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What have the Romans ever done for us? Sanctimonious Super Bowl adverts
Chobani yogurt suffered some serious quality issues in Aug. 2013, and persistent consumer complaints has led the company to respond to declining sales with a full public accounting of quality control...
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Is that an African or European swallow? Can’t kill all the birds, but can...
Zoonotic enteric pathogenic bacteria can live in the intestinal tract of birds and can be transmitted to food animals or humans via fecal contact. In the present study, cecal samples were collected...
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Push to lift raw milk ban in Australia despite the death of 3-year-old
I used to be self-described lots of things, now I’m not so sure. Self-described food activist Rebecca Freer, who owns an organic store in Thornbury in Victoria (that’s in Australia) claims her rights...
View ArticleI’m a heterosexual man or not: Roman toilets gave no clear health benefit,...
The Romans are well known for introducing sanitation technology to Europe around 2,000 years ago, including public multi-seat latrines with washing facilities, sewerage systems, piped drinking water...
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Fancy food ain’t safe food: UK luxury Penarth hotel and restaurant receives...
A luxury hotel and restaurant in Penarth has been given a score of just one in its latest food hygiene rating. Following an inspection carried out by the local food safety officer, Holm House Hotel,...
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Outbreak of something at Lumby Days in Canada
I can’t help but think that Lumby, British Columbia, is named after lumberjacks, but perhaps I’m stereotyping. Lumby Interior Health is investigating following an outbreak at a Lumby Days’ event left...
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Hawthorne Effect hinders accurate hand hygiene observation, study says
Yeah, we used to have students loitering around bathrooms, but figured out fairly quick that didn’t work. So we would train co-workers to be the spies of shit (on people’s hands). Guess others have...
View ArticleWhen morning TV was fun: Monty Python on AM America
I’ve done a bunch of morning shows, in Canada, U.S., Australia, Germany, and other places, providing food safety info. This sounds like more fun: Monty Python in 1975, with Peter Jennings keeping a...
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Nearly 700 NYC restaurant-goers found something gross in their food last year
Yoav Gonen of the New York Post reports restaurant customers have called in a record number of complaints to the city’s 311 hot line for the second year in a row. Records show there were 10,373...
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‘Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries’ There’s no...
I’ve applied for a bunch of Australian public service jobs, to pay the bills, support my family, but I loath myself for doing so. I should just write. Or taunt French people. One of my applications got...
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