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ICEID NEWS SCAN: Thermal scanners, asymptomatic H1N1 in HCWs, pandemic vaccine wariness, dengue in Florida, foodborne disease patterns

– ATLANTA

 

ICEID NEWS SCAN: Salsa and sickness, hand-hygiene gap, West Nile antibodies, 1918 pandemic

– ATLANTA

 

NEWS SCAN: H1N1 in transplant patients, raw-milk outbreak, flu antibody, free flu shots in Nova Scotia

 

Rules to limit Salmonella in eggs take effect

(CIDRAP News) – New federal rules designed to reduce Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) contamination in eggs from large-scale producers take effect today, with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) predicting that they will prevent up to 79,000 illnesses per year.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: Historian grades pandemic response, promoting flu shots, food safety standards, Bangladesh H5N1 project

Jul 7, 2010

 

Illness cluster triggers bison meat recall

(CIDRAP News) – A cluster of Escherichia coli infections prompted a Colorado company on Jul 2 to recall its ground and tenderized steak bison products, the US Department of Agriculture announced.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: US biosurveillance strategy, H5N1 in Indonesia, food-recall phone apps

Jul 2, 2010

 

USDA stiffens standards for ground beef sent to schools

(CIDRAP News) – The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has formally adopted tougher safety standards for ground beef used in the National School Lunch program, a move that was first proposed in May and was originally spurred by a newspaper investigative report last December.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: Sprouts-linked Salmonella , contaminated flavor enhancer, infection risk for veterans, new plague test

 

NEWS SCAN: Food safety meetings, hemorrhagic fever probe, US-China epi link

Jun 29, 2010

 

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