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Home cooks risk food poisoning from washing their Christmas bird
Washing the Christmas Day turkey is putting home cooks at risk of poisoning their dinner guests.
Dec 22, 2014
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FDA warns that tattoo inks can cause infections
Thinking about getting inked? Check the bottle first.
Aug 7, 2014
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New methods of detecting Salmonella in pork meat processing
Infections caused by foodborne microorganisms are an increasing public health burden. In a PhD project at the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, new methods of characterising and dectecting foodborne ...
Jul 24, 2014
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IBM research breakthrough helps public health officials improve food safety
IBM today announced a first-of-a-kind system that is designed to help food retailers, distributors and public health officials predict the most likely contaminated food sources and accelerate the investigation of food-borne ...
Jul 4, 2014
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Food safety specialist says food poisoning cases underreported
(Medical Xpress)—You've probably heard of norovirus, salmonella and E. coli, but would you know if you were sick with one of these foodborne illnesses? A Kansas State University food safety specialist says there are distinct ...
Jun 19, 2014
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Food handlers cause most food-poisoning cases
(HealthDay)—Norovirus, the so-called "cruise ship virus," is more often caused by infected restaurant workers than outbreaks on the high seas, U.S. health officials said Tuesday.
Jun 3, 2014
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FDA proposes rules for safe transport of foods
The Food and Drug Administration is proposing new rules to keep food safe while it's transported.
Jan 31, 2014
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FDA says it will delay proposed food safety rules
The Food and Drug Administration will delay sweeping food safety rules proposed earlier this year and revise them to better accommodate farmers and businesses who would be affected.
Dec 19, 2013
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NZ toxic contaminant levels halved, study shows
Blood samples taken by Massey researchers to measure the concentrations of toxic environmental contaminants, called persistent organic pollutants (or POPs), show their levels halved in the past 15 years among New Zealand's ...
Nov 21, 2013
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New study discovers copper destroys highly infectious norovirus
Scientists from the University of Southampton have discovered that copper and copper alloys rapidly destroy norovirus – the highly-infectious sickness bug.
Sep 11, 2013
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