Commercial speech is not easily restricted. Earlier this summer, some state restrictions on speech by companies in the alcohol business were struck down by a federal court.
Missouri’s first in the country state law prevents
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Big meat says people have a right to know if meat isn’t meat
If you’ve ever gotten in trouble for coming home with almond milk instead of cow milk, and if you favor labeling food containing GMOs because of your right to know, you are going to love
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Employee hepatitis A case confirmed at another Huddle House
Another case of hepatitis A has been confirmed in a food handler who worked while potentially contagious at a Huddle House restaurant in Missouri.
Everyone who ate at the Huddle House restaurant in Poplar Bluff,
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Feds trying to seize raw camel milk suspected in interstate case
Federal officials are attempting to seize more than $70,000 in raw camel milk products stored in a warehouse in Kansas City, KS, including some bearing labels from a Missouri dairy, because they were allegedly shipped
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Officials won’t name restaurant in ongoing Missouri outbreak
Public health officials in Missouri still have not named the restaurant in the state’s capital city where 14 out of 36 people with Salmonella infections ate before becoming ill.
The Cole County Health Department is
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Missouri dairy told to stop interstate sales of raw camel milk
A Missouri dairy owner is on notice from the FDA for selling unpasteurized, raw camel milk in interstate commerce, with the agency discounting the dairyman’s contention that camel milk is not covered by federal law.
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Shigellosis outbreak at elementary school kept quiet for weeks
Public health and school officials in Randolph County, MO, are investigating an outbreak of Shigellosis that they have been quietly monitoring for weeks.
The county health department issued a news release Monday, more than three
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Rural school district begins year with unexplained E. coli cases
The information is sketchy, but the Columbia-Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services is confirming four cases of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157:H7 in the Missouri county. According to Sturgeon R-V School District
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After Salmonella Illnesses, Good Earth Eggs Recalled
Eggs produced by a Bonne Terre, Missouri facility have been linked to Salmonella illnesses in the state by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, according to the company. Consequently, Good Earth Egg Company announced it
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Salmonella Found at the Good Earth Egg Company
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reports Salmonella was found at an egg facility in Bonne Terre, Missouri. According to DHSS, they recently conducted a testing at the Good Earth Egg Company processing
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CDC: 19 E. Coli Cases in 7 States Linked to Costco Rotisserie Chicken Salad
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Tuesday that, as of Nov. 23, there were 19 people from seven states sickened by the outbreak strain of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157:H7 linked
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