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Food Service Workers
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Food Safety News
Publisher’s Platform: A letter to the CDC’s Committee on Immunization Practices – It is time to deal with hepatitis A and foodservice workers
By Bill Marler
Dear ACIP Secretariat, The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) provides advice and guidance to the Director of the CDC regarding use of vaccines and related agents for control of vaccine-preventable diseases…
Food Safety News
Publisher’s Platform: It’s time to deal with hepatitis A and food service workers
By Bill Marler
— OPINION — ACIP SecretariatAdvisory Committee on Immunization Practices 1600 Clifton Road, N.E., Mailstop H24-8Atlanta, GA 30329-4027acip@cdc.gov Re: Letter to the CDC’s Committee on Immunization Practices – It is time to…
Marler Blog
Letter to the CDC’s Committee on Immunization Practices – It is time to deal with Hepatitis A and Food Service Workers
By Bill Marler
ACIP Secretariat Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices 1600 Clifton Road, N.E., Mailstop H24-8 Atlanta, GA 30329-4027 acip@cdc.gov Dear ACIP Secretariat: The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) provides advice and guidance to…
Food Poison Journal
Sweet Home Alabama – Department of Public Health encourages food services vaccinations
By Bill Marler
You do not always think being progressive with being Alabama. However, my hats off to the great people of the Alabama Department of Public Health. We are doing to send…
Food Poison Journal
Acute Hepatitis A Case in a Food Service Worker in Presque Isle, Maine
By Bill Marler
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) identified additional cases of acute hepatitis A virus infection in Aroostook County. Close contacts at risk are already being notified. The…
Food Safety News
More restaurant workers with Hepatitis A; vaccinations urged
By News Desk
State and county officials across the country continue to alert the public about possible exposure to Hepatitis A from foodservice employees who have worked while infected with the virus. Two…
Food Safety News
Sick restaurant worker prompts hepatitis A warning in Hawaii
By News Desk
A foodservice worker in Hawaii may have exposed customers of a Honolulu restaurant to the hepatitis A virus during a five-week period ending Jan. 6. Health officials say the case…
Food Poison Journal
Vaccinating Food Service Workers Makes Good “Cents”
By Bill Marler
At least 4 to 5 people have been stricken by hepatitis A and over 3,000 have been forced to take blood tests, and/or a hepatitis A vaccine or immune globulin…
Food Poison Journal
Hawaii Should Mandate Hepatitis A Vaccines for Food Service Workers
My bet is Baskins-Robbins, Sushi Shiono and Taco Bell would agree. According to the Hawaii Department of Health, an employee of each of the following food service businesses has been…
Food Safety News
Don't Let Foodborne Bacteria Bug Your Dinner
And so why do you care that September is the 17th Annual Food Safety Education Month, with an aggressive information and training campaign targeted directly to food-service workers? The numbers…