Food Safety News - December 9, 2015 Health Officials: Boston College Illness Outbreak is Norovirus

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Health Officials: Boston College Illness Outbreak is Norovirus

By Dan Flynn

City health experts and Chipotle Mexican Grill agreed Tuesday that as many as 80 mostly Boston College students sickened over the weekend likely were victims of the "vomiting disease" known as norovirus and not victims of the more serious nine-state E. coli O26 outbreak. Members of the Boston College men's basketball team were among the... Continue Reading

Recalled Diced Celery and Onion Blend May Not Be E. Coli Source

By News Desk

Taylor Farms Pacific may have been a little too quick to recall its diced celery and onion blend over the Thanksgiving weekend. The latest U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) testing has been unable to confirm E. coli in the product. As of Nov. 23, 19 people have been infected with E. coli O157:H7, and epidemiological... Continue Reading

International Targets Recommended for Reducing Animal Antibiotic Use

By Lydia Zuraw

If you want to reduce something, a good place to start is with a target. That's what the U.K.'s Review of Antimicrobial Resistance suggests in its new report on antibacterial use in agriculture. More antibiotics are used on animals than humans, and bacteria that become drug-resistant as the result of overuse can infect humans through... Continue Reading

Vermont Dairy Farm Agrees to Stop Violating Drug Residue Regulations

By Dan Flynn

A Vermont dairy farm family, which has had trouble keeping drug residues from showing up in the meat it sells for human consumption at or below tolerance levels, has agreed to a permanent injunction and consent degree with the federal government. Correia Family Farms was named in a complaint Monday for a permanent injunction brought... Continue Reading

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