An outbreak of hepatitis A has claimed another life in Michigan.
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Michigan posts 25th hepatitis A death; restaurant worker sick
County requires hepatitis A vaccines for some food workers
Earlier this week the Salt Lake County Board of Health amended “Health Regulation #5: Food Sanitation” to require hepatitis A vaccination for all food workers in an establishment when anyone working in that establishment has
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Publisher’s Platform: For goodness sake, vaccinate – for Hep A
There are now 16 dead with 292 sickened with hepatitis A in San Diego — mostly in the ignored homeless population. And, the numbers of people with this preventable disease is spiking. Colorado has 57
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NSF’s EyeSucceed becomes Glass Partner; refines safety focus
Onsite inspections have long been a standard tool for food safety training and enforcement efforts, but wearable technology and augmented reality are combining to change that with Google Glass.
EyeSucceed, a technology company focusing on
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NM food handlers, foodservice operators face new regs
Foodservice operations such as restaurants, hotels, hospitals, schools and prisons in New Mexico face a March 1 deadline to meet new state food safety requirements, but they’ve already had a year’s grace period to get
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Norovirus isn’t rocket science: Wash your freakin’ hands
It’s estimated that the average person will get norovirus five times during their lifetime. Globally, there are 685 million cases of norovirus each year, with approximately 20 million of those cases occurring in the United
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Restaurant study group calls for back-to-basics approach
A record setting number of attendees for the National Restaurant Association’s Quality Assurance Study Group’s annual session filled the Millennium Conference Room at Loews Philadelphia Hotel this past week for a three-day introspection of the
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The outbreak breakthrough of whole genome sequencing
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of three guest opinion columns by Jim Mann in recognition of September as Food Safety Month. Whole genome sequencing, WGS, is a new motivator for enhanced
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Teach, train, test, repeat — food safety refreshers a must
Knowing the correct answer for a food safety certification test is not the same as knowing how to properly use a food thermometer. On-site follow-up training ensures that classroom learning is
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Hawaii Suspends TB Test Requirement for Food Handlers
Hawaii has temporarily stopped preventing food handlers and others who have not been cleared for tuberculosis from working because of a nationwide shortage of testing solutions. State health officials from across the nation are trying
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