Signs are appearing that local health departments are no longer “All Covid, All-the time” organizations. Take the Allegheny County Board of Health, for example. It spent much of its meeting Wednesday finishing out a “repeal and replace” exercise to update its Food Safety article And it also made changes to
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IAFP calls for workshop, symposium and roundtable proposals for 2022 event
The International Association for Food Protection’s (IAFP) program committee is inviting members and other interested individuals to submit workshop, symposiums or roundtable proposals for IAFP 2022. The 2022 pre-conference sessions begin July 23 with the conference set for July 31 – Aug. 3 in Pittsburgh, PA.
The submission deadline is …
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12 Cases of E. Coli Linked to Pittsburgh Restaurant
The Allegheny County Health Department has confirmed that 12 employees and customers of The Porch restaurant in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Oakland have been infected with E. coli O157:H7. Nine others have suggestive symptoms but could not be confirmed. Most of the people who got sick ate hamburgers, and laboratory…
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E. Coli Outbreak Linked to Pittsburgh Restaurant
Five cases of E. coli infection appear to be linked to a restaurant in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Oakland, according to Allegheny County health officials. Since the beginning of October, four people have been hospitalized and diagnosed with E .coli O157:H7. At least some are customers or employees of The…
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