New study estimates foodborne illness costs U.S. $152 billion annually, building momentum for FDA food safety reform bill as foodborne illness victims prepare to lobby SenateFoodborne illness is costing the...
Kip Moore is a big, square-jawed transplanted Kansas Jayhawker living with his family in Golden, Colorado. He's written a book titled: "Second Chance: The Story of a Father's Faith, a...
In November of 2006, 85-year-old Mora Lou Marshall came to live with her son David, his wife Terri, and their son Colin. She had recently been treated for colon cancer...
John Powers was eighty-seven years old when he consumed milk contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes (Listeria), a bacterium that causes foodborne illness, several times over the 2007 Thanksgiving holiday. The husband,...
Stephanie Smith, a twenty-two year old children's dance instructor left paralyzed from an E. coli-contaminated hamburger, filed suit yesterday against Cargill, the company that produced the meat.Stephanie, who was profiled...
The two-time winner of the World Fantasy Award, four-time winner of the British Science Fiction Award and one of the best fantasy writers of his generation is dead at age...
Haylee Bernstein miraculously survived a very serious 14-week battle with E. coli, and Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, from eating pre-washed mesclun lettuce greens when she was three years old. Following her...
In 2007 a multi-state public health investigation into a nationwide E. coli O157:H7 outbreak identified a number of people who became ill with E. coli O157:H7 after eating ground beef...
Daniel and his twin brother Joshua were born by Caesarean section in Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa on April 23, 2007. Daniel weighed two pounds, 15 ounces and...
The Center for Foodborne Illness Research & Prevention (CFI) recently released a report reviewing and highlighting the long-term health consequences of five foodborne illnesses: Campylobacter, E. coli O157:H7, Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella, and...
Why did Whole Foods stop selling raw milk in California, Washington, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut?In January, I wrote “Risky Business - Why would a retailer like Whole Foods sell Raw Milk?”...
During the past weeks, a few news stories have highlighted the distinctions between two different legislative approaches to address the issue of food safety. There is little question that the...
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