A salmonella outbreak that occurred almost a year ago in Steamboat Springs cost taxpayers almost $40,000 and cost individuals more than $66,000, not to mention a lot of upset stomachs.
Those were the estimates the Routt County Department of Environmental Health gave the City Council on Tuesday night when it presented calculations for the costs
Health department inspectors catch one or two unlicensed food vendors each week. Each December the health department shuts down on average between 10 to 15 unlicensed food vendors, says Brian O’Green, environmental health manager for the Yuma County Health Department.
Some who are caught are simply unaware they need to be licensed and most, after
Hand washing is one of the best ways to prevent the transmission of disease, especially during influenza season. Oklahoma public health officials are using National Hand Washing Awareness Week, Dec. 5-11, as an opportunity to remind people about this simple and inexpensive disease prevention technique.
"Hand washing helps prevent catching and spreading colds, hepatitis A
Food-safety professionals say improvements in food safety are helping to ensure that.
Dave Wolfgang, a senior research associate in veterinary science at Penn State University, said animal-health programs present a "win, win, win" situation. Animals are healthier than in the past; there is a safe, plentiful food supply; and high productivity benefits the producer.
Wolfgang
A group of 67 county jail inmates have filed a lawsuit against the county claiming negligence in an outbreak of illness that followed the 2002 Thanksgiving meal in the jail. More than a third of the 719 inmates in jail on Nov. 28, 2002, reported symptoms of illness after that day’s dinner.
An investigation by