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Washing poultry can spread pathogens 27 Aug 2013 | 05:05 pm
I still listen to a lot of punk rock and share the sentiment that the genre was built on: I don’t really like being told what to do. I’m not sure many folks do (even if they don’t describe themselves ...
17 sick with E. coli from petting area at Brisbane fair; handwashing or sanitizers never enough 27 Aug 2013 | 10:03 am
With 17 sick from shiga-toxin producing E. coli linked to the animal area at the Queensland state fair, or Ekka, neighboring Gold Coast says they’re boosting hygiene for their fair that starts Friday....
17 (or 12) sick with E. coli from petting area at Brisbane fair; handwashing is never enough 26 Aug 2013 | 02:27 pm
A further 13 cases of shiga-toxin producing E. coli linked to the animal nursery at the Ekka – like the state fair — are being investigated, in addition to the four confirmed cases. Although maybe it...
4 sick with E. coli from petting area at Brisbane fair; handwashing is never enough 23 Aug 2013 | 03:05 pm
We didn’t go to the EKKA this year. After two years of observing dodgy practices in the animal interaction areas – a controlled-chaos where hundreds of parents and their kids roam in a large enclosur...
Bad day at the fair: cronut burgers linked to 21 sick in Toronto, guinea pig meat linked to 81 sick in Minn 22 Aug 2013 | 04:59 am
The Canadian National Exhibition has shut down a food stand that sells the “cronut burger” and called in health inspectors after a number of patrons fell ill Tuesday night. Paramedics assessed 12 pat...
Straight, no chaser; because some food companies are better 20 Aug 2013 | 12:46 pm
Amy says she’s my filter, and I say dumb things when she’s not around (IAFP?). But that’s not quite true: I say dumb things whether she’s around or not. It must have been March when I got interviewe...
Share how you use YouTube to search for food how-to videos 20 Aug 2013 | 05:57 am
North Carolina State University graduate student Ben Raymond is investigating online discussion and messages related to pathogenic E. coli associated with beef. He is seeking for information on how pe...
Trichinosis infects child on Ontario farm 20 Aug 2013 | 12:42 am
Tracey Richardson of the Sun Times reports a Bruce County child has had the extremely rare distinction of acquiring trichinosis from pork — something that was thought to have been eradicated from the ...
Is sous vide cooking safe? 20 Aug 2013 | 12:28 am
Maybe Pete Snyder could weigh in. Nah, let him enjoy retirement. But the UK Institute of Food Research (IFR) has been undertaking research for the Food Standards Agency to establish if the cooking t...
MPs’ fury at fresh egg ban because they are ‘too dangerous’ to use in House of Commons’ kitchens 20 Aug 2013 | 12:13 am
It’s dangerous politics to talk about eggs and risk in the UK. In 1988, then junior UK health minister Edwina Currie warned the British public that most of the egg production in the UK was affected b...
