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More food uses for seaweed sparks food safety research

By News Desk on June 2, 2022

Harvested seaweed, neither seafood nor a vegetable, is regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) but only as a spice.  

“Like any other food, harvested seaweed can have some levels of pathogenic bacteria,” reports …
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E. coli outbreak involving thousands in Japan traced to red seaweed

By News Desk on December 10, 2021

E. coli was behind a large-scale food poisoning outbreak that involved about 3,000 school students and staff in Japan this past year, according to a study.

The investigation found the 2020 outbreak was caused by …
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Seaweed farm linked to Salmonella outbreak recalls products

By Coral Beach on November 15, 2016

Four days after the Hawaii Department of Health reported it ordered a farm to cease and desist distribution of its seaweed because of links to an ongoing Salmonella outbreak, the company posted a recall notice.
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Hawaii names farm linked to outbreak; recall details sketchy

By News Desk on November 12, 2016

A seaweed growing operation in Hawaii is under orders to stop distributing products after a Salmonella outbreak investigation uncovered the pathogen in packing and processing tanks at the farm.

The cease and desist order from…
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Salmonella outbreak in Hawaii linked to seaweed in raw fish

By News Desk on November 8, 2016

More than two dozen people in Hawaii have been infected by Salmonella bacteria in an outbreak that is tentatively linked to seaweed from an unnamed farm on Oahu.

The 14 infected people include children and…
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