Wherever you are this Labor Day weekend, warm weather will bring many families and friends together for picnics and barbecues. With a few tips and tricks you’ll be prepared to avoid pathogens while serving food
Continue Reading Food poisoning roulette is not an appropriate game for holiday picnics
In honor of Labor Day, many people in the U.S. will share good company, fun and food. Unwanted guests can crash the picnics and parties, though, if hosts don’t pay attention to food safety basics.
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August is right around the corner, and if you’re planning a cookout or picnic for the dog days of summer, here are some tips from the Partnership for Food Safety to help keep you and
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Editor’s Note: Football season is well under way, but because Food Safety News staff members witnessed some less-than-safe food-handling practices while tailgating recently, we’ve reprinted the USDA food safety advice for tailgaters here. Keeping food
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Public health officials were unable to determine the source of the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak at a July picnic in Germantown, Ohio that killed one person and sickened 79. The outbreak investigation began July 9,
Continue Reading Source Never Found in Deadly OH E. coli Outbreak
A 4-year-old girl remains in the hospital after being infected with E. coli O157:H7 at a private picnic in Ohio, where at least 74 others were also sickened. A total of 14 victims were hospitalized;
Continue Reading Young Victim of E. coli Outbreak from Ohio Picnic Still in Hospital
A 73-year-old victim of the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in Germantown, Ohio has died from his infection. The outbreak has affected at 75 people who attended a picnic in Germantown July 3, leaving 14 hospitalized
Continue Reading Man Dies in Ohio E. coli Outbreak Linked to Picnic
An outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 thought to have originated at a picnic in Germantown, Ohio has expanded from 68 victims to 75, according to the local health department. The number of people hospitalized remained
Continue Reading More Victims in Ohio E. coli Outbreak Linked to Picnic
The number ill in an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak from a picnic at a Germantown, Ohio business has now risen to 68, according to the Dayton & Montgomery County Health Department. Fourteen people have
Continue Reading 68 Now Ill with E. Coli from Ohio Picnic Outbreak
A 4-year-old girl sickened with E. coli O157:H7 at a customer appreciation picnic for a Germantown, Ohio business is in critical condition after developing hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a severe kidney disease associated with E.
Continue Reading Young Girl in Ohio E. coli Outbreak in Critical Condition
