Jared Polis, Governor of Colorado, has extended to Sept. 1 the bird flu emergency in his state.
The governor is responding to the avian flu outbreak in Colorado’s Weld County. Weld County is often listed as a Top 10 county for agricultural production and is usually the only high-value
Continue Reading Colorado continues working with avian flu as an emergency
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment — in coordination with the Colorado Department of Agriculture and State Emergency Operations Center — is reporting three confirmed cases of avian flu in humans at a second farm in Weld County.
Public health officials first reported news of the virus at
Continue Reading Colorado ups its avian flu surveillance; more human cases detected
Since the bird flu was first reported in dairy cows on March 25, scientific inquiry has picked up to the point where findings and expert opinions are being made weekly.
Meanwhile, farmers and ranchers are worried and looking for more ways to protect their herds and figure out more about
Continue Reading Bird flu kept on coming during the holiday weekend
A Colorado burrito restaurant, forced to close after catering two community college events where some attendees were sickened with Salmonella poisoning, did poorly in health inspections during the past three years.
As of Thursday there were 10 people confirmed with Salmonella infections linked to the restaurant, according to the Weld
Continue Reading Salmonella outbreak in Colorado growing; 2 restaurants closed
The just-convened Colorado Assembly may be asked to close a loophole in state restaurant regulations during its 120-day session.
In late December the owners of Eden Pho, a restaurant in Weld County, were told they needed to fix problems identified during inspections by local inspectors or the county commission would
Continue Reading Dollar deal for avoiding food safety compliance gets attention
When inspection fees are not increased on a regular basis to keep up with increasing costs, restaurants often don’t get inspected as well or as often. Colorado is one state trying to catch up, but support from the industry is not coming without a price. A 14-page bill sent to
Continue Reading Colorado may trade restaurant grades for higher inspection fees
Boston will soon start assigning letter grades to all restaurants based on their health inspections, The Boston Globe reports. The A, B or C grades will initially only be posted online and may later be displayed in restaurant windows. The system is expected to be put in place early next
Continue Reading Boston to Experiment With Letter Grades for Restaurants
Restaurant owners and managers in the only Colorado county using letter grades to report food safety inspections to the public say that the new scoring is more punitive than informative. On Wednesday, they met with the Weld County Commission in Greeley, CO, to argue that restaurant food safety is just
Continue Reading CO Restaurants: Posting Inspection Letter Grades Amounts to Punishment
The letter grade system for reporting restaurant inspection results most associated with New York City has reached Colorado. Michael Bloomberg, the three-term liberal billionaire mayor, first imposed an A-to-F posted grading system on Big Apple restaurants in 2010. Before Bloomberg left office at the end of 2013, his letter grade
Continue Reading Restaurant Inspections With Letter Grades Debut in Colorado
The Humane Society of the United States recently ranked Colorado’s animal-protection laws among the top 10 for overall effectiveness. But, this past Friday, the Weld County Prosecutor’s Office determined that timing provisions in those laws are not enough to justify charging an undercover animal-rights investigator with animal cruelty. 
Prosecutors dismissed
Continue Reading Prosecutor Dismisses Charge of Animal Cruelty Against Undercover Investigator
