Health officials in Snohomish County, WA, are warning people who ate at two Taco Bell locations to monitor themselves for signs of hepatitis A infections and get vaccinated if they are not already.
“People who
Continue Reading Taco Bell employee infected with hepatitis A; county in Washington issues health alert
An upcoming Feb. 17 vote by the Washington State House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee will tell whether a bill to remove regulations from raw milk sold directly from the place of production is a
Continue Reading Washington State Bill to exempt consumer sales of raw milk up for committee vote
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)
Continue Reading Raw milk recalled in Washington after sampling reveals E. coli contamination
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
Continue Reading ‘Microenterprise home kitchens’ look for food safety exemptions in Washington
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
Continue Reading National epidemic of hepatitis A outbreaks puts restaurant customers at risk
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
Continue Reading Exemptions added to state public disclosure act to get FDA to resume sharing information
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.
Public
Continue Reading Cucumbers suspected in Salmonella illnesses on both sides of border
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
Continue Reading Food safety might come up in handful of state ballot measures
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
Continue Reading State oyster recall underway on Pacific Northwest coast over Norovirus
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
Continue Reading Two E. coli cases linked to livestock close Washington school
