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Officials fail to reveal number of sick patrons linked to same restaurant

By Coral Beach on May 10, 2021

Public health officials in San Francisco are investigating a number of complaints of foodborne illness among patrons of the House of Prime Rib restaurant.

Since March 31 the San Francisco Department of Public Health has…
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San Francisco grocers subject to new meat/poultry reporting

By Coral Beach on October 4, 2017

Lawmakers in the Golden Gate City want to close the door on unnecessary antibiotic use in livestock, so they’ve unanimously OK’d a local ordinance requiring large retailers to annually report on antibiotics used by their…
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Antibiotic disclosure — another first for San Francisco?

By Coral Beach on October 2, 2017

Once again, San Francisco is poised to become the first city in the nation to take a legislative stand on a controversial topic. Its Board of Supervisors is set to vote tomorrow on an ordinance…
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Court says San Francisco’s soda pop warnings unconstitutional

By News Desk on September 21, 2017

Sweetened beverage advertisers in San Francisco won’t be forced to add an obesity warning to their labels and advertisements. A federal appellate court has ruled the warning mandate violates the U.S. Constitution.

The City and…
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Voters in four cities to decide on local soda taxes

By Dan Flynn on November 4, 2016

Berkeley, CA and Boulder, CO, are among a handful of America’s most liberal cities who’ve both often been accused of never having met a tax they did not like.

Berkeley two years ago became the…
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Open Data on Restaurant Inspections a Useful Tool for Consumers and Government

By Lydia Zuraw on October 28, 2015

“My husband ate at this restaurant on Friday 10/16/2015 and was admitted to the ICU with a bacterial infection from food poisioning [sic],” Kari F. wrote on the Mariscos San Juan Yelp page on Oct.
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Maggots Found in Meat Case at San Francisco Whole Foods Market

By News Desk on May 6, 2014

Maggots were recently found inside a meat case at a Whole Foods Market in San Francisco, and, while the store reportedly cleaned out the case at least three times, the local health department ordered a…
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Bay Area’s Last Major Slaughterhouse Struggles with Recalls, Closures

By Point Reyes Light on February 14, 2014

This article was written by Christopher Peak, a Marin Media Institute Research Fellow for the Point Reyes Light. After nearly a century in business, the Bay Area’s last major slaughterhouse facility has once again…
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San Francisco Restaurant Patrons Warned of Hep A Exposure

By News Desk on December 26, 2013

Patrons who visited the Comstock Saloon, a San Francisco restaurant and bar, during several days in December may have been exposed to the Hepatitis A virus, according to local news station KGO-TV. An employee…
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Final Report: 22 Sickened in Bay Area Burma Superstar E. Coli Outbreak

By James Andrews on November 5, 2013

A total of 22 people in San Francisco fell ill in August in an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to Burma Superstar, a restaurant in the Richmond neighborhood, according to an outbreak report released Monday…
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