Opinion
Vaccinating food service workers will not solve the entire HAV problem — we need a nationwide focus on homelessness and drug use as well.
According to a recent health warning, the CDC reported multiple
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Publisher’s Platform: On the road again — Salmonella sick tour revisited
Opinion
Yesterday the CDC and FDA announced that Jensen Tuna of Louisiana was recalling frozen ground raw tuna sourced from JK Fish of Vietnam due to possible Salmonella Newport contamination. The recalled tuna was individually
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Letter From The Editor: More on the CEHA Media Award
Opinion
I’ve been coming to this stretch of California’s coast running from San Luis Obispo to Ventura for more years than I care to remember. It’s the province of the California Environmental Health Association’s Mission
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Publisher’s Platform: What to do during an E. coli Outbreak
Today the CDC reported that 96 people have been infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O103 in Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia. Illnesses started on dates from March 2, 2019, to March
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Publisher’s Platform: Western Sizzlin’ in Ooltewah Tennessee closing due to Hepatitis A
Opinion
My bet vaccinating employees looks very good at this point.
In March, an employee at the Western Sizzlin’ in Ooltewah was diagnosed with hepatitis Aand on one Sunday, the health department gave out over
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Publisher’s Platform: It is Irresponsible for Restaurants to not offer Hepatitis A Vaccines to Employees
Opinion
Or, ignore the issue, sicken your customers and be assured, you will be sued.
A fact from the CDC: “Since the hepatitis A outbreaks were first identified in 2016, more than 15,000 cases, 8,500
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Spring cleaning? Be sure to give your kitchen a food safe makeover, too!
Adopt food safety practices to avoid foodborne illness
Spring time is cleaning time! So, while you’re using that pent-up elbow grease to get rid of wintertime dust and debris, make sure your kitchen is food
Letter From The Editor: Escape from the National Capital Region (NCR)
Opinion
Ten years ago when USDA leased nearly all of the newly completed 380,000 square foot Patriots Plaza III at 355 E. St. SW in Washington D.C., it was good for only a couple of
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Don’t get sham-rocked by food — or An Bodhran — poisoning on St. Pat’s Day
Contributed
As St. Patrick’s Day approaches, you might be thinking of eating a home-cooked meal of corned beef and cabbage, and of course, consuming a few (or more) beers to go along with it. But,
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Beach Beat: FDA posts Pillsbury flour recall after Hometown Food Co. delay
Opinion
The Food and Drug Administration has posted a recall notice for some of Pillsbury’s flour, which the company sent to its business partners a week ago. As you may recall, I reported earlier this
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Beach Beat: What’s in a name? Beef — drop the mic and label the hamburger
Opinion
There’s a new ground beef in town. Its proud father is working to make sure folks know it for what it is. Ground beef. The father? Eldon Roth.
As far as I know, Roth
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