Tom Polansek
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US diners avoid restaurants as cyclosporiasis fears cut lettuce sales (opens the original)
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The CDC, FDA and state health officials are investigating a multistate Cyclospora outbreak linked to shredded iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell locations in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia. More than 1,644 people across the outbreak have been reported to the CDC. On Jul… U.S. consumers are steering clear of some restaurant chains and buying less lettuce in grocery stores as a multistate outbreak of a parasitic disease fuels confusion over what is safe to eat, according to f
US Diners Avoid Restaurants as Cyclosporiasis Fears Cut Lettuce Sales (opens the original)
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U.S. consumers are steering clear of some restaurant chains and buying less lettuce in grocery stores as a multistate outbreak of a parasitic disease fuels confusion over what is safe to eat, according to foot traffic data and industry sources. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has linked the outbreak of cyclosporiasis to iceberg lettuce that was served at Taco Bell restaurants and sourced from privately held Taylor Farms’ operations in central Mexico. But cases have continued to rise even a
USDA to fund Arizona facility to fight flesh-eating livestock pest (opens the original)
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CHICAGO, July 29 (Reuters) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend $25 million on a facility in Arizona to disperse sterile flies used to combat the flesh-eating livestock pest New World screwworm, the agency said on Wednesday. The facility will expand Washington's efforts to control the spread of screwworms as the USDA plans to lift a ban on imports of Mexican cattle that it imposed more than a year ago in an attempt to keep the pest out of the U.S. The ban on Mexican cattle helped push
US to lift ban on imports of Mexican cattle, WSJ reports (opens the original)
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July 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is partially lifting a ban on imports of Mexican cattle it imposed more than a year ago to keep out the flesh-eating livestock pest New World screwworm, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing an interview with Secretary Brooke Rollins. The halt of imports helped drive U.S. beef prices to record highs, hurting consumers and putting pressure on President Donald Trump's administration to lower costs. The ban also ultimately failed t
US tests GMO flies to fight flesh-eating livestock pest (opens the original)
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The number of deaths in the current Ebola epidemic in the DRC has now topped 1,000, and the number of confirmed cases is around 2500. Experts are calling for more funding to help tackle the crisis as it becomes the fastest spreading outbreak ever recorded. KERRVILLE, Texas â At a U.S.-funded facility in Panama, scientists are preparing to launch the first outdoor tests of genetically modified screwworm flies, a milestone in efforts to develop a more effective weapon against the flesh-eating
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