In the News
In the News
| Date | In The News | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 4, 2011 |
''Omaha man sues for listeria contamination'' "An Omaha man who says he was made ill with listeriosis from contaminated Colorado cantaloupe is suing the grower, the distributor, a lab that audited the farm for food safety and Kroger Co., the owner of Baker's Supermarket, where he bought the contaminated melon." |
Food Hazards |
| Dec 5, 2011 |
''Clark County bike-walk plan earns national award for fighting obesity'' "In a press release, Clark County Public Health announced it received Active Living Research’s 2012 Translating Research to Policy Award for its Health Impact Assessment of the Clark County Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan." |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Dec 5, 2011 |
''FDA sees huge opportunities in opening up drug data'' “Regulators and drugmakers need to find ways to make more clinical data openly available, since vital knowledge about fighting disease is often locked away in confidential databases, the head of the U.S. drugs watchdog said on Monday. Food and |
Medical Safety |
| Dec 6, 2011 |
''Childhood Obesity Best Battled in Schools, Research Finds'' "Australian researchers examined 55 interventions in previous studies and concluded that school-based programs were key in getting kids to healthy weights, and there was little evidence that these programs would have a negative effect on young students' self-images." |
School Food |
| Dec 8, 2011 |
''Lettuce from one farm blamed for E. coli outbreak'' "The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has determined that romaine lettuce from a single farm is likely to blame for an E. coli outbreak in Missouri and nine other states." |
Food Hazards |
| Dec 8, 2011 |
''E. coli report cites lettuce in outbreak'' "Romaine lettuce from one harvest at a single farm was the likely culprit of the E. coli outbreak that sickened 60 people across 10 states this fall, according to a federal report released Wednesday." |
Food Hazards |
| Dec 8, 2011 |
''Feds Applaud Maine Schools for Feeding Kids Healthy Food'' "Beverly Brown and Danielle Ross aren't looking for glory. At the same time, they're excited that the federal government is recognizing the work they do to keep kids healthy. Brown Elementary is one of 35 Maine public schools to receive special certification from the U.S. Department of Agriculture at an awards event at the University of Southern Maine." |
School Food |
| Dec 9, 2011 |
''The Surprising Ingredient In Raw Cookie Dough That Could Make You Sick'' "That's the lesson from a new study of a 2009 outbreak of E. coli bacteria, which sickened 77 people, most of them teenage girls and children. The outbreak was traced back to eating raw Nestlé Toll House cookie dough." |
Food Hazards |
| Dec 9, 2011 |
Congress Weakens USDA’s Plan to Improve School Meals In January, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposed a plan to update school meal nutrition standards for the first time in 15 years. The proposal would ensure schools serve more fruits, vegetables and whole-grains while limiting calories, salt and fat. Some members of Congress raised concerns with two key provisions. |
School Food |
| Dec 11, 2011 |
''Fat children face heart risks as young as age 3'' "University of Miami study says problems with cholesterol levels, artery inflammation begin early." |
School Food |
