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Oysters harvested in Florida linked to three-state Salmonella outbreak

By Jonan Pilet on March 2, 2023

The Florida Department of Health, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and state health departments of Georgia and Alabama are investigating a Salmonella outbreak associated with the consumption of raw oysters harvested from shellfish harvesting…

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E. coli infections from unknown source under investigation in Alabama

By News Desk on April 15, 2022

The Alabama Department of Public Health is investigating four cases of E. coli O157:H7 and two cases of Rotavirus in younger children in Northeastern Alabama. 

As of today the department had not reported what the…
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Infected restaurant worker spurs hepatitis A alert in Alabama

By Kelsey M. Mackin on October 12, 2017

A pizza restaurant in Alabama is working with the state Department of Public Health, after discovering that one of the restaurant’s food handlers is infected with hepatitis A.

The health department (ADPH) has contacted many…
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Blue Bell Plans to Start Test Production at Alabama Plant in Next Several Weeks

By Cathy Siegner on July 10, 2015

Blue Bell Creameries has announced plans to launch production testing of ice cream “on a limited basis” at its plant in Sylacauga, AL, sometime in the next several weeks. No specific date was given for…
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Update: 86 Children Sickened in Alabama Outbreak, Staph Found in Daycare Food Samples

By News Desk on June 26, 2015

Baptist Medical Center Eighty-six children may have been sickened by a Staphylococcus aureus toxin found in food served at the Montgomery, AL, daycares they attended. Of those children, 30 were hospitalized and, as of Friday, two were reportedly…
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Blue Bell Lays Off Hundreds of Workers Because of Recall

By Cathy Siegner on May 15, 2015

Blue Bell Creameries announced Friday that because of the “extended timeline” required for cleaning up its four manufacturing plants before resuming ice cream production, the company will cut hundreds of employees from its workforce. On…
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Egg-Producing States File Appeal Over California’s Proposition 2

By Dan Flynn on March 9, 2015

States that, until recently, sold a total of 2 billion shell eggs a year in California clearly don’t intend to give up on that lucrative Golden State market without a fight. After first getting tossed…
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Legislatures Weigh Bills on Soda Labels, Microbeads, Marijuana, Powdered Alcohol, Among Others

By Dan Flynn on February 19, 2015

State legislatures remain in session from Alabama to Wyoming, with food safety mostly getting only a light touch from lawmakers who seem largely focused on budgets and education in this non-election year. In Alabama,…
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Hepatitis A Sickens 3 in Alabama

By News Desk on September 29, 2014

At least three people in Clarke County, AL, have fallen ill with Hepatitis A, according to the Alabama Department of Public Health. The health department is investigating how the patients might been sickened. Two of…
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Salmonella Outbreak Likely in Russellville, AL

By News Desk on June 12, 2014

A possible Salmonella outbreak is occurring in Russellville, AL, according to the Alabama Department of Public Health. At least three people have confirmed Salmonella infections, while another nine cases are being investigated. The health department…
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