Wednesday, March 3, 1993 - North Shore News: - 14 New health directive nixes rare hamburgers From page & as apposed to someone getting E. THE COUNTRY! The Fraser Valley Boat & . Sportsmen’ s Show, . BRENT EILERS | don't just sel! @ houses | sell “homes.” a 6=—s please give ma MARCH 4-7 Thers..2.00 pin ~ 10:009m * Fri 12:00 pm- 10:00pm Sot 10:00 0m~ 10:00pm Sun 10:00am - THE KEY TO YOUR FUTUR The most re atistics avail- able on E. Coli poisoning on the North Shore show that 24 cases were reported in 1991, North Shore Health said the people at- fected were a variety of ages. : He said small children and the elderly are especially vulnerable to ‘“‘hamburger, disease,’’ but everyone can contract the food poisioning. The illness is caused by a tox- in-producing strain of E. Coli. Symptoms may occur between two and 10 days after cating under- cooked meat. They include severe pain in the stomach, diarrhea and nausea. Most people recover from the poisoning in two weeks. The bacteria that: causes ham- burger: disease is killed when the internal cooking temperature of the meat is 160° to 170°F (71° to - 77°C). “People don't have to walk around with a thermometer with them. They should break up or cut the hamburger to sce that it is cooked all the way through, ** said Kimmett. . He said no one on the North Shore has died from an E. Coli food-poisoning complication call- ed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). : HUS. usually affects young . children and. seniors. The sydrome can result in a bleeding disorder, anemia and kidney failure. . With barbecue: season around the corner, Kimmett said residents should not Jeave hamburgers out at room temperature or sitting unrefrigerated beside a barbecue. He said the E. Coli bacteria will grow at room temperature. And residents: should either keep the , H. 925-3696 fj MASTERS HEALTY 0. 926-6233 988-6321 . 408145 Chadwick Court — y N. Vancouver (Lonsdale Quay Plaza) | TWENTY-YEAR-OLD Majken enjoys swimming and” dancing. A’ student, she plans to become a suc- cessful bu ein ssperson. 940 Sdn. with leather, power sunvoot, pw. windows, ond, locks, ABS, alt-bag, mags, hid. seats, power memory diiver's seat, and more. Stk, #V3095 - ‘ be ORTH” “AMCOUVER | ity Council wants’ the pro- “NORTH VANCOUVER, meat in the refrigerator or. put’ it. na cooler beside the barbecue. jince’s. “recycling: legislation CITY COUNCIL o.be part of a.comprehen- ive: package that: ‘pro- moies.;the reduction, re-use id recycling of. solid ste helping nunicipalities achieve a goal £ 0%: reduction. we! comprehensive iegistation with - _Tespect to the parkaging of con- ~ sumer products.'’ *- The city called fo: “an expand- ed deposit-refund’. system that would include ‘all beverage con- .tainers’’’ and. “‘legislation that will increase the use of refillable con-. “ tainers.’ *Conaci also asked that “cons veniently lecated' depots or ‘‘en- = viro-centres’. be established that ..: ‘would be funded and: operated. by _ industry but administered by. the” ‘By Stephen Wisenthal, Contributing Writer ae Ithough | own a “pair of your: anti- “ple pocket trews, || neglected to wear hem to Italy as | wasn't going near Rome. . Imagine my chagrin. when’ ! found a ‘roamin'. hand in. my - trouser. pocket in ‘