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Handwashing for Life Olympics: Battle at Waterloo
Jim Mann, with microphone, explains the rules of the Handwashing for Life Olympics. The screen, right of center at top, shows how effective a contestant is when they’ve finished their turn…
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Outbreak traced to puppies in 13th month; new states involved
Although officials with Petland Inc. say any dog can be infected with Campylobacter, 93 percent of victims in an ongoing, 15-state outbreak had contact with Petland puppies before becoming ill.
In an outbreak update Monday,…
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Food Safety Month: Memories and myth busting
Growing up, September always meant the beginning the school year. But now, entering my 16th year of schooling, September has taken on a new meaning as a graduate student who is passionate about raising the …
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The Norovirus Woman explains hand sanitizers and bacteria
TAMPA, FL — Hand sanitizers have surrounded me from elementary school field trips to competitive sporting tournaments in high school and college. Running water wasn’t always available before snack time, or for handling mouth guards …
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Food safety in health care kitchens impacts patient healing
The 44th annual conference of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control brought together an international array of expertise to the convention center in Portland, OR.
Presentations and an abundance of creative posters were shared,…
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Whole Foods closes kitchens under shadow of FDA findings
Whole Foods Market is closing down all three of its regional kitchens that prepared ready-to-eat food — including the one in Everett, MA, that netted the grocery chain an FDA warning letter citing Listeria problems…
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FDA warning letters: Dairies and cheese factory cited
Wisconsin and Utah dairy operations and a cheese factory in Pennsylvania received warning letters recently made public by the Food and Drug Administration.
LeRaysville Cheese Factory Inc. in LeRaysville, PA
The Philadelphia district office of…
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Patient experience drives health care food safety leadership
This week Crothall Healthcare summoned a team of experts to collaborate by “mastering and integrating what you are good at” and challenged them to define new standards to light a path of continuous improvement in…
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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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