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White House claims progress in food safety efforts

(CIDRAP News) – Federal officials today released a progress report on the work of President Barack Obama's Food Safety Working Group, which has been buoyed by legislation passed earlier this year but faces challenges in implementing the law.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: Treatment for EHEC neuropathy, GI infections in UK, more Colorado listeriosis, Korea dumps smallpox vaccine, RSV season

Sep 8, 2011

 

FOOD SAFETY NEWS SCAN: Peanut butter Salmonella update, Campylobacter exposure, pet food illness tracking

 

NEWS SCAN: H1N1 vaccine effectiveness, pandemic vaccine in hospitals, milk-related illnesses, fungal infections and tornadoes

Aug 1, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: European E coli update, Campylobacter in Wyoming, measles in Africa

 

NEWS SCAN: DRC cholera, unusual GBS cluster, EU measles outbreak, dengue from Haiti, novel adenovirus, H5N1 vaccine

Jul 14, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: Poultry safety standards, global flu update, H5N1 vaccine trial, H7N7 outbreaks, European pandemic surveillance, immunomodulator study

Ju1 1, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: E coli developments, raw-milk illnesses, Pakistan's avian flu efforts, cowpox infection, scarlet fever in Hong Kong, food safety campaign

Jun 28, 2011

 

Wild cranes caused 2008 Campylobacter outbreak

(CIDRAP News) – A Campylobacter jejuni outbreak that sickened close to 100 people in Alaska in 2008 had a surprising cause: fresh peas contaminated by sandhill cranes, according to a report in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Robert Roos
 

CDC: US sees no progress in battling Salmonella

(CIDRAP News) – An annual update today viewed as the nation's report card on food safety showed that Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections continue to decline, but measures to cut Salmonella infections haven't made any headway.

Lisa Schnirring
 

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