Food Safety
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Chicken Becomes a Bacterium Host
Everyone loves chicken, roasted or fried. Chicken is a popular delicacy all over the world. Most people prefer chicken to beef because white meat is healthier than red meat. However, recent research discovered a link between bacteria on meat and a type of urinary infection in people. This research results grabbed a lot of media…
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Food Safety Becoming Of Lesser Concern
These days, food safety has become a general concern of the public. Despite the health hazards that consumers are putting themselves in, it seems people have no time to investigate the contents of their foods. This was confirmed in a recent incident on a Delta Airlines plane. Travelers found a needle in their sandwich. This…
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Preventive Measures Are Important
It seems that sensitization about food has become one of the most important subjects in the world. Despite people thinking that they have vast knowledge of food care, it has become obvious that people are oblivious to the hazardous contents they expose their food to on a daily basis. A recent food article revealed that…
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Food and Tropical Diseases: The Myth
Everybody loves food and it is an essential part of helping a person become healthy and strong. It is fuel for humans. Many ways have been formulated to make sure that it provides the energy required and for the most part, is lost or utilized. So what happens when this important source becomes the cause…
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Egg Rules and New Stores
In grocery industry news, the federal government is on track to fully implementing rules laid down to ensure that eggs put out in the market are Salmonella free and therefore safe for consumption by the public. There has been an increase in potentially fatal salmonella infections and hence a follow up on this rule is…
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Salmonella Outbreak from Cantaloupes
The salmonella outbreak in the country has now claimed two lives and has left several ailing in 20 states. The states that have reported the same strain of salmonella (Salmonella typhimurium) include Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, California, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Tennessee, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania that…
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Grocery Industry News for August 24, 2012
In a still developing story on the salmonella outbreak witnessed in 20 states around the United States: The outbreak has resulted in the death of two people with 141 others are reported to have contracted the disease. Health safety advocates are now pressing the authorities to release the name of the farm in Indiana that…
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Mango Recall over Salmonella Fears
Splendid Products based in Burlingame, California has issued a voluntary recall of its Daniella brand mangoes due to a possible salmonella contamination. This has been done as a precautionary measure following over 100 reported infections in California alone. The mangoes are also linked to recent illnesses in Canada, which has also led the Canadian Food…