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NEWS SCAN: Food safety funding, cholera vaccine trial, low-cost infection prevention, anthrax anniversary, hantavirus in Europe

Sep 9, 2011

 

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

Sep 8, 2011

 

Norovirus, Salmonella hold lead roles in US foodborne outbreaks

(CIDRAP News) – In its annual report on foodborne disease outbreaks, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today that in 2008, norovirus was the most common confirmed cause and that poultry topped the list of implicated food commodities.

Lisa Schnirring
 

FDA partner starts work on food-tracing pilot projects

(CIDRAP News) – The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said today that it is moving forward with two pilot projects designed to help public health investigators and companies more quickly and effectively trace foods.

The projects are part of a measure required by this year's FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, which directs the agency to establish record-keeping standards for high-risk foods.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: Broad-spectrum antibiotic, training for food testing, H5N1 in ducks, malaria control

Sep 7, 2011

 

FOOD SAFETY NEWS SCAN: Listeria in Colorado, consumer food-safety practices

Sep 6, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: Cholera in Africa, C diff in chicken, contaminated hospital uniforms, rural dengue, HFMD hits football team

 

NEWS SCAN: Black Death pathogen sequenced, egg safety gaps, rotavirus vaccine benefit

 

As Del Monte plans to sue Oregon officials, epidemiologists react

(CIDRAP News) – Del Monte Fresh Produce, a company that recalled its cantaloupes in March after health investigators in several states linked them to a Salmonella Panama outbreak, said yesterday that is plans to sue Oregon Health Authority and one of its officials, claiming that the company's products were wrongly singled out.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: Papaya Salmonella cases up, anthrax case update, food re-inspection fee opposed, China reports polio cases

Aug 29, 2011

 

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