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Spring cleaning? Be sure to give your kitchen a food safe makeover, too!
Apr 08, 2019
By STOP Foodborne Illness on April 7, 2019
Adopt food safety practices to avoid foodborne illness
Spring time is cleaning time! So, while you’re using that pent-up elbow grease to get rid of wintertime dust and debris, make sure your...
Hepatitis A Outbreak
Apr 01, 2019
Multiple states across the country have reported outbreaks of hepatitis A, primarily among people who use drugs and people experiencing homelessness. Since the hepatitis A outbreaks were first identified in 2016, more than 15,000 cases, 8,...
Lead in Traditional Powders
Mar 19, 2019
Many traditional powders, such as sindoor, tikka, or kumkum, may contain harmful amounts of lead. This Public Service Announcement from Multnomah County, OR (in Nepali, with English subtitles) looks at possible dangers from using such...
Hepatitis A Statewide Community Outbreak
Mar 14, 2019
The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) has declared a statewide community outbreak of hepatitis A after observing an increase in cases linked to certain risk factors since the beginning of 2018. ODH and affected local health departments are...
Don't Give Your Valentine Food Poisoning
Feb 14, 2019
In the Name of Love - Top 10 + 1 food safety tips to avoid giving your
valentine food poisoning
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2019/02/top-10-1-food-safety-tips-to-avoi...
Extreme Cold Safety
Jan 30, 2019
Summit County Public Health would like to remind Summit County residents to protect themselves from extreme cold
AKRON, OHIO, Summit County Public Health (SCPH) would like to take this opportunity to remind Summit County residents to...