Both chambers of the West Virginia Legislature switched to Republican control, enough that Delegate Kelli Sobonya (R-Cabell) thinks her colleagues may be more “liberty minded” in 2015. During the 2014 session, Sobonya sponsored two bills to promote raw milk sales in the state, but both measures were killed in committee.
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South Carolina
Nine Salmonella Cases Reported in South Carolina
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control is investigating nine cases of Salmonella in Beaufort County. Several of the cases are laboratory-confirmed and one of the illnesses has reportedly been matched to a national cluster. This single case appears to be separate from the other eight. There are…
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Hilton Head Restaurant Customers Exposed to Hepatitis A
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) wants customers and staff of Hudson’s Seafood House on the Docks in Hilton Head Island who were at the restaurant on Feb. 15, 2014, to contact their primary care provider to receive treatment for possible exposure to the Hepatitis A…
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Contaminated Beef Mars Australia’s Usually Clean Track Record
The ground beef product that was recalled last week by two South Carolina-based manufacturers was imported from Australia and contaminated before it arrived, according to one of the importers.
After testing conducted by the South Carolina Meat and Poultry Inspection Department revealed E. coli in a sample of boxed…
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Publishers Platform: Time to stop hiding the ball
Last week I was perplexed when Director Catherine Templeton of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced that a “Spartanburg-area Mexican restaurant” was to blame for a recent E. coli O157:H7 outbreak where at least 10 have been sickened – two with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)…
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Ground Beef Recalled Due to E. Coli Risk
Lancaster Frozen Foods and G&W Incorporated are recalling about 6,908 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli, according to the South Carolina meat and poultry inspection department.
Lab testing by the meat and poultry inspection department confirmed a positive result for E.coli in a ground…
South Carolina Investigating 11 Cases of E. Coli Infection
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is investigating an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infection that may include at least 11 cases.
According to a news release Friday, at least two of the cases have progressed to hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a complication of E. coli…
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Illnesses Associated with Church Barbeque
More than 40 people became ill following a barbecue fundraiser in South Carolina, and the state Department of Health and Environmental Control is now advising that any food purchased at the Sept. 16 and 17 event at York’s Grace Covenant Church should be thrown away.
All of the people who…
Tests Negative at Raw Milk Dairy Tied to Outbreak
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says tests did not detect Campylobacter in samples from a South Carolina raw milk dairy that public health investigators suspect made eight people ill in North Carolina.
All of those sickened — three people confirmed with campylobacteriosis and another five people who had probable…
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Outbreak Linked to Raw Milk from South Carolina
Health officials are warning people not to drink unpasteurized milk from Tucker Adkins Dairy of York, South Carolina, because as many as eight cases of Campylobacter infection in neighboring North Carolina have been linked to the farm’s raw milk.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Saturday that the…
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