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The Dollar General Corporation’s “dollar stores” are sometimes used by researchers as a poverty indicator and this year a corner of those more than 18,000 locations in the continental United States were called out for rodents and other sanitation problems. And a federal grand jury has joined these investigations.

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The Food and Drug Administration has posted an increase in the number of patients in an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections as it continues investigations into three other outbreaks.

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Dole is reopening two salad production plants linked to an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections that has killed at least two people.

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On Monday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard arguments in the challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approval of Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto-Bayer’s flagship Roundup weedkiller. Glyphosate is down but not out after last year when California’s highest Court upheld an $86.2 million award to a couple who developed cancer after using Roundup for 30 years. After that loss, Bayer agreed to fund a $30 billion settlement with thousands of other lawsuits filed in state and local courts. Up to another $2 billion went to future litigation.

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Federal officials have announced that an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections traced to organic spinach is over.

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The patient count continues to rise in an outbreak of infections from Salmonella Javiana.

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FDA investigates new E. coli outbreak; continues work on other outbreaks

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The White House plans to submit the name of Dr. Jose Emilio Esteban to the United States Senate for confirmation as USDA’s next under secretary for food safety.

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California company recalls 10 tons of tamales for undeclared allergen

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FDA Warning - Check Your Hand Sanitizer

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Investigations into Salmonella outbreaks advancing but no cause found yet

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PMA Fresh Summit Update 9/17/2021

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Revised Total Coliform Rule Approved, Effective July 1, 2021

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Virtual Food Safety Training Courses

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Agencies Release New Weekly Foodborne Outbreaks Update Matrix and Communications Initiative

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