UPPER SANDUSKY, Ohio — While child passenger safety is important year-round, Child Passenger Safety Week, September 15-21, serves as an annual reminder to parents and caregivers of the importance of keeping children in the correct seat for their height, weight, and development level. Wyandot County Public Health offers seat checks to parents and caregivers by […]
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for fresh, fully cooked, ready-to-eat (RTE) ShopRite brand chicken noodle soup products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens. The product labeled as chicken noodle soup may actually contain Italian-style wedding soup, which contains […]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2024 – Dearborn Sausage Company, Inc., a Dearborn, Mich. establishment, is recalling approximately 1,944 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) wiener products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The labels of the two products implicated in the recall were inadvertently swapped […]
UPPER SANDUSKY, Ohio – The Wyandot County Public Health department has announced the first human case of West Nile virus, the mosquito-borne illness. This is the first case to occur in a human in Wyandot County since 2018, according to data from the Ohio Disease Reporting System. The case occurred in an individual residing in […]
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for fresh, fully cooked, ready-to-eat (RTE) ShopRite brand chicken noodle soup products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens. The product labeled as chicken noodle soup may actually contain Italian-style wedding soup, which contains […]
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30, 2024 – Hickory Hollow Jerky, a Eufaula, Ala., establishment, is recalling approximately 6,229 pounds of ready-to-eat jerky products that were produced without the benefit of federal inspection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The beef jerky and bacon jerky products were produced on various dates […]
By Krystina Auble, RD, CLC Director of Wyandot County WIC August is Breastfeeding Awareness Month. Year round, Wyandot WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) shares the social, environmental, economic, and health benefits of breastfeeding. It is important to note that the numerous benefits of breastfeeding do not make it the only […]
First positive mosquito sample collected in 2024 trapping season UPPER SANDUSKY, Ohio - Wyandot County Public Health (WCPH), in cooperation with the Ohio Department of Health, has identified one positive West Nile virus (WNV) sample during the mosquito trapping season as of Aug. 20, 2024. The WNV positive sample was collected on July 30, 2024, […]
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for fresh, fully cooked, ready-to-eat (RTE) ShopRite brand chicken noodle soup products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens. The product labeled as chicken noodle soup may actually contain Italian-style wedding soup, which contains […]
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for fresh, fully cooked, ready-to-eat (RTE) ShopRite brand chicken noodle soup products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens. The product labeled as chicken noodle soup may actually contain Italian-style wedding soup, which contains […]
