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Consumer Reports takes consumers by hand on fresh produce and pesticides

By Dan Flynn on Aug 27, 2020 06:53 am Everybody knows the story about Goldilocks and the Three Bears and that porridge that was too cold and  too hot but was finally “just right.”  Consumer Reports is looking at coming out “just right” in a new study about fresh produce and pesticides. And its a study involving the same set of facts that are... Continue Reading



U.S. among countries sent Brazil nuts contaminated with Salmonella

By News Desk on Aug 27, 2020 12:05 am The United States is one of more than 30 countries listed as having received Brazil nuts from Bolivia contaminated with Salmonella. The United Kingdom raised the Salmonella Anatum alert in mid-August, according to a notification on the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF). The first notice in the UK was Lidl GB recalling Deluxe... Continue Reading



Three key factors for serving lunch when schools open amid COVID-19

By Guest Contributor on Aug 27, 2020 12:03 am As parents around the country eagerly await to safely send their children back to school, grade school administrators are reimagining how their school’s campus will look like in the future now that the COVID-19 pandemic has turned school operations upside down. Administrators will have to implement all new guidelines to reduce the spread of coronavirus... Continue Reading



E. coli infections continue to rise in Switzerland

By Joe Whitworth on Aug 27, 2020 12:01 am E. coli infections continued to climb in Switzerland in 2019, according to the country’s surveillance report on zoonoses and outbreaks of food poisoning. The most common zoonoses were again campylobacteriosis and salmonellosis. There were about 7,000 cases of campylobacteriosis and 1,500 of salmonellosis, but the actual number is likely to be higher, according to the Federal... Continue Reading



Salmonella outbreak prompts recall of peach salsa, gift baskets

By News Desk on Aug 26, 2020 07:02 pm In response to an ongoing Salmonella outbreak linked to fresh peaches, a wholesaler is recalling peach salsa and gift baskets that contain peaches supplied by Wawona Packing. Wawona has recalled peaches in the United States and Canada in relation to the outbreak, which has sickened 68 people across nine states and 33 people in Canadian... Continue Reading



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