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Raw milk recalled in Washington after sampling reveals E. coli contamination

By News Desk on October 15, 2021

Williams Valley Family Farm LLC of Clayton, WA, is recalling retail, raw whole milk because of E. coli contamination. The recall was initiated after routine sampling conducted by the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) …
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‘Microenterprise home kitchens’ look for food safety exemptions in Washington

By Dan Flynn on February 4, 2020

Writing in Forbes recently, Nick Sibilia, with the public interest law firm Institute forJustice, was positively giddy about the Food Freedom movement.

“Almost four years after the nation’s first ‘food freedom law was enacted, hundreds…
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National epidemic of hepatitis A outbreaks puts restaurant customers at risk

By Dan Flynn on August 1, 2019

A McDonald’s in Johnson City, TN, and a Little Caesar’s Pizza in Newark, OH, put their customers at risk of exposure to hepatitis A by permitting an employee with the liver disease to report for…
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Exemptions added to state public disclosure act to get FDA to resume sharing information

By Dan Flynn on July 16, 2019

The Washington State Department of Agriculture is about to find out if appeasement works with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

In 2018 the FDA stopped sharing nonpublic information with the state department (WSDA), and…
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Cucumbers suspected in Salmonella illnesses on both sides of border

By News Desk on October 21, 2018

Salmonella Infantis has sickened Canadians in five provinces, according to Public Health Canada. The likely cause has not been identified with any certainty, but many who became sick report eating cucumbers before becoming ill.

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Food safety might come up in handful of state ballot measures

By Dan Flynn on July 4, 2018

State and local ballot issues involving food and agriculture sometimes push food safety onto the political stage. Not much of that is likely in 2018, however, because this year only a handful of states are…
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State oyster recall underway on Pacific Northwest coast over Norovirus

By News Desk on April 14, 2017

Due to multiple reports of oyster-associated Norovirus-like illnesses, Washington State is conducting a recall for all shellfish harvested from 3/15/17 to 4/11/17 from the implicated portion of the Hammersley Inlet growing area.   The area of…
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Two E. coli cases linked to livestock close Washington school

By Cathy Siegner on July 21, 2016

Two young Washington state girls are hospitalized with complications from E. coli infection and their school has been temporarily closed for cleaning. One of the girls has reportedly developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a serious…
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CDC: 19 E. Coli Cases in 7 States Linked to Costco Rotisserie Chicken Salad

By News Desk on November 24, 2015

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Tuesday that, as of Nov. 23, there were 19 people from seven states sickened by the outbreak strain of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157:H7 linked…
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Judge: Transfer Offer After Moldy Applesauce Report Wasn’t Retaliatory

By News Desk on August 26, 2015

In 2011, when applesauce from Snokist was making children sick as far away as North Carolina, USDA Agricultural Marketing Services local inspector Wendy Alguard told Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigators arriving on the scene…
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