Following what a raw milk producer described as a visit during which she “met our cows,” State Rep. Michele Presnell introduced a bill in North Carolina to allow retail sales of unpasteurized milk in the
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Church BBQ outbreak serves as food safety reminder for charitable events
Laboratory test results show what local public health officials have suspected for a couple of weeks. Food served by church members to “thousands” of people was contaminated with bacteria that thrives when food is not
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Multiple recalls to chase down ham responsible for Listeriosis outbreak in South
The country hams that some say are the quintessential dish of the South became, during this past weekend, suspects in a deadly listeriosis outbreak.
Four people, three in Virginia and one in North Carolina, have
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Public comes out in force for Hepatitis A vaccinations in NC
Just one day after public health officials urged customers of a Hardee’s restaurant in Charlotte, NC, to get vaccinated against Hepatitis A, almost 900 people had received the post-exposure treatment.
Mecklenburg County Public Health Director
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NC restaurant remains open after E. coli confirmed in customer
The Mexico Viejo restaurant in Taylorsville, NC, about 60 miles north of Charlotte, remained open Friday after as many as 45 customers reported illnesses to the local health department.
Officials from the Alexander County Health
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Something in PETA’s history vault helps get North Carolina law reviewed
North Carolina’s three-year-old law permitting owners to collect monetary damages from individuals for “exceeding the scope of authorized access to property” was always expected to be the subject of judicial review.
The question has been
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Poppies recalls Delizza brand frozen mini eclaires for Listeria
Poppies International Inc. is recalling tubs of their “Delizza Belgian Custard Cream Mini Eclairs” after tests showed contamination by Listeria monocytogenes, a potentially deadly foodborne pathogen.
The recall covers all “Delizza Belgian Custard Cream Mini
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Ruth’s salad maker warned for Listeria in production facility
B & H Foods in North Carolina is on notice from the FDA because the same strain of Listeria monocytogenes has been confirmed repeatedly during the past five years at its facilities.
“Based on FDA’s
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Utah’s ‘ag-gag’ law is second to be found unconstitutional
Utah’s law criminalizing “both lying to get into an agricultural operation and filming once inside” violates the First Amendment and has been declared unconstitutional by Federal Judge Robert J. Shelby.
The ruling announced late Friday
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Mixed district court ‘ag-gag’ rulings are getting appellate review
The question of whether otherwise illegal acts — like lying on an employment application — are Constitutionally protected if they prevent enterprising reporters or animal activists from being successful is now framed before a three-judge
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Federal courts are slowly reviewing state ‘ag-gag’ laws
At this point, you would need a large barn yard just to hold all the attorneys who are involved and waiting for a decision by a federal judge on Utah’s ag-gag law. U.S. District Court
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