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NEWS SCAN: H1N1 vaccine effectiveness and uptake, public input on non-O157 E coli testing, varicella vaccination benefits, TB roadmap

Nov 30, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: More chicken liver cases, DeCoster exits egg industry, African flu clues, malaria in Nigeria

 

NEWS SCAN: FDA funding boost signed, cholera efforts, raw milk shutdown, flu vaccine effectiveness, anti-malarial shelved

Nov 21, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: Comments on E coli testing, E coli outbreak investigations, H1N1 and social distancing, flu vaccine and fevers

Nov 18, 2011

 

EU calls on sprouts producers to increase safety steps

(CIDRAP News) – Producers of sprouts should add more food safety steps throughout the production chain to lower the risk of the kind of contamination that triggered a widespread Escherichia coli outbreak in Europe earlier this year, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) said in a report released yesterday.

Robert Roos
 

FLU NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in Bangladesh, flu hybrid in Hong Kong pigs, anti-vaccine group vs AAP

 

NEWS SCAN: FDA funds for food safety, antibiotic resistance tools, pneumococcal vaccine for adults

Nov 16, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: Turkey Salmonella update, dengue in South Pacific, smoke and pneumonia

Nov 11, 2011

 

FDA denies pleas to restrict antibiotic use in livestock

(CIDRAP News) – The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has denied a pair of long-pending petitions from consumer and other groups to limit the use of several antibiotics in farm animals, saying a voluntary approach the agency proposed last year will lead to more "judicious use" of the drugs in agriculture.

Robert Roos and Lisa Schnirring
 

FOOD SAFETY NEWS SCAN: Salmonella in chicken livers, North Carolina finds E coli outbreak source, tomato Salmonella contamination

 

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