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AUSTRALIA: 'No evidence' pools caused crypto outbreak
2/28/2009
ABC News
New South Wales Department of Health says there is no good evidence that an outbreak of parasitic infection Cryptosporidiosis is from any of the pools it has investigated.
The Department has issued a health warning because of a higher number of cases than usual in February.
It has investigated 19 swimming pools, mainly in western Sydney.
For the complete news item, please visit http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/28/2503963.htm
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CHINA: Beijing launches crackdown on contaminated meat
2/28/2009
Xinhua News Agency
China Daily
More than 200 food inspectors made a surprise inspection of all major meat wholesale markets in Beijing before 6:00 am on Feb 28, in a coordinated crackdown on contaminated meat products.
The municipal Bureau of Industry and Commerce said the campaign was launched after a steroid was found in pork in Guangdong province. The drug was meant to increase the amount of lean meat in pigs. Also, pork diseases such as blue-ear were found in Beijing's neighboring regions.
On-the-spot tests showed all the 131 meat samples of pork, beef and mutton were safe.
The inspectors also collected 55 samples of meat products for lab tests. The results will be announced at a later date.
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WASHINGTON: 3 in Spokane sickened by canned-bean botulism
2/28/2009
Associated Press
The Spokesman-Review
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Health officials and food preservation experts are warning home canners to follow strict safety rules after a Spokane woman and two young children were sickened by botulism from improperly canned green beans from a home garden.
The Spokesman-Review reports the victims were a nurse in her 30s and two children younger than 10. The women has asked that her name not be released. She remains on a ventilator and is recovering slowly. The children suffered milder symptoms.
The three were given an antitoxin that was flown to Spokane from a special storage facility in Seattle.
For the complete news item, please visit http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_wa_botulism_warning.html
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ONTARIO: Listeria testing rules don’t go far enough: Food expert
2/27/2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
The Canadian Press
OTTAWA -- One of the federal government’s expert advisors on food safety says the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s newly released listeria testing rules for ready-to-eat meats likely don’t go far enough for large operations.
The agency on Friday unveiled tougher rules after reviewing testing protocols in the wake of last summer’s deadly listeriosis outbreak traced to ready-to-eat meats produced at a Maple Leaf plant in Toronto.
The company found listeria building up “deep inside” two slicing machines was the most likely source.
For the complete news item, please visit http://www.canada.com/Health/Listeria+testing+rules+enough+Food+expert/1336182/story.html
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ONTARIO: Jack White gave Eagles of Death Metal’s Hughes food poisoning
2/27/2009
TwentyFourBit
If Jack White of The White Stripes and The Raconteurs ever delivers you some fine Detroit cuisine before a gig, you may want to pass. Gasoline magazine reports Jesse Hughes, frontman for the Eagles of Death Metal, was forced to perform in Toronto after getting food poisoning from some spoiled pierogi that was exported by White from his hometown:
“Dude, I had botulism,” Hughes said. “Jack White bought pierogies in Detroit and brought them to the gig, and I ended up eating one far too long after it had expired. I ended up contracting mild botulism and sweating out of every hole, so to speak, for 12 hours. It was the worst f#cking experience I’ve ever had. But you can’t call in sick to rock & roll. I believe this with my whole heart. How do you do that?”
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