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  • 37 kids sick in Russian outbreak: E. coli found in butter

    Posted: March 16th, 2012 - 3:21pm by Doug Powell

    The Moscow Times reports that E. coli bacteria has been found in butter at four kindergartens in the city of Samara, following the hospitalization this week of almost 30 children in the neighboring city of Tolyatti from food poisoning, Itar-Tass reported Friday.

    The bacteria was discovered during a food safety check initiated after a raft of food-poisoning cases in Tolyatti, which were apparently caused by dairy products, including tvorog and kefir. In total, 37 children under the age of two fell ill, with 28 of them being hospitalized.

    A criminal investigation has been opened in connection with the Tolyatti poisonings, with the charge of failing to meet safety standards in work with young children.

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    Butter, e. coli, food safety, Outbreak, Russia
  • Cats shouldn't hang out in supermarket meat cases

    Posted: October 15th, 2009 - 2:23pm by Doug Powell

    Cats like meat.

    Even though we live in central Manhattan (Kansas), there’s a small greenbelt behind the house and we’ve had visitors such as deer, turkeys, and yesterday, a fox.

    The raccoons, squirrels, birds and rabbits are everywhere.

    My two black cats have had happy hunting since our 2006 arrival, and left me a pair of lucky rabbits feet the other day (the two black ones, as kittens in this pic, from 2003; the other one, named Lucky, wasn’t so lucky).

    Because cats like meat, it’s a good idea to keep them out of supermarkets, especially those with a butcher shop, or a meat case with open doors.

    A colleague sent along this video of a cat in a meat case in a supermarket, apparently, according to readers’ comments, in St. Petersburgh, Russia. Not good supermarket food safety practices.
     

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    Butcher, Communication, Cooking Show Video, Meat, Russia, Supermarket