonella outbreaks mean people of all professions may be more attuned to the chick link.

The world's first comprehensive, automated outbreak detection system which will monitor over 3,000 infections and is ready to run during Olympics 2012, was developed by a researcher at The Open University.

Final vote expected in October The city of Dallas is one step closer to a new measure designed to clean up restaurant kitchens. An NBC 5 investigation in February found hundreds of restaurants had gone more than two years without a health inspection.

Four months into its $100,000 yearlong federal grant, the Sprout Safety Alliance has a website and is recruiting people to help develop best practices materials for sprout growers.

Over 83 students were admitted to hospital with symptoms of food poisoning on Monday. More than 148 students of the Vetangudi Panchayat Union Middle School at Vembadi near Kollodam in Sirkazhi were served the noon meal. The students who developed vomiting and nausea were immediately rushed to the Sirkazhi government hospital. They are out of danger.