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?
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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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Burma Superstar E. Coli Outbreak: 12 Sick, 5 Hospitalized in San Francisco
The San Francisco Department of Public Health released an update on Friday to the Burma Superstar E. coli outbreak that occurred around August 16. Health officials now believe 12 people were sickened in connection to
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Yelp Starting to Post Restaurant Health-Inspection Scores
Yelp.com is starting to make it easier for diners to find a place to eat without getting sick.In August, Louisville became the second city to incorporate health-inspection information into its restaurant pages on the user-review
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