Foodborne Illness
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Charcuterie boards are all the rage for Valentine's Day. But do they also come with health risks?
Do you love charcuterie boards? Here's what to know about the risks of eating deli meat and how to stay safe.
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Frozen fruit recalled due to possible listeria outbreak. What to know about the foodborne illness.
What is listeria? A guide to the foodborne illness behind the recent recall of various frozen fruit products.
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Teen restaurant workers arrested for spitting in police officers' food
The owners of the restaurant caught the teens on surveillance video and reported the matter to police.
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Chipotle Closings Show How Common Foodborne Ilnesses Really Are
As stores reopen, experts remind us that one in seven Americans get sick from food every year. Forty three Chipotle restaurants in Washington state and the Portland, Oregon, area have been closed since the end of October. Many of these illnesses involve people eating at home, but even restaurant-related outbreaks are fairly common, said Dr. Paul Cieslak, medical director for communicable diseases at Oregon’s state health agency. “Screw-ups can occur in any kitchen, but obviously it’s more dra
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Chipotle Shuts Seattle, Portland Stores After E. Coli Outbreak; More Cases Expected
A sign is seen at a Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant in San Francisco, California July 21, 2015. As of Friday, three people in the Portland area and 19 people in western Washington had become sick from E. coli. Seventeen of them had eaten at a Chipotle restaurant during the past few weeks. After people started hearing about the outbreak, more people will probably go to the doctor and join the list of potential cases, said Marisa D'Angeli, medical epidemiologist with the Washington State Depa
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Blue Bell Workers Describe Unsanitary Conditions Before Listeria Outbreak
“If it had rained real hard and water sat on the roof, it would just trickle down,” says one former Blue Bell employee. Blue Bell temporarily shut down production of all of its products in late April due to the contamination that left three people dead. “It’s a fantastic product and they’ve done a lot for this community, but at the same time, there’s a bad side to Blue Bell where everything was overlooked,” Terry Schultz, who worked in the company’s Brenham, Texas, factory, told CBS News. “So
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Whole Foods Recalls Cheese After Listeria Detected
(Photo: Getty Images) If you went grocery shopping at your local Whole Foods this week to stock up for weekend salads and cheeseboards: listen up! The organic-focused specialty grocery store has announced a recall on any Papillon Organic Roquefort Cheese cut and packaged in clear plastic wrap and sold with a Whole Foods Market scale label. The cheese could be contaminated with?Listeria Monocytogenes. For a quick reminder to those who are not yet experts on Listeria after the the Blue Bell Creame
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Boy Dies After Visiting Petting Zoo, Potentially From an E. Coli-Borne Illness Called HUS
While petting zoos pose a definite risk, they aren’t the usual source of HUS outbreaks. (Photo: Getty Images) Two young boys may have?contracted hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) from E. coli exposure at a petting zoo at the Oxford County Fair in Maine. Both were hospitalized in critical condition; and one — Colton Guay — tragically died at the age of 21-months. “It is believed that he contracted it through simple interaction with farm animals at a local fair (based on other similar cases).
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Salmonella-Tainted Garlic Powder,?Black Pepper and More Spices Recalled From Kroger
Noticed that there have been loads of salmonella-based recalls lately? That’s due in part to the fact that warm summer weather brings on perfect conditions for salmonella growth. (Photo: Getty Images)
