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  • South Australian restaurant worker has hepatitis A

    Posted: October 13th, 2011 - 1:43am by Doug Powell

    A worker at the Yakatori Takumi restaurant in North Adelaide has tested positive to hepatitis A, potentially exposing diners to the disease.

    Health officials said they believed the worker picked up the infection while overseas.

    Chief Medical Officer Paddy Phillips said the risk to customers was considered low, adding, "However, it is possible that patrons who ate at the restaurant between September 21 and October 4 may have been exposed to the hepatitis A virus. An alert has been issued to all GPs to be aware of the case and to arrange for appropriate testing for any patients presenting with possible hepatitis A infection."

     

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    adelaide, Australia, food safety, hepatitis A, Yakatori Takumi
  • 3 children stricken with shiga-toxin E. coli linked to South Australian petting zoo

    Posted: September 17th, 2011 - 5:28pm by Doug Powell

    South Australian health authorities have issued a warning over contact with animals after three children who visited the Royal Adelaide Show contracted two cases of shiga-toxin producing E. coli (STEC) infection and one case of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS).

    Two of the three children - all aged between 4 and 12 years - had been in contact with farm animals at the show's animal nursery.

    SA Health's Paddy Phillips said one of the children infected is in hospital with HUS and is in a serious but stable condition.

    Professor Phillips said hand hygiene is the best method of preventing STEC after contact with animals.

    And maybe not letting little kids with their soothers and food and hands in their mouths have contact with animals that can shed dangerous bacteria.

    A table of international outbreaks at petting zoos and farm shows is available at: http://bites.ksu.edu/petting-zoos-outbreaks.

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    adelaide, e. coli. stec, Petting Zoo, shiga, South Australia
  • Crypto spreading in Adelaide swimming pools?

    Posted: March 24th, 2011 - 9:30pm by Doug Powell

    Adelaide Now reports that 28 people carrying cryptosporidium may have infected public pools, but South Australia Health has issued no public warning.

    Between January and March, SA Health was notified of 28 cases of cryptosporidium where the person reported swimming at a public pool.

    SA Health asked seven swimming centres across the metropolitan area to decontaminate their pools to prevent transmission of the infection.

    The Advertiser was alerted to the situation when it obtained a copy of a text message sent to members of the Adelaide Aquatic Centre advising them the pool would be closed for super-chlorination.

    Adelaide City Council confirmed the Aquatic Centre was aware an infected person had used the pool.

    An SA Health spokesman said, "This is within the normal levels we would expect to see - there has certainly been no spike. If there were large numbers then we would issue a public alert.

    "SA Health emphasises the importance of observing hand hygiene and people with diarrhoea not sharing baths or swimming in public pools for 14 days after their symptoms have stopped."

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    adelaide, Australia, Cryptosporidium, food safety, Going Public, Pool, Swimming
  • 60 sickened, 30 hospitalized with salmonella from custard in South Australia

    Posted: February 6th, 2011 - 4:05pm by Doug Powell

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    Someone finally asked, and when South Australia Health said a lot of people were sick from salmonella in custard, it really was a lot.

    ABC news (that’s Australian not American) reports at least 60 people have fallen ill, nearly half of them needing to be admitted to hospital.

    SA Health's investigation has linked the infections to Vili's custard-filled berliner buns and St George Cakes and Gelati's custard-filled cannolis and eclairs in Adelaide.

    Kevin Buckett from SA Health says they expect more test results later in the week, adding,

    "We're continuing to interview the 60 or so people that were notified to us last week and obviously the more we interview the better chance we have to get a good track on what common foods people have eaten."

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  • Cow urine irritates eyes of 50; dairy pavilion closed at Australian fair

    Posted: September 8th, 2010 - 11:35am by Doug Powell

    The dairy cow pavillion at the Royal Adelaide Show has been closed down after almost 50 people suffered serious eye irritations, with organizers blaming stagnant urine.

    St John Ambulance volunteers were called to the Dairy Cattle pavillion about 4pm yesterday after some people reported irritation to their eyes, treating 30 people at the scene, AdelaideNow said.

    Last night another 20 people went to the emergency department of the Royal Adelaide Hospital where their eyes were washed.

    A spokesman for the Royal Adelaide Hospital said 17 people went to the emergency department overnight with eye irritations and had their eyes flushed.

    Show chief executive John Rothwell said it was the first time in the event's history that such a problem had occurred and its exact cause was unknown.
    Health authorities have been to the show grounds to investigate and hope to have some answers by this afternoon.

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  • Australian baker faces fine over rodent trail, Listeria

    Posted: February 17th, 2010 - 5:56am by Doug Powell

    A bakery owner in Adelaide faces a fine of up to $100,000 after being accused of continuing to sell food despite allegations of having rodents and a potentially deadly bacteria in his kitchen.

    Tranh Minh Tran, of Kilburn, yesterday appeared in court charged with failing to comply with 19 conditions of the Australian and New Zealand Food Standard Code at his Woodville bakery.

    The Port Adelaide Magistrates Court heard Tran is also facing charges of aggravated assault and carrying an offensive weapon amid allegations he threatened a Department of Health employee at his bakery last month.

    The job of food inspector can really suck sometimes.

    Adelaide Now reports that in court documents, the Port Adelaide Enfield Council alleges it immediately issued Tran with an order prohibiting him from continuing to sell food, but it was ignored.

    It also alleges the inspectors also found rodent droppings and raw chicken stored at unsafe temperatures. Tran is accused of ignoring demands to employ a pest control company to rid the bakery of the rodents.

    The council also alleges Tran was officially warned four times to clean his kitchen and comply with the food code, but failed to do so.

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    adelaide, Assault, Australia, Listeria, Mice, restaurant, Rodent