The 9-day closure of a popular Lewiston, ME, restaurant has created such a kerfuffle that Food Safety News has looked deeper into what happened. Dialing back to last year, it seems an emerging cockroach infestation concerned restaurant staff who tried working with their pest control contractor but found it necessary
Continue Reading Its own staff reported the cockroach infestation that led to the politically charged closure of Maine restaurant
UPDATE- The Lewiston City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to postpone any action on the items below until March 19. No change in city restaurant inspections or staffing will occur until after that date.
All the following stem from the temporary January closure of a popular restaurant called DaVinci’s at
Continue Reading City ending local restaurant inspections in retaliation against its inspectors for closing a popular restaurant
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has identified a case of hepatitis A in a Falmouth food service worker. Hepatitis A is a contagious liver disease caused by the hepatitis A virus. It can spread through person-to-person contact or by consuming contaminated food or water.
The individual worked
Continue Reading Maine health agency issues alert after food service worker tests positive for hepatitis A
A child in the United States is thought to be part of an E. coli outbreak linked to a farm in Iceland that has affected 21 people.
A spokeswoman from Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) told Food Safety News it was aware of one case that is
Continue Reading Maine investigates case of E. coli linked to Iceland outbreak
Oct. 9 update: A state epidemiologist with the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that the two boys who became ill after visiting a petting zoo last month were both infected by E. coli O111. “The strain and molecular typing from each patient was identical, making it
Continue Reading Update: Two Maine Boys Were Infected by Same Strain of E. Coli
Anybody who has ever traveled in Maine has probably heard a story like the one about coming to a rural fork in the road. From the map, it might appear that both roads end up in about the same place, but because there is an old man working alongside the
Continue Reading Letter From the Editor: Has Gov. LePage Broken Maine CDC?
A food service worker with an acute Hepatitis A infection has been identified in Cumberland County, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC). The worker served food while infectious from Sept. 29 to Oct. 11, 2014. Officials did not disclose the name of the Cumberland
Continue Reading Maine CDC: Patrons of Unnamed Restaurant May Have Been Exposed to Hepatitis A
There have been a few signs this week that state health departments are beginning to prepare for the still unlikely event of China’s expanding outbreak of H7N9 bird flu reaching the United States. The Maine Public Health Alert Network System was used Tuesday to get the word out to local
Continue Reading H7N9 Bird Flu Outbreak in China Gets Attention in the States
There are places and foods to avoid or to at least to approach more carefully if you want to dodge this winter’s outbreaks of norovirus. Some involve a new strain, likely causing the uptick in cases. Norovirus is nasty and highly contagious, often called “the vomiting disease” by the English
Continue Reading As Norovirus Cases Spike, Some Precautions to Take
