Hawaii officials are investigating E. coli contamination in well water that has prompted the Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut company to recall more than 20 products.
“There is clear evidence that food produced at the Kea‘au
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Hawaii reports first confirmed rat lungworm case of 2018
The Hawaii Department of Health has confirmed the first case of rat lungworm disease in the state this year in an adult resident of West Hawaii on Hawaii Island.
The individual became seriously ill earlier
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‘Free’ trip leaves man in expensive, lifelong, parasitic nightmare
Ron and Darlene Fields had been married for 26
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Hawaii revises food safety regs a year after Hep A outbreak
A year after a Hepatitis A outbreak traced to scallops sickened almost 300 people, killing two, the Hawaii Department of Health is imposing new food safety regulations.
The cornerstone of the state’s updated food safety
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Hepatitis A found in tuna; time limited for post-exposure shots
People who recently ate poke in Hawaii that was prepared with contaminated, frozen raw tuna still have time to receive post-exposure vaccinations for Hepatitis A. The frozen ahi cubes were distributed to retailers, restaurants and
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90,000 Hepatitis A follow-up shots coming due in Hawaii
More than 90,000 people received the first shot of a two-injection Hepatitis A vaccination in the second half of 2016, and that means more than 90,000 follow-up injections are coming due in the Aloha State.
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Hawaii seeks to update food safety regs following outbreaks
In the wake of two foodborne illness outbreaks, Hawaii began a week of public hearings on revisions to its food code on Monday.
Also on Monday, state officials cleared a seaweed grower-shipper whose products were
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Seaweed farm linked to Salmonella outbreak recalls products
Four days after the Hawaii Department of Health reported it ordered a farm to cease and desist distribution of its seaweed because of links to an ongoing Salmonella outbreak, the company posted a recall notice.
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Hawaii names farm linked to outbreak; recall details sketchy
A seaweed growing operation in Hawaii is under orders to stop distributing products after a Salmonella outbreak investigation uncovered the pathogen in packing and processing tanks at the farm.
The cease and desist order from
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Only 1 new Hepatitis A case in 2 weeks in Hawaii’s outbreak
With only one new diagnosis in the past two weeks, a Hepatitis A outbreak in Hawaii appears to be contained with less than 300 people confirmed as victims.
In its weekly update Wednesday, the Hawaii
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Salmonella outbreak in Hawaii linked to seaweed in raw fish
More than two dozen people in Hawaii have been infected by Salmonella bacteria in an outbreak that is tentatively linked to seaweed from an unnamed farm on Oahu.
The 14 infected people include children and
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