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CDC Update: 8 Sickened in Blue Bell-Linked Listeria Outbreak

By News Desk on April 9, 2015

According to an update Wednesday night from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there have been eight people sickened by strains of Listeria monocytogenes linked to Blue Bell Creameries products in Kansas and…
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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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Mixed Results For Food Issues in Midterm Elections

By Lydia Zuraw on November 5, 2014

The national headline of Tuesday’s elections is that Republicans have taken control of the U.S. Senate. This shift means that Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will take over as Majority Leader for the 114th Congress and…
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Kansas Officials Say Four of Seven Current E. coli Cases Linked to Private Event

By News Desk on May 24, 2014

Four cases of E. coli O157:H7 in the Wichita, KS, area stem from contamination at a private event and are not related to last Monday’s Wolverine Packing Co. recall of about 1.8 million pounds of…
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KS Health Officials Want Restaurant Customers to Fill Out Surveys

By News Desk on December 28, 2013

A likely norovirus outbreak involving a Jimmy’s John’s restaurant in Garden City, KS, is under investigation by state officials who are asking for the public’s help. State and local health officials want anyone who dined…
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Cyclospora Illnesses in Midwest Reach 258 as Investigation Continues

By James Andrews on July 22, 2013

Health officials in several Midwestern states are continuing to investigate a recent surge in Cyclospora infections from early June, but have still not identified a source. At least 258 people have now fallen ill, predominantly…
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Letter From The Editor: Drop the Charges

By Dan Flynn on July 21, 2013

It’s a rare Sunday that I think I might be able to settle something, right here and right now. An interesting incident occurred recently, mostly in the skies over Kansas near Garden City.  A famous…
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Kansas Warns Public About Raw Milk Danger

By Dan Flynn on March 16, 2012

This past January, Kansas experienced its third outbreak of disease associated with consumption of raw milk since 2007.  

Chelsea Good, spokeswoman for the Kansas Department of Agriculture, says because the 18 people who became…

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Listeria Outbreak Toll Rises

By News Desk on September 24, 2011

The deaths of a Nebraska man in his 80s and a 95-year-old Missouri woman, plus five cases of Listeria infection in Kansas, were confirmed Friday by state health departments, increasing the toll in the multistate…

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Letter From The Editor: Plum Island

By Dan Flynn on May 15, 2011

I will admit I do have a fascination with Plum Island.

When I learned last week that there was a criminal investigation open over locating a “new Plum Island” in Manhattan, Kansas, I had to…

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