Indiana Confirms 3 of 6 Illnesses as E. Coli O157 By News Desk  The Indiana State Department of Health has confirmed E. coli O157:H7 infection in three individuals as part of an investigation into reports of diarrheal illness in three northern Indiana counties. The cases are among a total of six illnesses currently being investigated, including one death. ISDH is working with public health officials in Fulton, Wabash, and Marshall... Continue Reading
Multi-drug Resistance Identified in WA Salmonella Outbreak By News Desk  The strain of Salmonella I 4,[5],12:i:- linked to pork that has infected 134 people in Washington, hospitalizing 16, is multi-drug resistant. According to an update posted Friday evening by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, antibiotic resistance testing conducted on clinical isolates from three infected people found that the Salmonella was resistant to ampicillin, streptomycin,... Continue Reading
67 People Sick With Vibrio in Canada By News Desk  The Public Health Agency of Canada is collaborating with provincial public health partners, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and Health Canada to investigate 67 Canadian cases of Vibrio parahaemolyticus infections in British Columbia and Alberta linked to raw shellfish. The majority of the illnesses have been linked to the eating of... Continue Reading
Letter From the Editor: Stop Censorship of Undercover Videos By Dan Flynn  Constitutional rights not used or claimed might not survive from one generation to the next. It's not good enough to say that because of New York Times Co. v. United States (1971), no prior restraint — meaning no government-imposed censorship or punishment — may exist against anyone's rights to speak or publish under the First Amendment.... Continue Reading
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Fruitland American Meat, the Jackson, MO, facility owned by Rain Crow Ranch to harvest its grass-fed cattle, has been ordered to suspend operations until it takes corrective actions demanded by USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). An FSIS spokesman told a St. Louis newspaper that Fruitland was closed until it takes corrective actions to... 
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