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Publisher’s Platform: Seriously, time to ban petting zoos?

By Bill Marler on July 2, 2019
Opinion

This past weekend I woke up to the sad news of yet other injuries and a death linked to animal contact at a fair.

San Diego County health officials announced late Friday night that…
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Briefly: Raw truth for pets — Fair food — Yelp all about it

By News Desk on January 17, 2018

Every hour of every day people around the world are living with and working to resolve food safety issues. Here is a sampling of current headlines for your consumption, brought to you today with the…
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Steer clear of fair foibles — pun intended; pigs problematic, too

By Cookson Beecher on July 21, 2017

It’s fair season, and a new crop of parents is taking excited youngsters to county and state fairs across the country so they can see the farm animals. Not only see them, but pet them…
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Publisher’s Platform: Do We Need a Petting Zoo Preservation Act?

By Bill Marler on October 17, 2015

Over the last week I spoke to two families of very young children stricken by E. coli O111 after they both attended a small town Maine fair and petting zoo. One child was just released…
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The Petting Zoo Problem

By James Andrews on November 16, 2012

Katie Maness was 13 years old when her parents took her and two friends to the 2004 North Carolina State Fair in Raleigh. It was a beautiful October day, as her mother Becky recalls years…
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61 Now Ill in North Carolina E. coli Outbreak

By News Desk on October 17, 2012

The deadly E. coli outbreak linked to the Cleveland County Fair in North Carolina grew to 61 cases by Wednesday. At least 10 people have been hospitalized.

This latest figures comes less than a week…
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County Fair Focus of E. coli Investigation in NC

By News Desk on October 11, 2012

Four confirmed cases of E. coli may be related to North Carolina’s Cleveland County Fair, which ended Sunday. Parents of a 12-year-old Gaston County boy blame something the youngster ate or came in contact with…
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NC State Fair Takes Measures to Prevent Another E. coli Outbreak

By Dan Flynn on August 16, 2012

Last year’s E. coli O157:H7 outbreak attributed to the Kelley Livestock Building at the North Carolina State Fair has brought changes in pedestrian and animal traffic patterns, now designed to minimize health risks at the…
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E. Coli, Animal Exhibits and the North Carolina State Fair

By Gretchen Goetz on January 6, 2012

Nearly three months after E. coli O157:H7 sickened 25 people who attended the North Carolina State Fair, investigators know little more about what caused the outbreak, other than   it originated in a livestock building

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E. Coli Traced to NC State Fair Livestock Building

By Dan Flynn on November 11, 2011

The 21-page case questionnaire used by the North Carolina Division of Public Health to crack an outbreak of E. coli helped investigators to quickly focus on the Kelley livestock building on the State Fair grounds.

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North Carolina Adjusts Outbreak Toll

By News Desk on November 1, 2011

North Carolina Division of Public Health officials on Monday adjusted downward the number of E. coli illnesses being investigated there.

Twenty-four cases, including nine confirmed and 15 suspect cases, are now being reported, compared with

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