Floodwaters Increase Cholera Deaths in Haiti
A Cholera outbreak continues to spread in earthquak-ravaged Haiti. Late last week, the Pan American Health Organization announced that the death toll in the outbreak has risen from 442 three days ago...
View ArticleRice Farmers in Haiti Fear Cholera Contamination
The rice harvest in northwestern Haiti is likely to suffer over widespread fear among farmers about cholera contamination, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization announced this week. Haiti’s...
View ArticleUSDA Offers Food Safety Tips for Emergencies
With tsunami warnings and advisories issued for Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast, and heavy rains causing floods on the East Coast, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service...
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Letter From The Editor: NOLA
New Orleans is back. Let me explain. The first trip I made here was in 2009, four years after Hurricane Katrina crippled the city by flooding 80 percent of the Big Easy. My 2009 trip was to celebrate...
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Letter From The Editor: River Rising
When it was built just before the Civil War, the Nottoway Plantation House had about 80 acres of front yard between it and the Mississippi River. Today a dike that protects Nottoway from the Mighty...
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Too Much Fresh Water May Kill Gulf Oysters
Coming a year after an oil spill and six years after a hugely damaging hurricane, the Gulf oyster industry fears too much fresh water coming down the Mississippi River could be its final strike. The...
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USDA Offers Food Safety Tips as Hurricane Irene Nears
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing recommendations for residents in states that might be affected by Hurricane Irene to minimize the potential...
View ArticleIn Wake of Irene, Rivers Tested for E. coli, Pesticides
In the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, federal officials are actively sampling water from six East Coast rivers to check for E. coli, pesticides and other hazards that may have washed into waterways. The...
View ArticleFood Crop Safety After Irene’s Floodwaters
Last Friday and Saturday, the crew at Roxbury Farm in New York’s Hudson Valley prepared for the hurricane by stowing machinery and hay bales above the floodplain. Jean-Paul Courtens and his workers...
View ArticleFDA Issues Advice on Flooded Food Crops
In the aftermath of Irene, the hurricane/tropical storm that battered the East Coast in August, the Food and Drug Administration has released updated advice on how growers can judge the safety of their...
View ArticleLetter From The Editor: ‘Emergency Alerts’
I wish I could say that I was surprised that the so-called first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) was a bust. During my past life doing public affairs work, one of my successes...
View ArticleFraud Followed Hurricane Irene Food Safety Program
Fraud was the price of food safety in Connecticut after Hurricane Irene. Over the past weekend, an angry Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said the state was investigating “multiple incidents of...
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USDA Offers Post Wildfire Food Safety Tips
Following a series of recent wildfires across the western United States, the government is reminding people that fire can compromise the safety of foods in the home. The U.S. Department of...
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Hurricane Food Safety 101
As Hurricane Sandy hits the Mid Atlantic, causing widespread damage in the form of flooding and downed trees, it also poses an invisible threat in the form of food spoilage. More than five million...
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Oklahoma Issues Food Safety Advice After Tornadoes
In the wake of the tornadoes that devastated many Oklahoma communities this week, state health officials are reminding residents and rescue workers that food is more likely to be contaminated after a...
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