Update (July 6): The number of illnesses in this outbreak has risen to 113. The article below has been updated to reflect this new case count. For the third summer in a row, Texas is dealing with an outbreak of Cyclospora. At least 113 Texans have been hit with
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Officials Warn Public of Possible Hepatitis A Exposure at Texas Burger Restaurant
Health officials in Austin, TX, have alerted the public about possible Hepatitis A exposure at a Whataburger restaurant in central Austin after a restaurant employee at the 2800 Guadalupe St. location was diagnosed with the virus. 
Hepatitis A is a contagious liver disease that is usually spread when a person
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SPAM, the Iconic Canned Meat, Celebrates 75th Birthday
SPAM®, the canned meat Monty Python sang about and the meat product whose name is now used to label unwanted bulk e-mail messages, is about to celebrate its 75th birthday. Hormel Foods Corp. is putting on the birthday bash at its Austin, MN processing plant where it now turns out
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Letter from the Editor: Austin
This week I was planning on writing about the emerging food safety issues that we will likely be dealing with in 2012.
Then I looked at what I wrote last year and decided my ability to forecast what’s going to be important is not one of my strong suits. In