Author: Malin Chambers

Food Poisoning and Plant-Based Meat -Cooking Requirements Remain a Must! With an ever expanding market of plant-based meats, many consumers are beginning to choose plant-based meat options over animal meat. The growing market is partially attributed to an increasing number of vegetarians and vegans, while others are eating more plant-based meat due to environmental or health concerns. For some, eating a diet of plant-based meat rather than animal meat may be considered healthier; however, there are potentially harmful misconceptions about plant-based meat, specifically surrounding food safety. There are consumers who falsely assume that because plant-based meat comes from plants, it…

A Wichita, Kansas wildlife park has been linked with a Shigella outbreak, a bacteria thatcauses diarrheal illness. Officials have identified the park’s splash pad as the main culprit ofinfection, which was closed after investigating three cases of shigellosis in June 2021, findingthat all three affected persons entered the splash pad. After being alerted to the three cases, theCDC conducted an investigation and found two distinct outbreaks associated with the park, thefirst being a Shigella outbreak with 21 reported cases of shigellosis, and the latter being anorovirus infection outbreak with six reported cases. Both Shigella and norovirus can be spreadthrough ingestion…