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Record case counts from live poultry spur renewed warning

By Coral Beach on October 7, 2016

Reporting a record year for human illnesses linked to live poultry, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wrapped up its investigation this week of eight Salmonella outbreaks that have sickened 895 people across 48…
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FSN Video: Safe Chick Handling for Chick Season

By James Andrews on March 29, 2013

With chick-hatching season in full-swing, Food Safety News visited Michelle Boman, Operations Manager at the Grange Supply store in Issaquah, Wash., to discuss the best practices for handling chicks to avoid possible Salmonella contamination.
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UK Petting Farm Found Liable for 2009 E. coli Outbreak

By News Desk on March 7, 2013

The United Kingdom’s High Court has found a Surrey county petting farm liable for a 2009 E. coli outbreak that sickened 93 people, including 76 children under the age of 10, Smallholder Magazine reports.
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North Carolina Mom Sues County Fair After Son Part of E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak

By News Desk on November 28, 2012

Amie Westfall is suing the Cleveland County Fair in Shelby, North Carolina after her 18-month-old son Dominic suffered from a severe E. coli infection as part of last month’s outbreak tied to the fair’s petting…
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WA Petting Zoo Linked to 10 Illnesses

By News Desk on November 19, 2012

At least 10 people have fallen ill with E. coli infections beginning in mid-October after visiting a petting zoo and pumpkin patch in Washington state, the Oregonian reports. The owners of Willow Grove Gardens…
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The Petting Zoo Problem

By James Andrews on November 16, 2012

Katie Maness was 13 years old when her parents took her and two friends to the 2004 North Carolina State Fair in Raleigh. It was a beautiful October day, as her mother Becky recalls years…
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Bittersweet News in NC Fair E. coli Outbreak

By James Andrews on November 10, 2012

More than a month has passed since the first of the 106 victims in North Carolina’s Cleveland County Fair E. coli outbreak began showing symptoms of infection. This week brought bittersweet news regarding two of…
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New Number in NC Fair E. coli Outbreak: 100

By News Desk on October 23, 2012

The North Carolina Department of Health has revised the number ill in the Cleveland County Fair E. coli outbreak to 100 people, the agency announced Tuesday. The agency previously believed to have 106 people…
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NC County Fair Cases Rise to 106

By News Desk on October 19, 2012

At least 64 children and 42 adults have fallen ill in an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak connected to North Carolina’s Cleveland County Fair. That number includes 2 year-old Gage Lefevers, who died last Friday as…
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61 Now Ill in North Carolina E. coli Outbreak

By News Desk on October 17, 2012

The deadly E. coli outbreak linked to the Cleveland County Fair in North Carolina grew to 61 cases by Wednesday. At least 10 people have been hospitalized.

This latest figures comes less than a week…
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