The 2015 annual meeting of the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) got underway yesterday at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, OR. We will be in the Rose City today through Tuesday because IAFP is always one of the most newsworthy food safety events of the year, and this
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Salmonella Typhimurium Sickens At Least 50 Oregon Conference Attendees
Public health officials in Oregon are looking into what caused 50-some people to become sickened by Salmonella typhimurium after a conference in late June. A spokeswoman for Multnomah County said several illnesses were confirmed after an Open Source Bridge Conference held June 23-26 at the Eliot Center in downtown Portland,
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Restaurant Inspections Stir Controversy in Portland, Maine
More restaurants are failing inspections in Portland, Maine because the city has raised its food safety standards without adopting a new law. The Portland Press Herald found 39 of the city’s 49 restaurants inspected under a new health code have failed to pass. The newspaper’s count was based on city
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Portland, ME Says ‘Yes’ to Raw Milk at Farmers’ Markets
In a victory for raw-milk farmers, Maine’s Portland City Council has given a unanimous thumbs-up to allow raw-milk sales at the city’s farmers’ markets.
The City Council also handed the dairy farmers another victory by voting 5 to 4 against an amendment that would have required them to post a
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Deadliest Outbreaks: Oregon's 1922 Raw Milk Epidemic
Editor’s Note: Four of the 10 deadliest outbreaks of foodborne illness in the United States occurred during the first half of the 20th century. In a periodic, four-part series beginning today, Food Safety News explores the fifth deadliest outbreak, which occurred in Portland, OR in 1922. Streptococcus linked to unpasteurized
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