Missing my flight to Seattle via London to Amsterdam allowed my to access the internet from a hotel in the old part of the city to upload this post. It also allowed me to walk the streets and canals taking in a bit of the culture. As I cruised past the many “coffee shops” that
Mike Taylor Cracks Down on Hepatitis A Pomegranate Seeds From Turkey
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will detain shipments of pomegranate seeds from Goknur Gida Maddeleri Ithalat Ihracat Tic [Goknur Foodstuffs Import Export Trading] of Turkey when they are offered for import into the United States.
This action results from an investigation by the FDA, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and state and
Jamie Oliver’s Food Centre Shut for the “welfare of staff and the public”
Ouch!
According to London press, Jamie Oliver’s Ministry of Food centre has been temporarily shut down for the “welfare of staff and the public”.
The TV chef opened the flagship Rotherham centre in 2008 as part of a television series of the same name.
It provides regular cooking workshops and also has a cafe.
The
127 Sickened by Pomegranate Seeds from Turkey
Perhaps they are occupied by too much political unrest in Turkey?The CDC reported as of June 27, 2013, 127 people have been confirmed to have become ill from Hepatitis A after eating ‘Townsend Farms Organic Anti-oxidant Blend’ in 8 states: Arizona (17), California (64), Colorado (25), Hawaii (7), New Mexico (5), Nevada (5), Utah (2),
All you never really wanted to know about Hepatitis A
An Introduction to Hepatitis A.
Exposure to the hepatitis A virus can cause an acute infection of the liver that is typically mild and resolves on its own. [11, 17] The symptoms and duration of illness vary a great deal, with many persons showing no symptoms at all. [11] Fever and jaundice are two of
Iguana Joe’s Sickens Dozens with Salmonella in Texas
Tiffany Craig of KHOU reports that the Harris County Texas Health Department has temporarily closed Humble’s Iguana Joe’s after multiple patrons reported being sickened over Father’s Day weekend.
The health department said it warned Iguana Joe’s about critical violations and how to fix them, but the restaurant didn’t listen so it had no choice but
I found the Broad Street Pump and the John Snow Pub
I found the Broad Street Pump today (although, I am not sure it is in the same location as the original) – famous because John Snow (a.k.a., father of Epidemiology) figured out that is was the water from the pump that was the vector in the 1854 Cholera outbreak. Inside the cover of Steven Johnson’s
More Problems with Pomegranates and Hepatitis A
Thanks to the CDC – and, a Question
I do not thank enough the good folks at state health departments for counting, and the CDC for compiling, all the outbreak data that I often steal whole cloth for my blog. Thanks.
So, when the CDC quietly announced that a few recent outbreaks were officially over, I thought I would give them a “shout
Hepatitis A numbers linked to Townsend Farms Keep Clicking Up
Hello from London. I arrived about six hours ago – just in time to shower, shave and head to my speech at the Royal Institute of Public Health. Now it is a pint in a pub with WiFi.
Looking back across the pond, the CDC continues to compile Hepatitis A numbers. As of June 25,