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Education Minister Esther Le Gendre was cited as saying that the lab tests conducted on the box lunch containing a worm in the macaroni pie was not the reason which led to over 100 students and a teacher falling ill at the Cap de Ville Government Primary school recently.
According to Le Gendre the reports from [...]
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The video is stunning. And, it’s gross.
A hotel housekeeper wearing a bright yellow glove, cleans a toilet in a hotel room — then she picks up a dirty wash cloth and sniffs it.
She uses that cloth to wipe off a couple of drinking glasses that were used by the guest.
No wash, no rinse. Just a [...]
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WASHINGTON– A Science Board subcommittee report released Friday was cited as saying that a loss of scientific expertise at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is threatening American lives.
The nearly yearlong review by scientists from leading universities and industries the FDA regulates was cited as saying that food safety in particular is in crisis.
FDA Commissioner [...]
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A Salmonella outbreak is contained in Newton tonight and the restaurant where it all started has been cleared to re-open.
But WBTV’s Kristen Hampton talked to the owner today who says his doors will remain closed.
The story explains that there are two different businesses affected, one is a grocery shop the other is a restaurant. Both [...]
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http://barfblog.foodsafety.ksu.edu/2007/11/articles/culture-of-food-safety/should-homemade-snacks-be-banned-from-schools/index.html
Mynydd Cynffig Junior School in Wales has, according to this story, banned home-made cakes and biscuits from its Christmas fair to protect pupils health and safety, following the 2005 E.coli outbreak, and fears that ingredients could trigger pupils allergies.
Coun Peter Foley, cabinet member for education, was quoted as saying, Children are going to be gorging [...]
The European Union’s foreign policy chief said Friday he was “disappointed” by the latest talks with Iran over the nation’s nuclear program, a failure that could result in more sanctions for the Middle Eastern nation.
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Today Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Mike Leavitt met with National Restaurant Association board member and former Chairman Tom Kershaw at Cheers Restaurant in Boston’s Faneuil Hall Marketplace. Kershaw, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Hampshire House Corporation which owns Cheers, discussed import and food safety with Secretary Leavitt. Cheers Restaurant was the [...]
The Institute of Food Science & Technology and the Institute of Food
Science & Technology of Ireland jointly announced on 30 November 2007 the
establishment of a Co-operating Societies Agreement between them.
The joint announcement reads:
The Institute of Food Science & Technology of Ireland (IFSTI) and the
Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST) are the respective national
professional bodies. [...]
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Several students at Mount Alvernia High School in Montego Bay, St. James, reportedly staged a ‘hunger strike’ Wednesday in protest against what they claim are unhealthy food preparation practices at the institution’s canteen.
The story says that a number of students at the all-girls institution were complaining of severe stomach pains, while others had diarrhoea.
One student [...]
Amanda Knox, the American student held in connection with the death of Briton Meredith Kercher, has protested her innocence to a court in Perugia, her lawyer says.