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What’s in Your Kitchen? A Week in Recalls: Tea, Submarine Sandwiches, and Quesadillas.
Outbreaks & Recalls | August 3, 2018
MakeFoodSafe.com would like to help you keep your family safe from unsafe foods. Each week we bring together a list of the current recalls. Some recalls are issued due to undeclared allergens, which could cause serious or life-threatening allergic reaction… read more
Cyclosporiasis Outbreak in Tulsa County Oklahoma – What You Need To Know
Cyclospora,Our Blog,Outbreaks & Recalls | August 1, 2018
The Tulsa Health Department along with the Oklahoma State Department of Health and the Acute Disease Service are all three investigating a recent outbreak of cyclosporiasis. Residents of Tulsa as well as many of the surrounding counties have been influenced… read more
Cyclospora,Outbreaks & Recalls | July 31, 2018
Understandably and respectably, the Evanston Golf Club in Skokie, Illinois, hosted an Independence Day celebration on July 3rd of this year. Over 900 people attended the celebration, but according to health officials, over 100 of those attendees later fell ill… read more
Legionnaires’ Disease Hits Illinois
Legionnaire's disease,Outbreaks & Recalls | July 31, 2018
Between June 7th and July 1 of this year several cases of Legionnaires’ disease were discovered in Illinois. McHenry County was the center of the illness and 9 people became ill in various locations of the county. With previous outbreaks… read more
The History of Legionnaires’ Disease
Legionella,Outbreaks & Recalls | July 30, 2018
Summer has arrived, and so has Legionnaires’ disease already this year with several outbreaks in the media, including one in Hawaii. Legionnaires’ disease is among those diseases that are only recently discovered and are growing rapidly in numbers. Since 2000,… read more
Get Some Culture: A Guide to Culture Independent Diagnostic Tests vs Benefits of Culture
Food Policy,Outbreaks & Recalls,Science | July 29, 2018
Doctors and Epidemiologists share some common goals, but sometimes their perspectives diverge. Doctors and Epidemiologist alike want to identify what is making patients sick so that they can receive the appropriate treatment. Each would also like this answer as soon… read more
Honey Smacks and Salmonella? What’s the Deal?
Our Blog,Outbreaks & Recalls,Salmonella | July 27, 2018
Make Food Safe has covered the outbreak of salmonella in cereal that triggered recalls in multiple countries last month. At this time, however, we don’t know which company was responsible for manufacturing the cereal. We, as in, anyone in the… read more
A Week in Recalls: Ritz Crackers, Goldfish Crackers, etc.
Outbreaks & Recalls,Salmonella | July 26, 2018
MakeFoodSafe.com would like to help you keep your family safe from unsafe foods from a week in recalls. Each week we bring together a list of the current recalls. Some recalls are issued due to undeclared allergens, which could cause… read more
MILK – Pasteurized Organic vs. Regular
Food Safety,Outbreaks & Recalls | July 25, 2018
These days, most of us have been taught to understand that organic products are always better for you than the regular stuff. Allegedly, organic produce is cleaner and not coated in pesticides, organic chips are healthier than nonorganic chips, organic… read more
Legionnaires’ Disease Has Hit Ohio
Legionnaire's disease,Outbreaks & Recalls | July 25, 2018
Eleven cases of Legionnaire’s Disease are being investigated in Parma, Ohio allegedly connected to a parish community there, according to the Cuyahoga County Board of Health. Ten individuals had to be hospitalized, and a 93-year-old woman died as a result… read more