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Health & Wellness News tagged with salmonella

Officials: 28 Sick From Calif. Beef in 3 States
Health & Wellness  (tags: food, contamination, salmonella, health, prevention )

Michelle
- 110 days ago - google.com
SAN FRANCISCO -- Health officials in three Western states said Friday at least 28 people have reported illnesses tied to recalled ground beef that may be tainted with salmonella.
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Sign Petition: Tell Congress That We Need a Major Overhaul of the Food and Drug Administration!
Health & Wellness  (tags: government, FDA, food, peanut butter, salmonella, jalapeno, spinach, pet food, beef, recalls, contamination, health, illness, prevention, protection, safety, warning, children, risks )

Tom
- 244 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Salmonella in Peanut Butter?! Eight people have died, hundreds have become sick, and millions more are at risk -- from peanut butter! Coming on the heels of jalapeno, spinach and pet food recalls, we need to prevent contamination at the source.
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Long-Term Medical Consequences Tied to Food-Borne Pathogens
Health & Wellness  (tags: food poisoning, e.coli, salmonella, medical research, food safety, disease )

RC
- 450 days ago - washingtonpost.com
E. coli, campylobacter, salmonella & other pathogens cause misery in their acute stages, but medical research is now linking food-borne pathogens to long-term afflictions with serious consequences that surface long after the acute stage has subsided.
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Urgent! 30-Day Comment Period on Irradiation
Health & Wellness  (tags: food, irradiation, spinach, lettuce, FDA, "Food Destruction Agency", "activist alert", salmonella, "E. coli" )

Clever
- 456 days ago - organicconsumers.org
The FDA has OK'd the irradiation of lettuce and spinach. Irradiation uses ionizing radiation to destroy bacteria and viruses. Tell the FDA to clean up feed lots instead of creating more deadly problems. Read about solutions and contact them here!
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Contaminated Veggies Are the Meat Industry's Fault
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, contamination, animals, salmonella )


- 521 days ago - alternet.org
Salmonella is an animal pathogen, so it doesn't originate from tomatoes. Most experts agree that the bacteria probably come from groundwater contaminated with animal feces.
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How Modern Science and Old-Fashioned Detective Work Cracked the Salmonella Case
Health & Wellness  (tags: tomatoes, salmonella, health )

Brian
- 526 days ago - usatoday.com
"It was 21st-century molecular epidemiology and old-fashioned boot leather," says John Redd, the infectious disease branch chief with the Indian Health Service in Albuquerque. "You've got to get out from behind your desk and hit the road sometimes."
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Baby Chicks May Be Cute, Salmonella Isn't
Health & Wellness  (tags: animals, birds, chicks, salmonella, health, humans, illness, warning )

Linda
- 617 days ago - khqa.com
These cute Easter pets could be carrying something not quite so cute, salmonella. In previous years, salmonella outbreaks were linked to Easter chicks and ducklings, especially in 2006.
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Baby Birds Carry Salmonella Risk
Health & Wellness  (tags: salmonella, infecton, warning, risks, safety, prevention, health, humans, children, protection, research )

John
- 626 days ago - jamestownsun.com
The North Dakota Department of Health and the State Board of Animal Health are warning residents about the risk of salmonella infection from baby birds, including chicks and ducklings, according to Julie Goplin, epidemiologist with the Department of
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Over 100 Salmonella Cases Caused By Exposure to Pet Turtles
Health & Wellness  (tags: Salmonella, turtles, pets, warning, health, disease, illness, news, risks, safety, protection, prevention, interesting )

John
- 672 days ago - newsinferno.com
A Salmonella outbreak responsible for sickening 103 people - mostly kids - has been traced to pet turtles. According to the Centers for Disease Control, the 33 state Salmonella outbreak resulted in 24 hospital stays, and is the largest Salmonella outbreak
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Basil Recalled | Slashfood.Com
Health & Wellness  (tags: basil, recall, mexico, salmonella, produce, imported, store, restaurant, texas, illinois, california )

Jean
- 706 days ago - slashfood.com
5500 pounds of basil grown in Mexico has been recalled for salmonella fears. Top Line Specialty Produce imported the basil and distributed it to stores and restaurants in Texas, Illinois, and Southern California. The brand is Green Paradise, and the recal
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Loophole Keeps FDA in the Dark on Tainted Food Imports
Health & Wellness  (tags: food, imports, contaminants, salmonella, filth, FDA )

Sky Bird
- 740 days ago - usatoday.com
SAN FRANCISCO -- About 150 imported food shipments a month are tested at a laboratory here for contaminants consumers shouldn't eat, like mercury in swordfish, salmonella in shrimp and filth in mushrooms.
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Pot Pie Maker Halts Production at Key Plant
Health & Wellness  (tags: consumers, money, salmonella, health, risks, illness, food, disease, humans, research, study )


- 780 days ago - money.cnn.com
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- ConAgra Foods Inc. voluntarily stopped production Tuesday at the Missouri plant that makes its Banquet pot pies after health officials said the pies may be linked to 139 cases of salmonella in 30 states. ConAgra officials believe the
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Kraft Recalls Baker's Premium White Chocolate
Health & Wellness  (tags: chocolate, recall, salmonella, contamination, risk, food )

Eduardo
- 786 days ago - reuters.com
Kraft Foods Inc said on Wednesday it recalled Baker's Premium White Chocolate Baking Squares distributed throughout the United States due to possible Salmonella contamination.
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CDC Says Peanut Butter Salmonella Sickened 628
Health & Wellness  (tags: CDC, peanut butter, Salmonella, infection, contamination, illness, food, food-safety, toxins )

Mili
- 910 days ago - reuters.com
A widespread outbreak of salmonella from Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter has sickened 628 people in 47 U.S. states, but fewer people are falling ill, U.S. health authorities said on Thursday.
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