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Dole recalls baby spinach products after state test shows Salmonella in a sample

By News Desk on August 10, 2019

Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc. announced a 10-state recall of baby spinach because of potential contamination with Salmonella. According to the recall notice posted on The Food and Drug Administration’s website, the recall was issued due…
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Employee discovery prompts cookie dough recall for undeclared peanuts

By News Desk on July 28, 2019

JuJu Bakes LLC, doing business as “The Cookie Dough Cafe” of Bloomington, IL, is recalling 15 cases of 1.6-ounce “Chocolate Chip Chilled Gourmet Edible Cookie Dough Bars” because they may contain peanuts, which are not…
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Discounted registration available for IAFP 2019 in Louisville this July

By Kelsey M. Mackin on June 3, 2019

Registration is open for the 2019 conference of the International Association for Food Protection, set for July 21-24 at the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville. Attendees who register early receive a discount, which is…
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Kentucky farm warned for unsafe drug residue in slaughtered cow

By Kelsey M. Mackin on May 6, 2019

In an April 11 warning letter to owner James Darren Hudson, the FDA described violations observed during inspection visits on Feb. 5, 13, and 14 at the James D. Hudson Livestock operation in Caneyville, KY. 

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Kentucky-centered multi-state outbreak of rare E. coli O103 doubles in size

By Dan Flynn on April 4, 2019

In less than a week, that Kentucky-centered outbreak of the rare E. coli O103 has exploded to 44 cases in the Bluegrass State and spread to Tennessee, Ohio, and Georgia, the Minneapolis-based Center for Infectious…
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No sign of letup in hepatitis A hotspots

By Dan Flynn on May 28, 2018

Anyone who was looking for the nationwide rise in Hepatitis A cases to subside by Memorial Day was sorely disappointed.

One of the hottest spots in the country for Hepatitis A  is Kentucky where ten…
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Kentucky health officials respond aggressively to Hepatitis A

By Catharine Huddle on April 21, 2018

Public health officials in Kentucky are responding agressively to a Hepatitis A outbreak, and Dr. Jeffrey Howard, acting director of the state health department issued a statement Friday saying it’s still safe to travel to…
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State recommends hepatitis A vaccinations to curb outbreak

By News Desk on April 17, 2018

Kentucky’s Department of Public Health recommended on Monday that all unvaccinated people in six of the state’s counties seek hepatitis A vaccination because of an ongoing outbreak of hepatitis A infections.

Of the 311 cases…
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Publisher’s Platform: Besides hepatitis A, what do McDonald’s, Applebee’s and Texas Roadhouse have in common?

By Bill Marler on April 16, 2018

Answer: They are all in Kentucky where a hepatitis A outbreak has been ongoing for months. With 272 people infected with Hepatitis A in Kentucky, restaurants must offer hepatitis A vaccines to employees – its …
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McDonald’s stock slips on news of hepatitis A infected worker

By Coral Beach on April 13, 2018

Another foodservice worker in Kentucky has been confirmed infected with the hepatitis A virus, but this time a McDonald’s location is implicated and the customers who ate and drank there are not the only people…
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Kentucky food handler with hepatitis A exposes customers

By News Desk on April 11, 2018

The Ashland-Boyd County Health Department is investigating a case of Hepatitis A in a food preparation worker at a convenience store in Ashland, a Kentucky city on the southern bank of the Ohio River.

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