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Australias note: US also names reason for recall and if anyone is barfing,...
Hines Nut Company, Dallas, TX, today announced a voluntary recall of WALNUT HALVES & PIECES, Lot Number 6908. The product was sold by GOLD STATE NUT COMPANY of Biggs, CA, and packaged by Hines Nut...
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Walnuts suspected in Quebec E. coli death
Quebec’s Health Department confirmed Thursday that one person in the province has died of E. coli O157:H7 after possibly eating contaminated walnuts. The person had pre-existing health problems, a...
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Walnuts suspected but not confirmed as E. coli source
The Montreal Gazette is reporting tonight that public health authorities are still trying to pin down the source of an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak that has claimed the life of one Quebecer, caused severe...
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Poopy nuts update; public health hopeless at straight talk
I generally buy walnuts in a plastic bag, already shelled. Once home, they go into a glass container where I’ll grab a few while puttering in the kitchen, or toss some on a salad, or into Amy’s...
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Was it walnuts? E. coli O157:H7 update in Canada
Some were wondering yesterday if Amira-imported walnuts from California was the source of an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in Canada that has sickened 13 and linked to one death. Keith Warriner of the...
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Mediocrity wins Canadians lose with foodborne illness
A bunch of Canadian medical types say Canada sucks at food safety; the first president of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency disagrees. They’re both wrong. "Canada’s public and private sectors are not...
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E. coli in walnuts in Canada? Nothing new
Three weeks since the last update on an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to walnuts in Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada today reported … nothing. PHAC stated: “Since the last update on...
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Canadian E. coli outbreak linked walnuts appears to be over; 1 dead 13 sick
Canadians rejoice: the E. coli O157 outbreak that sickened 14, apparently linked to walnuts, is over. The Public Health Agency of Canada says other than walnuts distributed by Montreal-based Amira...
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The byzantine world of government speak; E. coli O157 again in walnuts in Canada
In CFIA-speak, ‘no confirmed illnesses’ means there are sick people, but we can’t say so until we’re super-duper sure through testing, no matter how many more people get sick. It’s part of a...
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Recalls and questions grow because of E. coli O157 in walnuts in Canada
The creepy, crawly recall of walnuts and walnut-containing products continues in Canada because of E. coli O157:H7. But no one is saying how the E. coli O157:H7 was detected, whether it is genetically...
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