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May 21st, 2007

My Recent Brush With Food Poisoning

I’m in Austin, Texas, for a conference until tomorrow, and I spent the early morning hours today in the emergency room after throwing up (among other things) every five minutes for two hours.  The diagnosis?  Food poisoning, probably staph.  I’m feeling a little better now after a few hours of sleep and lots and lots […]

By Kristen King -- 6 comments

March 14th, 2007

Do Gloves Really Protect Against Food-Borne Illnesses?

I don’t know about you, but I’ve seen deli folk take my order with their glove on, take my money with their glove on, give me my change with their glove on, and then go to make my sandwich without changing to clean gloves. Uh, hi, do you know how dirty pens and money […]

By Kristen King -- 3 comments