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FDA commissioner says science will answer Cyclospora questions

By Coral Beach on September 19, 2018

Citing the discovery of an infectious parasite in domestic produce this summer, the head of the FDA yesterday committed to using science to address foodborne pathogens.

A special government testing program found the Cyclospora parasite…
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A field worker harvests cilantro on a farm along the Pacific coast. Dreamstime photo illustration

FDA documents first Cyclospora contamination of U.S. fresh produce

By Coral Beach on September 4, 2018

A special FDA testing program on fresh herbs has documented the first confirmed evidence of the Cyclospora parasite in U.S. produce.

The Food and Drug Administration found the microscopic parasite on fresh cilantro at a…
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Parasitic outbreak count climbing; FDA still looking at salad mix from Fresh Express

By News Desk on August 17, 2018

The number of people with parasitic infections in an ongoing outbreak continues to increase, with 40 more added in the past week. The tally stands at 476 now in the outbreak traced to salad mix…
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More than 400 confirmed sick in Fresh Express, McDonald’s salad outbreak

By Coral Beach on August 11, 2018

In the past week, another 41 people were confirmed infected by Cyclospora parasites in an outbreak traced to Fresh Express salad mix used in salads sold by McDonald’s.

Of the 436 sick people, 20 have…
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Parasites linked to McDonald’s likely not part of Del Monte outbreak

By Coral Beach on July 17, 2018

McDonald’s officials decided to pull salads from 3,000 of their U.S. restaurants while they work with federal and state investigators to find the specific source of Cyclospora parasites that have infected more than 100 people.…
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More confirmed with parasites linked to Del Monte vegetables

By News Desk on July 2, 2018
To view the full sized graphic about the transmission and life cycle of Cyclospora parasites, please click on the image.

Public health officials have confirmed that dozens of more people have…
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Briefly: Vietnam vets — Diaper Duty — Red meat anaphylaxis

By News Desk on November 29, 2017

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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What sends this natural-healing mom straight to the doctor?

By Helen Sanders on September 26, 2017

Editor’s note: This guest opinion column was originally published on www.healthambition.com and is reprinted here with permission.

I’d say most of us have joked at some point that we’d love to have a tapeworm that…
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Cyclospora cases through the roof; CDC can’t find source

By Coral Beach on September 20, 2017

Almost 1,000 people in the United States have contracted infections from  Cyclospora parasites since May 1. Health officials are baffled, saying they haven’t been able to discover the source of the microscopic creatures, which infect…
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Poisoned in paradise: Rat lungworm nightmare in Hawaii

By Coral Beach on May 11, 2017

Whether state officials have downplayed the danger of rat lungworm parasites, the fact remains that Hawaii is in the midst of an outbreak that has given at least three people from the mainland lasting impressions…
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Rat lungworm cases spike on two Islands, Maui and Big Island

By News Desk on April 13, 2017

2016-05-13-ratlungworm_406x250Hawaii is experiencing an uptick in rat lungworm disease.  Six confirmed cases on Maui and another three confirmed cases on  the Big Island were reported over the last three months with no deaths.   That’s about…
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