Could a Norovirus Vaccine Become Reality? By James Andrews  If you’ve ever suffered through food poisoning, odds are that the bug you caught was norovirus, the most common foodborne illness in the world. Just in the United States, norovirus causes an annual estimated 19 to 21 million illnesses and contributes to 56,000 to 71,000 hospitalizations and 570 to 800 deaths, according to the U.S. Centers for... Continue Reading
Beech-Nut Recalls Baby Food Products for Potential Glass Pieces By News Desk  Beech-Nut Nutrition of Amsterdam, NY, is recalling approximately 1,920 pounds of baby food products that may be contaminated with small pieces of glass, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Tuesday. The baby food product was produced on Dec. 12, 2014. The following product is subject to recall: 4-oz. glass jars... Continue Reading
Investigation of GRAS Highlights Allergy to Peanut-Related Lupin By News Desk  The Center for Public Integrity (CPI) published a lengthy investigative report on Tuesday summarizing the safety concerns associated with GRAS (generally recognized as safe) food additives, the controversies surrounding how they're determined, and barriers to regulating them. The report's key illustration of the concerns about GRAS was a peanut-related legume called lupin — sometimes spelled "lupine" —... Continue Reading
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The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) is warning the public about possible exposure to Hepatitis A after a Subway employee in Morrilton, AR, tested positive for the virus. Anyone who ate food from the Morrilton Subway outlet between March 25, 2015, and April 5, 2015, and is experiencing symptoms should contact their primary care provider immediately,... 
At Monday’s sentencing that took just short of five hours, the man who was once the largest egg producer in the U.S. finally got to tell his side of the story, one victim’s father spoke for thousands of others, and a lively and talkative judge sometimes left one of the nation's top defense attorneys searching for words.... 
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