One dose of single-antigen hepatitis A vaccine has been shown to control outbreaks of hepatitis A and provides up to 95 percent seroprotection in healthy individuals for up to 11 years.
Please get one and
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Publisher’s Platform: Wise words from Barfblog — What is the one food you will not eat? Raw sprouts tops the list, always
Opinion
According to the FDA, Sprouts Unlimited of Marion, IA, is recalling clover spouts in 4-ounce packages because they may be contaminated with Escherichia coli O103 bacteria (E. coli O103).
The affected batches of
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Publisher’s Platform: Some holiday food safety advice from Down Under
I got this tweet and link from my friend, and Santa doppelganger, Julian Cox (despite that he also eats oysters):
Bill, I thought I’d take the opportunity of this tweet, and your fame and network,
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Publisher’s Platform: Yuma 2018 had 240 sick not 210
“widespread environmental contamination”
Can we dare mention water contamination, feedlots and dairy farms – well, cows generally?
A mind-spinning article landed in my inbox today – “Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli Infections Associated with Romaine Lettuce
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UPDATED – Publisher’s Platform: A Thanksgiving question to the FDA, CDC and state and local health authorities
Opinion
On this Thanksgiving I want to say how thankful I am for those who work to protect the food we eat. Although for 26 years I have been primarily supportive of those who protect
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Publisher’s Platform: Should romaine lettuce carry warning labels?
Opinion
With nearly 450 sickened, 259 hospitalized and 7 deaths, is it time for a romaine Warning label? Or, are the illnesses and deaths simply a cost of doing business?
2019
41 people sickened, 28
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Publisher’s Platform: My last ode for Transparency – at least for this weekend
Opinion
At the risk of beating this issue to death, I found yet another blog post I did several years ago on the issue of transparency in how public health deals with the public’s right
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Publisher’s Platform: A bit more about the FDA and lack of Transparency
Opinion
The Halloween disclosure of a multistate E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce raises another concern about the FDA and transparency — the failure to disclose where consumers purchased the tainted product. The FDA,
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Publisher’s Platform: It is not like I have not been preaching transparency for some time
Opinion
There has been yet another romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak. This time with 23 people infected from July 12 to Sept. 8 in a dozen states. Eleven people were hospitalized. However, the outbreak was
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Publisher’s Platform: Goodness, it is almost that time of the year
It is hard to believe that 2019 is drawing to a close.
The weather here in Seattle is quickly turning to Fall. The changing colors reminded me that I needed to jump-start our Food Safety
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