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August 08, 2006 • Hepatitis A
With school year starting, have children wash hands to stop spread of disease
by Angie Newsome ANEWSOME@CITIZEN-TIMES.COM August 8, 2006 ASHEVILLE — Lice. Colds. Ringworm. Ah, to be a kid in school. Getting sick at school is a rite of passage, like learning to write or do algebra. Just take a look at the chart above, which includes everything from mumps to meningitis …
August 08, 2006 • Hepatitis A
Expert: handwashing key in preventing hepatitis A
August 4, 2006 The Daily News (Halifax) Jennifer Taplin Nurse Christine Johnson’s face glows. Yesterday, she showed kids the danger of germs with simulated Glo Germ. The powder looks invisible to the naked eye, but under a black light, it glows. “It shows children how easily germs are transmitted,” said …
August 08, 2006 • Hepatitis A
Hepatitis A case identified in Tim Horton’s restaurant
04.aug.06 Canada News-Wire Paul Callanan, Director of Environmental Health, Region of Peel Brampton — Peel Public Health has identified a case of Hepatitis A in an employee from the Tim Horton’s restaurant at 2 Intermodal Drive in Brampton. Any customer at this location from July 8 to July 21, 200 …
August 08, 2006 • Salmonella
Got milk? Make sure it’s pasteurized
Pasteurization, since its adoption in the early 1900s, has been credited with dramatically reducing illness and death caused by contaminated milk. But today, some people are passing up pasteurized milk for what they claim is tastier and healthier "raw milk." More than 300 people in the US got sick from …
August 08, 2006 • Salmonella
Classic Salads Recalls Spring Mix And Baby Spinach With Salmonella Warning
The FDA and Classic Salads are voluntarily recalling 4lb., 2lb. and 10 oz. Baby Spinach and 4lb., 3lb., 1.5lb., Spring Mix, "because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The food involved is specifically: Classic Salad’s Baby Spinach Classic Salad’s Spring Mix Master cartons of "Classic Salads" Master …
August 08, 2006 • Salmonella
Classic Salads Recalled For Salmonella Risk
Between 30,000 and 35,000 bags of baby spinach and spring mix, manufactured by Classic Salads, are being recalled because of possible salmonella contamination, according to the FDA. The recall includes 4-pound, 2-pound and 10-ounce bags of baby spinach as well as 3-pound, 1.5-pound, 1-pound and 7-ounce bags of spring mix …
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August 04, 2006 • Salmonella
Salmonella: The Trojan Horse of Germs
How salmonella multiplies in undercooked or raw food may be through what scientists compare to the ancient Trojan Horse, by taking over and infecting host cells. This unusual look into the machinery of this sometimes deadly food-borne bacteria, courtesy of an electron microscope and other technologies, may one day help …
August 04, 2006 • Outbreaks
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August 03, 2006 • Hepatitis A
18 down with Hepatitis A
Express News Service Rajkot, August, 3: As many as 18 cases of Hepatitis A were reported in the city on Thursday. An investigation by the health department of Rajkot Municipal Corporation revealed that the drinking water supply had been contaminated following seepage of sewage water into pipeline. ëëA total of …
August 03, 2006 • Outbreaks
August 03, 2006 • Outbreaks
August 03, 2006 • Salmonella
Classic Salads recalls products
Salinas-area Classic Salads has voluntarily recalled up to 30,000 packages of baby spinach and spring mix products in the past week after lab tests showed they might be contaminated with salmonella. No illnesses related to consumption of the produce — grown in the Salinas Valley and sold almost entirely to …
August 02, 2006 • Hepatitis A
Hep A outbreak hits Lower Sackville
Wednesday, August 2, 2006 CBC News Health officials have confirmed seven cases of hepatitis A in Lower Sackville, a community north of Halifax. The hepatitis A virus, which attacks the liver, is spread when a person puts something in his mouth that has been contaminated by the feces of someone …
August 02, 2006 • Salmonella
So, who made the salad? – www.classicsalads.com
The below Press Release was issued today – However. this is not the first such release that we have seen over the last dozen years. So lettuce industry in Salinas, what is your plan? “Outbreaks associated with lettuce or spinach, specifically the “pre-washed” and “ready-to-eat” varieties sold under various brand …
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