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Minnesota: Seven Salmonella cases in state linked to multistate egg recall(0)
St Paul MN–Illnesses in at least seven people in Minnesota are connected with a multi-state recall of eggs from an Iowa producer due to contamination with Salmonella, state health officials said today. The Salmonella Enteriditis cases were identified in two restaurant outbreaks in May and July, in which eggs were identified as the likely [...]
Full Story»Minnesota: Department of Health certifies state’s first ‘health care homes’
St Paul MN–Minnesotans with complex and chronic conditions can begin to enroll in health care homes as the first clinics that have been certified by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). The first 11 certified health care homes are in several regions of the state, include both urban and rural clinics and range from single-physician [...]
Minnesota: E. coli illnesses traced to raw milk from Gibbon dairy farm
Gibbon MN–State health officials have linked three cases of E. coli O157:H7 illness with raw milk from a dairy farm in Gibbon, Minn. The Minnesota Department of Health urges anyone who may have recently purchased milk from the Hartmann Dairy Farm, also known as M.O.M.’s, to discard the product and not consume it.
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Minnesota: Health Department releases annual report of drinking water
St Paul MN–Results of regular monitoring reveal little evidence of contamination problems in Minnesota’s 964 community water supply systems, according to the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH).
Minnesota’s public water supply systems are tested on a regular basis for bacteria, nitrate and other inorganic chemicals, radiological elements, and up to 118 different industrial chemicals and pesticides. [...]
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