The European Commission has rejected an appeal to ban imports of kangaroo meat from Australia for reasons that included food safety.
A petition was filed by three groups on the grounds of public health, animal
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Measures making it easier for food businesses to operate as takeaways during the COVID-19 pandemic led to issues around food hygiene, according to scientists.
Researchers analyzed the effect COVID-19 had on the North East hot
Continue Reading Hygiene concerns raised by takeaway rule change during COVID-19
Cyber-attacks and ransomware are among the major novel threats to food firms, according to speakers during a panel discussion about food fraud and defense.
Tim Lang, Jennifer van de Ligt and Jon Woody spoke about
Continue Reading Cyber threats and current landscape put food defense on agenda
After boiling eggs, decorating them, hunting them, and adding them to candy baskets, families need to make sure leftover hard boiled eggs are handled properly so no one gets sick.
Eggs can cause food poisoning
Continue Reading Hard boiled Easter eggs don’t last forever; store safely and eat soon
Public Health is investigating an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness with diarrhea, vomiting, body aches, headaches, and fevers associated with a takeout meal from Saigon Vietnam Deli on July 25, 2020. A specific food or drink
Continue Reading Deli take-out in Seattle blamed for unidentified gastrointestinal illnesses
Tacos el Guero, a mobile food truck found operating at the corner of Juanita Drive NE and NE 141st St, in Kirkland, WA 98034 was shut down by a Public Health food inspector at 1:15
Continue Reading Food truck in Washington shut down by Public Health
If anything should restore the confidence of the American people in our governmental agencies and institutions, it is the leadership of our medical and public health professionals in this time of crisis. We
Continue Reading Hidden public health benefits of the COVID-19 experience
Six food oerations shut down in 2019 in the Seattle area by Public Health remain closed in 2020. The six include two grocery stores, a restaurant, a mobile food truck, an unapproved food stand, and
Continue Reading Six Seattle area food establishments remain closed from 2019
Prior food safety inspections and the current rating for the Al Basha Restaurant in Seattle were excellent, but Seattle-King County Public Health has associated the establishment with a September Salmonella outbreak.
The outbreak involves three
Continue Reading Salmonella outbreak involves restaurant with excellent record
A mobile food truck and a “brokered” food stand, both in Bellevue, WA, remain closed after being shuttered last month by Public Health. The Seattle-King County agency reports its most recent restaurant closure was Tacos
Continue Reading Food stands are latest challenge for restaurant inspectors
