Consumer Alert for Cheese and Milk Products Due to Listeria monocytongenes Contamination

The MA Department of Public Health (MDPH) is issuing a warning to consumers to avoid consumption of certain cheese and milk products because the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes (L.

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Cal Fresco, LLC Recalls Jalapeño and Serrano Chili Peppers Due to Possible Health Risk

Cal Fresco, LLC (“Cal Fresco”) is voluntarily working with the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and California Department of Public Health (“CDPH”) to coordinate a recall of fresh Jalapeño and Serrano chili peppers for potential contamination with Salmonella. The FDA has advised that a random sample of Cal Fresco Jalapeño and Serrano peppers has tested positive for Salmonella.

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Pacific International Marketing Voluntary Recalls Product Because of Possible Health Risk

Pacific International Marketing (“Pacific”) is working with the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and California Department of Public Health to coordinate a recall of Cilantro for potential contamination with Salmonella. FDA has advised that a sample of Pacific Cilantro has tested positive for Salmonella.

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Fresh Strawberries From Washington County Farm Implicated In E. coli O157 Outbreak In NW Oregon

Oregon Public Health officials have identified fresh strawberries from a Newberg farm as the source of a cluster of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections that sickened at least 10 people last month, including one person who died. The strawberries were produced last month by Jaquith Strawberry Farm located at 23135 SW Jaquith Road in Newberg. Jaquith finished its strawberry season in late July, and its strawberries are no longer on the market.

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Reducing food safety risks to be big challenge: HK Secretary for Food and Health – Xinhua

Reducing food safety risks to be big challenge: HK Secretary for Food and Health Xinhua “We get notified immediately and we start to take samples from our retailers,” the city's Secretary for Food and Health said, adding “in fact, we are the first government outside Taiwan that actually imposes a ban on the drinks. … and more ?

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Ajman ensures healthy food reaches residents – Gulf Today

Ajman ensures healthy food reaches residents Gulf Today AJMAN Municipality had conducted 15910 samples testing of various food products in 2010 to ensure they were fit for human consumption. Engineer Khalid Moeen Al Hosani, director of the Public Health and Environment Department of ..

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CDC And ADPH Investigate Outbreak At Alabama Hospitals; Products Recalled

The Alabama Department of Public Health today is announcing an ongoing investigation of an outbreak of Serratia marcescens bacteremia in six Alabama hospitals. On March 16, ADPH was notified that an outbreak had occurred in two of these hospitals among patients receiving TPN (total parenteral nutrition).

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FOOD Share earns 2011 Health Champion Award – Camarillo Acorn

FOOD Share earns 2011 Health Champion Award Camarillo Acorn FOOD Share, Ventura County's regional food bank, was recently awarded the 2011 Health Champion Award by A LEAN VC (Advocates for a Lifestyle of Exercise and Nutrition in Ventura County), a partnership between Ventura County Public Health and other …

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Food retailers sign up to healthy living deal – Stock Market Wire

The Guardian Food retailers sign up to healthy living deal Stock Market Wire The seven largest food retailers in the UK, all members of the British Retail Consortium (BRC), have committed themselves to every relevant pledge on food and alcohol in the Public Health Responsibility Deal.

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BC leading country in healthy food choices – News1130

BC leading country in healthy food choices News1130 An Angus Reid Public Opinion online poll commissioned by Loblaw Companies Ltd.

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