By CYNTHIA M. ELLIS
The Telegraph
You wouldnít think it’s possible that three bites of a hamburger from a fast-food restaurant would be fatal or that ordering a glass of fresh-squeezed orange juice could result in a miscarriage — but it has happened.
A 6-year-old California girl died several years ago when she ate a burger contaminated with E. coli bacteria. The orange juice made a Washington woman ill because it was not pasteurized.
Dining out is so commonplace — nearly one in two American adults eats out every day — and itís an experience that often is taken for granted.Continue Reading Foodborne illness can be deadly
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By Christine Rook
Lansing State Journal
At 8 a.m. on a recent Monday, a piece of paper detailing a weekend call from a woman complaining of possible food poisoning landed on Diane Gorch’s desk.
The caller had eaten at two local restaurants and was certain which eatery was to blame for her flulike symptoms.
Gorch,…