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Death caps pose year-round threat to mushroom lovers
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.
Fourteen people were confirmed
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Michigan governor nixes bill to kill mushroom certification
An 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
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
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’
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
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
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
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
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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