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NEWS SCAN: Listeria assessment, Salmonella outbreak update, terror-alert system change, measles in Europe

Apr 20, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: Lassa fever in Nigeria, dengue in Hawaii, NDM-1 in water, imported measles, Listeria cluster, E coli death, H1N1 online tracking

Apr 7, 2011

 

USDA proposes 'test and hold' rule for meat

(CIDRAP News) – The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) today unveiled a proposal to require meat processors to hold onto product lots undergoing routine pathogen testing until the test results come in, a rule that the agency says could have prevented dozens of meat recalls in a recent 3-year period.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: Alleged anthrax attacker's instability, stopping MDR TB, online TB atlas, Salmonella declines in EU, norovirus on cruise ships

Mar 23, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: Return to work after flu, cost of kids' flu, UK H1N1 numbers, phage-based E coli prevention, recurrent TB

 

NEWS SCAN: Sprout inspection findings, cholera outbreak stabilizing

 

CDC revises decade-old foodborne illness estimates

(CIDRAP News) – The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released newer, more precise estimates of the foodborne illness burden, suggesting 1 in 6 Americans get sick each year, a rate lower than previously thought.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: E coli outbreak update, polio in Congo

 

NEWS SCAN: Avian flu in Manitoba, flu vaccine acceptance, WHO flu update, cholera vaccine stockpile, Listeria cheese recall, cell-based flu vaccine

 

FDA probe finds Listeria at Texas produce company

(CIDRAP News) – The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday said it found Listeria monocytogenes and a long list of food safety infractions during an October inspection of a San Antonio produce plant linked to 10 illnesses, including 5 deaths.

Lisa Schnirring
 

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