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I have 4 screens piled on top of each other trying to catch up.

THAT would make my eyes cross (laughing)!

Safeway may have received ground beef affected by salmonella

December 20, 2007: 08:54 PM EST Safeway (SWY) said it was notified by the USDA that it may have received ground beef affected by Salmonella Newport between Sept. 19 and Nov. 5. in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada and New Mexico.

The Pleasanton, Calif., food and drug retail chain said ground beef in its stores today isn't the subject of the alert, and that no Safeway product has tested positive for Salmonella Newport to date.

Safeway said there have been no reported illnesses in Hawaii and New Mexico, and that there is a single reported case in Idaho that has no apparent ties to Safeway stores.

The company is asking customers who bought raw ground beef products purchased in the five affected states from Sept. 19-Nov. 5 to discard the product. Fresh ground beef patties aren't included in this notice.

Cases of vomiting virus spiking around NY metro area

Emergency rooms are now seeing a total of about 500 cases of norovirus a day compared to a typical daily average of 300. The virus, also a plague aboard cruise ships over the past few years, can cause days of severe vomiting and diarrhea along with cramps, the chills and fevers.

Illness traced to a new strain

Federal scientists have discovered that a new strain of norovirus is responsible for the wave of intense gastrointestinal infections that have overwhelmed hospitals, nursing homes, and college dormitories across New England and the nation this winter.

Canada confirms 11th case of Mad Cow Disease

Canada confirmed its 11th case of mad-cow disease, in an animal born before a ban on feed ingredients that can spread the brain-wasting illness.

The sick animal was a 13-year-old beef cow from Alberta, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said today in a statement on its Web site. No part of the animal entered the human food or animal feed systems, it said.

The discovery comes a month after the U.S. lifted most of the remaining import restrictions on beef and cattle from Canada after determining that the animals pose ``minimal risk'' for mad-cow disease, clinically known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy. The U.S. banned cattle and beef from Canada in May 2003 when the country confirmed its first BSE case.