Office romance at work tests management and patience
A reader complains of two colleagues in a long adulterous affair harming productivity by delaying orders and trashing customer inquiries. The advice urges focusing on work, reporting issues with just facts, and ignoring personal matters unless they affect performance. The second letter asks about underpayment and underappreciation for a medical assistant and suggests non cash compensation or new credentials to increase value.
Tragic E coli killed toddler sparked nationwide awareness
Kevin Kowalcyk died after a July 2001 E coli 0157:H7 infection from suspected contaminated hamburger. The story notes national illness and death figures from this and other bacteria, highlighting victims like Julia Capriotti and Katelyn Koesterer and calling for safety awareness.
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Aparna Surendran
Philadelphia Inquirer
Hiladelphia
Kevin Kowalcyk
Barbara Kowalcyk
Mount Horeb
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Kevin
United States
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Julia Capriotti
Katelyn Koesterer
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Meat inspector: fifth vermin reports ignored
Vincent Erthal, a USDA meat safety inspector, described ongoing filth at Wampler Foods Montgomery County plant including flies cockroaches dirty water and meat particles in grinders. He said supervisors blocked disciplinary actions. CDC linked the facility to a Lisema outbreak with eight deaths and dozens ill.
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Se Suiping
Philadelphia
Vincent Erthal
Wampler Foods
Erthal
U.S. Department of Agriculture Food-Safety
Montgomery County
USDA
Bethlehem
Wampler
Montco
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Industry watchdogs fault flawed meat inspection system
A Philadelphia Inquirer investigation finds a self policing industry limits USDA enforcement and allows outbreaks. Inspectors noted E coli at a ConAgra beef plant in Greeley 34 times but did not connect the dots before last summer's outbreak causing 47 illnesses and one death.
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Oliver Prichard
Philadelphia
United States
Philadelphia Inquirer
U.S. Department of Agriculture
ConAgra Foods
Greeley
Colo
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