Food safety focus grows as grocers face rising inspections
Kansas grocers adapt to stricter food safety amid global sourcing and new bacterial risks. Inspectors emphasize hygiene, temperatures, and cross contamination while a few chains like Dillon lead with training, third party checks, and standard operating procedures.
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Said. Dillon
Marcie Wiles
Dillon
Glassburner
Outdated infant formula lowers baby nutrition quality
Health inspectors found 12 percent of stores carried outdated infant formula baby foods and medications. Experts note dates are targets and quality declines over time with use by dates indicating best eating quality and safety to discard past that date.
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Galena
Topeka
Ken Oglesby
Lucky Miner
Oglesby
Gene
IGA
Fort Scott
Shirley Weddle
Vornholt
Kansas
Ann Schneider
Salina Regional Hospital
Susan Wedeking
Mead Johnson
Karen Penner
Kansas State University Research and Extension Service
Penner
Immune attack blocks bile flow in sclerosing cholangitis
A reader asks about sclerosing cholangitis and the lack of a cure. The liver drains bile through the common bile duct. immune attack causes scar tissue that blocks flow. Symptoms include fatigue upper right abdominal pain itching and yellowing of skin and eyes. Treatments mentioned include Actigall stents and possible liver transplantation depending on age and health.
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Venice
Value of memories outlives price in Dear Ann letters
Dear Ann addresses readers who cherish keepsakes from deceased relatives. People share how items once deemed junk by others became priceless mementos. From a grandmother’s desk to a potato masher and ukulele, memories persist beyond material value.
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Ann Landers
Vera
Branafader
New Jersey
Malden
Mass
Upland
Calif
Fredericktown
Peshtigo
Wis
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