A restaurant in Tacoma, WA, has been temporarily closed because of an outbreak of norovirus illnesses.
The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department reported that the Harvest Buffet at 3121 S. 38th St. was closed on Thursday morning. Staff is cleaning and sanitizing the restaurant and all ready-to-eat food is being discarded.
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Coca-Cola Consolidated LLC of Charlotte, NC, is recalling 13,152 cases of 12-can Minute Maid Zero Sugar Lemonade cartons because of mislabeling. Cans of regular Minute Maid Lemonade were placed in cartons labeled Minute Maid Zero Sugar Lemonade.
For some people with certain underlying conditions, too much sugar can lead to
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Officials in South Africa have urged action after the deaths of five children linked to eating food from local shops.
The Gauteng Provincial Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Community Safety called on law enforcement to clamp down on the sale of expired food in spaza shops. These sites are also called
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The Food and Drug Administration is partnering with the University of Georgia to test dairy supplies for avian influenza.
“This virus and its spread are concerning,” said S. Mark Tompkins, director and principal investigator of the university’s Center for Influenza Disease and Emergence Research. “I worry about the changing ecology of
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There’s been no person-to-person spread, and the human health risk remains low, but some measures of the bird flu do keep creeping up, according to recent reports by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
For example, the CDC confirmed a third human case of H5 bird flu in
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New scientific evidence has been assessed in a document looking at the pros and cons of fish consumption.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) used a literature review and expert consultation to update a 2010 report on the risks and
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BrucePac of Durant, OK, is recalling 9,986,245 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) meat and poultry products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
The problem was discovered after FSIS performed routine product testing of finished product containing RTE
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An investigation into businesses showing incorrect food hygiene ratings in England has renewed calls for mandatory display.
The BBC visited dozens of establishments in east London and found businesses ranging from small local restaurants to the supermarket chain Sainsbury’s misleading customers with inaccurate Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS) scores.
The
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Lunds & Byerlys is recalling about 500 containers of L&B Lone Star Dip because of potential mold growth contamination.
The recalled product was sold at Lunds & Byerly’s stores throughout the Twin Cities and surrounding area.
There is concern that consumers may have unused portions of the dip in their
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A health inspector in Hong Kong has pled guilty to stealing food samples.
The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) had previously charged five inspectors at the Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) with allegedly abusing their power by failing to dispose of unused
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