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EU rejects call to ban kangaroo meat imports

By Joe Whitworth on January 23, 2023

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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Hygiene concerns raised by takeaway rule change during COVID-19

By News Desk on December 30, 2022

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…

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Cyber threats and current landscape put food defense on agenda

By Joe Whitworth on June 16, 2022

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…

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Hard boiled Easter eggs don’t last forever; store safely and eat soon

By News Desk on April 4, 2021

 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 …
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Deli take-out in Seattle blamed for unidentified gastrointestinal illnesses

By News Desk on August 14, 2020

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…
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Food truck in Washington shut down by Public Health

By News Desk on May 17, 2020

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 …
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Hidden public health benefits of the COVID-19 experience 

By Roy Costa, RS, MS (MBA) on April 28, 2020
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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…
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Six Seattle area food establishments remain closed from 2019

By Dan Flynn on January 8, 2020

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…
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Salmonella outbreak involves restaurant with excellent record

By News Desk on October 17, 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…
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Food stands are latest challenge for restaurant inspectors

By Dan Flynn on June 3, 2019

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…
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