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Briefly: Pufferfish poison — Sail or fail — CRISPR mushrooms

By News Desk on January 19, 2018

Every hour of every day people around the world are living with and working to resolve food safety issues. Here is a sampling of current headlines for your consumption, brought to you today with the…
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Death caps pose year-round threat to mushroom lovers

By News Desk on June 2, 2017

Fortuitous weather and the increasing popularity of wild mushrooms combined in California to make a particularly dangerous foraging season this past winter and public health officials say the threat is ongoing.

NAMA_mushroom Warning_PosterFourteen people were confirmed…
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Michigan governor nixes bill to kill mushroom certification

By Coral Beach on January 7, 2017

morel mushroomsAn anti-regulation bill that would have eliminated a training requirement for people selling wild mushrooms to food establishments in Michigan has been vetoed by Gov. Rick Snyder.

The measure, HB 5532, was approved along party…
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L.A. school garden closed after children sickened by mushroom

By Cathy Siegner on September 29, 2016

Several Los Angeles children were sickened last week after sampling a toxic mushroom growing in a community garden at their neighborhood school. At least two of them, including a 10-year-old boy, were taken to a

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Salami, Mushrooms Recalled in Canada for Listeria Contamination

By News Desk on August 7, 2014

Avina Fresh Mushrooms brand sliced crimini mushrooms and Marc Angelo brand Genoa Salami are being recalled from the marketplace in Canada due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The affected products include:

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Thailand’s FDA Warns: Mushrooms ‘Frequently Soaked in Formaldehyde’

By News Desk on March 25, 2014

According to a Thai Financial Post story published on Monday, the Ministry of Public Health in Thailand is urging people to thoroughly wash mushrooms before cooking them after finding that the food item is frequently…
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California Reports Five Deaths from Poisonous Mushrooms this Year

By News Desk on December 7, 2012

Poisonous mushrooms have killed five people and sickened over 1,500 in California since the beginning of the year, according to the state health department. Four of those deaths occurred in November. The California Department of…
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Grilling Trays Recalled for Contaminated Mushrooms

By News Desk on August 18, 2012

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Saturday that Pure Hothouse Foods Inc. was recalling fresh cut grilling trays because the mushrooms used in the trays had tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes. On August 16,…
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Wild Mushrooms Can Kill, California Health Officer Warns

By News Desk on November 26, 2011

Wild, edible mushrooms are a delectable treat but California issued a warning earlier this week to people who forage for them.

Mistakes in wild mushroom identification can result in serious illness and even death, cautions

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Milk Thistle Extract Combats Mushroom Poisoning

By Gretchen Goetz on October 10, 2011

Doctors at Georgetown University Hospital don’t see many victims of mushroom poisoning. This September, however, when 4 new cases cropped up in 2 weeks, they had an opportunity to try an investigational drug on these

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