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Photograph inside a factory with bottle and boxes of catsup being inspected by working. Photo take circa 1920

Playing Ketchup: A Condiment and the Pure Food Movement

Posted by: Jennifer Harbster

Today, our beloved bottles of ketchup are consistent and shelf-stable thanks to the work of Katherine and Arvill Bitting who examined over 1,600 bottles of ketchup, visited 40 canneries producing tomato pulp, and toured 20 ketchup factories to come up with a method to make a safe and preservative-free ketchup.

Photograph of people dressed in winter coats and hats walking down a snow filled sidewalk in New York City.

Forecasting Respiratory Diseases for This Winter, Sept. 19 Webinar

Posted by: Jennifer Harbster

The Library's Health Services Division and Science Section are co-sponsoring a free webinar on forecasting respiratory diseases for this winter (2024/25). The webinar will be held on September 19, from 10 a.m.- 12 p.m. (EDT) and will feature two experts in the field from the C.D.C. and Center for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control at HKU School of Public Health.