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Avoid Jalapenos From Mexico, Not U.S.
Associated PressWASHINGTON -- Only jalapeno peppers grown in Mexico seem to be implicated in the nationwide salmonella outbreak, the government announced Friday in clearing the U.S. crop. The Food and Drug Administration urged consumers to avoid raw Mexican jalapenos...Tags: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Illnesses, Food Safety, Diseases, Emergency Incidents
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California Bans Trans Fat In Restaurant Food
California on Friday became the first state to prohibit restaurants from using artery-clogging trans fats in preparing their food.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation that will ban restaurants and other retail food establishments from using...Tags: Health Organizations, Heart Disease, Diseases, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Artesia
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My so-called glamorous life as a foreign correspondent
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe blast of insecticide jolted me awake. A Mexicana flight attendant had just doused me with a chemical cloud while her colleague explained over the intercom that the Cuban Health Ministry requires arriving aircraft to be fumigated. "The substance isn't...Tags: Air Transportation, Rebellions, Air Transportation Industry, Defense, Wars and Interventions
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Immigration raid tactics draw congressional ire
Associated Press WriterLawmakers on Thursday questioned the legality and effectiveness of the government's tactics in a May raid that led to the arrest of nearly 400 immigrants. The crackdown on a kosher meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa -- called Agriprocessors --...Tags: Parliament, Migration, Demographics, Social Security, Trials
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Mental care far off for prisoner
Sun ReporterThe woman convicted of manslaughter in the methadone poisoning death of her toddler was supposed to be sentenced yesterday as part of a plea deal sending her to a mental health facility rather than a prison. But Vernice Harris is no closer to being placed...Tags: Illnesses, Murder, Social Services, Witnesses, Punishment
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Don't Go In The Water!
The Associated PressState health officials are advising the young, the elderly and those in poor health to stay out of the ocean at Cannon Beach. The warning was issued after 85,000 gallons of sewage overflowed from the wastewater treatment plant. The state says it plans...Tags: Energy Saving
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South Florida hospital guard uncaring; nurse showed compassion
On July 4, my 91-year-old father was stranded in his disabled car with a violent attack of food poisoning in front of Pembroke Memorial Hospital on Sheridan Street. He begged the guard for entrance to the men's room and his pleas were coldly dismissed. A...Tags: Food Safety, Medical Staff
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Darden spends big on lobbying
Sentinel Staff WriterDarden Restaurants is spending a lot more money this year to influence members of Congress and other federal officials in Washington. Darden, the only Fortune 500 company based in Orlando, spent nearly a half-million dollars on federal lobbying during...Tags: Heads of State, Health Treatments, Aquaculture, Minority Groups, Red Lobster
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Tomatoes Are Safe
The Associated PressIt's OK to eat all kinds of tomatoes again, the U.S. government declared last Thursday — lifting its salmonella warning on the summer favorites amid signs that the record outbreak, while not over, may finally be slowing. Hot peppers still get a...Tags: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diseases, Food Safety, House, Livestock Farming
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Minnesota's food tracking offers lessons to feds
WASHINGTON - It was a hot lead for detectives on a cold case. People were getting salmonella at a Minnesota restaurant more than 1,000 miles from the center of the nation's outbreak. Not my tomatoes, protested the manager. He'd switched his supply to...Tags: Michael Doyle, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Illnesses, Health Organizations, University of Minnesota
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