food safety

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Health Care September 30, 2024

Health inspection scores for Cobb County restaurants and other food services from September 20 to September 26

The following are scores for the past week for restaurants, school cafeterias, hotels, and other food service facilities in Cobb County from the Georgia Department of Public Health. For more…

The label from a Perdue chicken nugget package

Health Care September 5, 2024

24 Cobb County stores were on the distribution list for recalled Perdue frozen chicken products

Image above from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) recall announcement [Editor’s note: as a result of the listeria-contaminated Boar’s Head and the consequent outbreak…

Photo of label from a Hickory Hollow Jerky product

Health Care August 31, 2024

Hickory Hollow ready-to-eat jerky recalled due to lack of inspection

[Editor’s note: as a result of the listeria-contaminated Boar’s Head and the consequent outbreak of foodborne illness and deaths, the Cobb County Courier will note any food recall that is…

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Health Care June 16, 2024

Health inspection scores for Cobb County restaurants and other food services from June 7 to June 13

The following are scores for the past week for restaurants, school cafeterias, hotels, and other food service facilities in Cobb County from the Georgia Department of Public Health. For more…

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Food May 20, 2024

What is pasteurization? A dairy expert explains how it protects against foodborne illness, including avian flu

by Kerry E. Kaylegian, Penn State, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Recent reports that the H5N1 avian flu virus has been found in cow’s milk…

Health Care May 5, 2024

Health inspection scores for Cobb County restaurants and other food services from April 26 to May 2

The following are scores for the past week for restaurants, school cafeterias, hotels, and other food service facilities in Cobb County from the Georgia Department of Public Health. For more…

Cobb County January 17, 2024

Kielbasa recall for possible bone fragments includes 7 Aldi stores in Cobb County

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) recalled 133,039 pounds of ready-to-eat kielbasa products after the distributor reported possible contamination by bone fragments. The products were shipped nationwide and…

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Health Care November 21, 2023

This Thanksgiving − and on any holiday − these steps will help prevent foodborne illness

by Kimberly Baker, Clemson University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Thanksgiving is a time for gathering with friends and family around the dinner table. No…

Consumer safety October 23, 2022

Recall of Bob Evans Farm Italian Pork Sausage for contamination by “thin blue pieces of rubber”

[The Cobb County Courier has begun posting product recall announcements when we can determine that the product is, or could be, marketed in Cobb County or nearby areas. Recalls vary…

Health Care July 25, 2022

Food expiration dates don’t have much science behind them – a food safety researcher explains another way to know what’s too old to eat

By Jill Roberts, University of South Florida [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Florida’s outbreak of listeria has so far led to at least one death,…

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food safety

Health inspection scores for Cobb County restaurants and other food services from September 20 to September 26

24 Cobb County stores were on the distribution list for recalled Perdue frozen chicken products

Hickory Hollow ready-to-eat jerky recalled due to lack of inspection

Health inspection scores for Cobb County restaurants and other food services from June 7 to June 13

What is pasteurization? A dairy expert explains how it protects against foodborne illness, including avian flu

Health inspection scores for Cobb County restaurants and other food services from April 26 to May 2

Kielbasa recall for possible bone fragments includes 7 Aldi stores in Cobb County

This Thanksgiving − and on any holiday − these steps will help prevent foodborne illness

Recall of Bob Evans Farm Italian Pork Sausage for contamination by “thin blue pieces of rubber”

Food expiration dates don’t have much science behind them – a food safety researcher explains another way to know what’s too old to eat