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Today's Reuters Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News: China bans New Zealand milk powder imports on botulism scare: NZ trade min Disabled woman who won court battle with mother moves in with friends Restaurant chain says salad linked to virus no longer served NZ's Fonterra finds botulism bacteria in dairy ingredient

China bans New Zealand milk powder imports on botulism scare: NZ trade min  Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 09:11 PM PDT By Naomi Tajitsu WELLINGTON (Reuters) - China has halted imports of all New Zealand milk powder, New Zealand's trade minister said on Sunday, after bacteria that can cause botulism found in some dairy products raised food safety concerns that threatened its $9.4 billion annual dairy trade. Global dairy trade giant Fonterra said on Saturday it had sold contaminated New Zealand-made whey protein concentrate to eight customers in Australia, China, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand and Saudi Arabia for use in a range of products, including infant milk powder. Nearly 90 percent of China's $1. ... Full Story	Top
Disabled woman who won court battle with mother moves in with friends  Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 04:51 PM PDT By Noreen O'Donnell (Reuters) - A 29-year-old Virginia woman with Down syndrome who successfully fought her mother's attempt to be her guardian has moved in with friends, according to one of the people she now lives with. In a case watched carefully by advocates for people with disabilities, Margaret Jean Hatch, who is known as Jenny, had been fighting for nearly a year to be able to choose where to live. She succeeded on Friday. ... Full Story	Top
Restaurant chain says salad linked to virus no longer served  Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 11:10 AM PDT By Noreen O'Donnell NEW YORK (Reuters) - A salad mix linked to a severe stomach virus that sickened more than 200 people in Iowa and Nebraska has not been served at Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants there for about a month, a spokesman for the restaurants said on Saturday. The Food and Drug Administration identified the salad, supplied by a Mexican farm, as responsible for the cyclospora outbreak in those two states. But the FDA said it is not yet clear if it was the culprit in 14 other states as well, and the investigation will continue. ... Full Story	Top
NZ's Fonterra finds botulism bacteria in dairy ingredient  Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 08:33 AM PDT By Naomi Tajitsu WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's Fonterra, the world's largest dairy exporter, on Saturday said it had found a bacteria which can cause botulism in some of its dairy products, prompting China to issue a recall of affected products. New Zealand authorities said they were holding back some widely used infant formula products from supermarket shelves. ... Full Story	Top

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