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Progress Report on Antibiotic Resistance From Interagency Task Force Is Expected During Antibiotic Awareness Week 2017

The White House encourages Americans to learn more about antibiotic resistance and about what each of us can do to combat antibiotic resistance. Monday Nov. 13, kicked off U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week. To observe the week, the White House released a statement, Presidential Message on Antibiotic...

15 November, 2017 / 0 Comments

Ever wondered why we need two separate vaccines for the Varicella-Zoster Virus?

Here's a good explanation: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/10/shingles-chickenpox-virus/543816/...

27 October, 2017 / 0 Comments

Food Safety – Think About It…

No one doubts to importance of food safety for protecting ourselves and our families. Sometimes it seems too simplistic. Other times it seems complex and overwhelming to "cover all the bases" and incorporate all the appropriate steps in food preparation -especially when you are...

06 September, 2017 / 0 Comments

Did you know? It is Influenza Season in the Southern Hemisphere?

Did you know? It is Flu Season in the Southern Hemisphere. The season occurs during the cold half of the year in each hemisphere. During periods of cooler temperature, influenza cases increase roughly tenfold or more. Despite higher incidence of manifestations of the flu during...

29 June, 2017 / 0 Comments

Food Safety with Holiday Buffets – Don’t entertain the Nanobugs®!

Buffet style serving is an efficient and flexible way of serving foods to larger numbers of people. Food can be displayed attractively so that guests can have easy access to festive foods and make lots of choices. But this method of entertaining and serving holiday...

20 December, 2016 / 0 Comments

Eating raw cookie dough is a No-No!

Baking cookies is a critical element of the holiday traditions of many families. Most of us have fond memories of baking cookies in December. The smell of cookies baking can instantly take us to memories of happy holidays. But there is a risk of foodborne...

15 December, 2016 / 2 Comments

Food Safety: The foodborne pathogens still have the advantage but consumers are making progress

FDA Constituent Update - November 17, 2016 For nearly three decades the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has conducted annual Food Safety Surveys to gauge and track the public’s understanding of proper food...

28 November, 2016 / 0 Comments

The Lincoln Food Safety Initiative – to nourish a strong and healthy community

Food recalls, outbreaks of foodborne illness, contaminated produce - making headlines almost every week. My community, Lincoln, Nebraska, has recently been touched by foodborne illness like so many others in the USA. It is time that communities unite to educate and demonstrate food safety. Public...

01 May, 2016 / 0 Comments

Resist the urge to bring baby chicks or ducklings home at Eastertime

Stop! Resist the temptation to get the children a baby chick as part of your Easter/Spring celebration. Tagging along with those irresistible baby chicks many families “adopt” during Easter season, is a nanobug that you surely didn’t want to bring into your home: Salmonella enteritidis....

23 March, 2016 / 0 Comments

Reusable Grocery Shopping Bags

A few words about reusable shopping bags: Reusable shopping bags are promoted to help us reduce waste, but they are not always food safe. The fabric or materials used in these bags can become contaminated with nanobugs like Salmonella enteritidis or E. coli or Listeria monocytogenes...

08 February, 2016 / 0 Comments