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 the outbreak, with 10 of them having dined at the restaurant. Of those diners, five
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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 site. San Francisco — Yelp’s home turf — was the first to do so back
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Restaurant Suspected Source of San Francisco E. coli Outbreak
The San Francisco Department of Public Health is investigating a 14-person E. coli outbreak that has reportedly been linked to a popular Burmese restaurant, according to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle. 
On Friday, the Chronicle reported that public health department employees believe 9 of 14 E. coli
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Restaurant Outbreak Went Unreported in San Francisco
In mid-December, 20 employees of a capital investment firm in San Francisco all began experiencing stomach cramps and vomiting within a day or two of attending a private company party. It didn’t take any degrees in epidemiology for the group to trace their illnesses back to Delfina, the Italian restaurant
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Charges Filed in SF Food Safety Certification Scam
Two former San Francisco Department of Public Health employees have been accused of soliciting fees, allegedly in exchange for helping restaurant and food service managers cheat on exams to gain state-required food-handler certification, the San Francisco Chronicle and other California news outlets reported Wednesday.
At a news conference in San
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Easy Legal Fix to San Francisco Happy Meal Law?
McDonald’s made national headlines when it announced it had allegedly found a work-around to a San Francisco law designed to curb the predatory practice of using toys to lure kids into a lifetime of fast food. But as I wrote for Grist, I am not convinced McDonald’s convenient trick
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Toying with the Happy Meal: Is McDonald's Evading the Law?
While most media outlets dubbed it the “Happy Meal toy ban,” the ordinance passed in San Francisco last year didn’t ban anything. The law just placed a few reasonable nutrition guidelines (a maximum of 600 calories per meal and limits on fat and salt, for example) for restaurants using free
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McDonald's Puts Price Tag on SF Happy Meal Toys
Starting today, chain restaurants in San Francisco will no longer be able to give away toys with kids’ meals that are high in fat, salt and sugar. The goal is to push fast-food establishments to make children’s offerings healthier.
In response, McDonald’s has decided to serve plastic playthings without changing
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