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Oregon’s Indiana Jones of Microbe Hunters
Early in December, a nurse in Roseburg, Oregon, contacted the state Public Health Division to report that two women, both in their 60s, had been sickened by toxic E. coli O157:H7. That report...
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Recall Relics at the ‘National Outbreak Museum’
OK, so it ain’t the Louvre, and it ain’t the Smithsonian. The National Outbreak Museum has no galleries, no gift store, no guides. And it most certainly has no restaurant. In fact, the Outbreak Museum,...
View ArticleOregon Dismisses Complaint Against Epidemiologist
A complaint lodged by Del Monte Fresh Produce against an Oregon Public Health epidemiologist has been dismissed by the state’s Government Ethics Commission. The Oregonian’s Lynne Terry reported Monday...
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Keene Remembered for Commitment to Public Health, Unconventional Style
When Dr. Bill Keene gave a presentation on the dangers of raw milk at a past meeting of the American Veterinary Medical Association, even the raw milk advocates on the opposing side of the panel...
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NSF Food Safety Leadership Awards Presented at Food Safety Summit
Epidemiologist Bill Keene was posthumously awarded the 2014 NSF Food Safety Leadership Lifetime Achievement Award on Thursday at the Food Safety Summit in Baltimore, MD. Keene was a senior...
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Oregon Outbreak Museum Memorializes What We’ve Learned About Foodborne Illness
When revolutionary epidemiologist William Keene started working for the Oregon Public Health Division in 1990, he also started collecting packaging from recalled products, restaurant menus, and other...
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Keene Remembered for Commitment to Public Health, Unconventional Style
When Dr. Bill Keene gave a presentation on the dangers of raw milk at a past meeting of the American Veterinary Medical Association, even the raw milk advocates on the opposing side of the panel...
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NSF Food Safety Leadership Awards Presented at Food Safety Summit
Epidemiologist Bill Keene was posthumously awarded the 2014 NSF Food Safety Leadership Lifetime Achievement Award on Thursday at the Food Safety Summit in Baltimore, MD. Keene was a senior...
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Oregon Outbreak Museum Memorializes What We’ve Learned About Foodborne Illness
When revolutionary epidemiologist William Keene started working for the Oregon Public Health Division in 1990, he also started collecting packaging from recalled products, restaurant menus, and other...
View Article30 years of food safety standouts
Editor’s note: This column and profiles of the 16 food safety champions (four not pictured above) was originally published by Quality Assurance magazine. It is reprinted here with permission. To read...
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