The 88th Texas Legislature passed two bills impacting food establishments with Sept. 1 implementation dates. The new laws benefit the 55,000 food service establishments in the Lone Star State that employ more than 1.4 million Texans
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Officials say dozens sick in Shigella Outbreak Linked to Restaurant in Texas
An outbreak of infections from Shigella linked to a Texas restaurant has grown to include 60 patients.
The ongoing outbreak is being investigated by the Texas Department of State Health Services and is centered in…
Continue Reading Officials say dozens sick in Shigella Outbreak Linked to Restaurant in TexasTexas officials looking for cause of outbreak of infections from Shigella; unnamed restaurant involved
Health officials in Texas are investigating an outbreak of infections from Shigella bacteria.
The Texas Department of State Health Services for Public Health Region 8 is reporting the outbreak in Lavaca County but has not…
Continue Reading Texas officials looking for cause of outbreak of infections from Shigella; unnamed restaurant involvedOysters recalled in Texas after dozens of illnesses linked to oysters from particular harvest location
The Texas Department of State Health Services has ordered a recall of all oysters harvested in the TX 1 area of southeastern Galveston Bay after reports of dozens of cases of gastrointestinal illness among people…
Continue Reading Oysters recalled in Texas after dozens of illnesses linked to oysters from particular harvest locationTexas health department makes selling raw milk much easier
Texas has shown that you do not need a legislative body to make it easier to sell unpasteurized, raw milk legally.
The new Texas Department of State Health Services rules permit widespread delivery of raw …
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Botulism strikes 4 infants; FDA warns parents against using honey on pacifiers
Health officials say four infants in Texas have developed botulism poisoning after consuming honey. The children, all less than a year old, had all been given pacifiers containing honey before they became sick.
The first…
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Whole frozen chickens recalled due to Salmonella risk
The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) announced that a meat processor in Sealy, TX, is recalling 2,300 whole frozen chickens because of a risk of Salmonella contamination.
Texas All Grass-Fed, the processor, failed…
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State OKs raw milk dairy to resume sales; Brucella risk remains
Texas health officials agreed yesterday to allow a raw milk dairy to resume sales, but warned that the threat of antibiotic-resistant brucellosis infection remains for anyone who drank the dairy’s unpasteurized milk this summer.
The…
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Texas raw milk Brucella contamination hits 7 states
Although it is against federal law to sell unpasteurized milk across state lines, the CDC and state health departments are investigating illnesses in at least seven states in relation to Brucella bacteria found in raw…
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CDC expands on Texas warning about Brucella in raw milk
A month after Texas public health officials urged raw milk drinkers and their doctors to be on the lookout for symptoms of Brucella infection, the federal government weighed in with its own advice.
Anyone who…
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