Since 2008, local public health departments in the United States have lost nearly 40,000 employees, and the situation continues to deteriorate, according to the most recent survey, conducted in January and February, by the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO).One health official told NACCHO that "fiscal year 2013 is shaping up to be the worst fiscal year...
Toast of Dilworth, the popular North Carolina restaurant linked to a Salmonella outbreak this past spring that sickened 10 people, is switching to pasteurized eggs.The Charlotte restaurant has signed with the Davidson's Safest Choice brand to provide the heat-treated shell eggs.Toast of Dilworth was sued in Mecklenburg Superior Court earlier this month by Charlotte resident Bryan McWherter, whose complaint alleges he suffered...
In the wake of a 2007 Cryptosporidium outbreak linked to recreational swimming waters in Utah, a statewide educational push seems to have increased residents' knowledge about healthy swimming practices.In the spring of 2008, state and local public health agencies launched the educational campaign in an effort to prevent a repeat of the previous summer's outbreak, which had sickened approximately 5,700...
Traces of illegal antibiotics are lurking in America's favorite seafood, according to a new report by ABC World News. The news outlet tested 30 imported shrimp samples from grocery stores across the country and found three were positive for antibiotics that are banned in the United States. Though the sample size was small, the fact that 10 percent were found...
The old theory that healthy foods are a luxury that a tight budget can't afford is just that - an old theory - according to a government study released Wednesday. Researchers at the Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service (ERS) analyzed more than 4,000 retail foods and found that when measured in price per edible pound, fruits, vegetables, grains and dairy...
Healthy food advocates took to Capitol Hill last week to show lawmakers and their staff that school food can be cooked from scratch, healthy and antibiotic-free -- without spending a lot of money. Six high school students from the Chicago Vocational Career Academy (CVCA), who competed in the Healthy Schools Campaign's Cooking up Change, whipped up oven-"fried" chicken, raised without...
Just a year and half ago, the Obama Administration promised Congress that the child nutrition bill would not mean the end of "approved and infrequent" fund-raising bake sales for school-related causes like booster clubs and PTAs. But in implementing the new child nutrition act, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts announced a total ban on bake sales and other "competitive" foods in...
Farmers' markets have not traditionally been a go-to source of food for those enrolled in nutrition assistance programs. But with a new grant to help states bring wireless technology to these venues, the Obama administration hopes to make it possible for more farmers to redeem food vouchers from customers. The $4 million in funding was announced Wednesday by Deputy Secretary of...
Fourteen people became ill with norovirus after eating Gulf oysters at a New Orleans area restaurant on April 28 and 29, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) announced Tuesday.As a result, DHH has closed a key harvesting area on the Gulf coast west of the Mississippi River and recalled oysters harvested from those areas since April 26. The...
Beef Products Inc., which manufactures lean finely textured beef -- the product decried in recent months as 'pink slime' -- has announced it will shut down three of its four plants on May 25. The move comes a month and a half after the company temporarily suspended operations at the three plants on March 25, citing a need to repair its...
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