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Oregon abandons glove requirement for restaurant workers
CNNLast year, when Oregon Health Authority officials announced they would adopt the 2009 FDA Retail Food Code, restaurateurs suddenly faced a piece of legislation that would prohibit foodservice workers to touch prepared food with their bare hands. The...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Diseases and Illnesses, Employees, Food Industry, Sports
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DHH recalls oysters and closes oyster harvesting area
WGNO NewsThe Department of Health and Hospitals quickly closed oyster harvesting area 23 (see graphic at left) Tuesday and also ordered a recall of oysters harvested from that area since April 6. Fourteen people have reported getting sick with the norovirus after...Tags: Oysters
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Clean produce to avoid food poisoning
It’s farmers’ market time, and all those fruits and vegetables seem so fresh. But they aren’t necessarily clean. Like supermarket produce, these local and even organic items need a wash before eating, according to the Academy of...
Tags: E. coli Infection, ConAgra Foods Incorporated, Health, Physical Conditions, Salmonella Infection
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Norovirus blamed for Concord Petoskey closure
PETOSKEY — Lab tests confirm that it was the norovirus that forced Concord Academy Petoskey to cancel classes on Friday. Concord Petoskey executive director David Hill told the News-Review that 60 students were out sick, or left early last...Tags: Vaccines, Health, Gastroenteritis, Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Ban on shellfish from Korea expanded
Health officials have expanded a ban on shellfish from Korea to include processed and canned products because of possible exposure to human fecal matter. The FDA and The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene had already warned consumers not to...
Tags: Health, Symptoms, Lifestyle and Leisure, Seafood, Foods and Beverages
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Officials: Possible norovirus sickens inmates
JACKSON, Mich. (AP) — Health officials say they're investigating a suspected norovirus outbreak at the G. Robert Cotton prison near Jackson. The Jackson Citizen Patriot reports about 60 prisoners showed symptoms indicative of a norovirus. Michigan...Tags: Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Viral Diseases and Infections, Symptoms, Flu
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Health officials warn about outbreaks of norovirus
The “stomach flu” appears to be going around and state health officials are warning residents to take some precautions. The officials say these cases in recent weeks are not really the flu. They are cases of viral gastroenteritis, which gives...Tags: Abdominal Pain, Health, Gastroenteritis, Diseases and Illnesses, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Norovirus most common source of hospital outbreaks
Here’s something to think about when you go to the hospital: norovirus, a pathogen responsible for food poisoning and gasteroenteritis, causes more than 18 percent of all infection outbreaks and 65 percent of ward closures in U.S. hospitals,...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Staphylococcal Infection , Hospitals and Clinics
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