More than 100 students fell sick in a Salmonella outbreak at a school in China in 2024 with an inspection uncovering multiple issues in the canteen, according to a recent report.
In September 2024, the local Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was notified by a school doctor about
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An infected food handler has been identified as the most likely source of an E. coli outbreak at an Illinois high school that saw 16 students sickened and two hospitalized.
A breakdown in hand washing protocol was the most likely cause of the illnesses, according to a 152-page report from
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More than 200 students were part of a norovirus and Bacillus cereus outbreak at a school in Beijing this past year, according to a recently released study.
Researchers identified 209 cases, of which 28 were laboratory-confirmed, that occurred from late August to mid-September 2018. All ill were students in an
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Public Health England is investigating an outbreak of Hepatitis A linked to food eaten at a school canteen. A total of 17 people with Hepatitis A have been confirmed connected to Outwood Academy in Ripon, a city in North Yorkshire.
Three other people have Hepatitis A in the Ripon area,
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Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. is recalling more than 50 tons of ready-to-eat chicken patties from schools and other institutions nationwide after a consumer complained of finding rubber in the product.
The 101,310 pounds of Gold Kist Farms breaded chicken patties, produced Sept. 2, 2017, are packed in 30-pound boxes with six
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Nearly half of public school cafeterias in New York City racked up at least one dangerous health code violation this past year, including evidence of rats and mice, roaches and flies.
An analysis of city Health Department data conducted by student journalists at the City University of New York Graduate
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