I have watched administrations of both parties handle outbreaks badly. What is different this time is not the mistakes. What is different is that three weeks into the largest Cyclospora outbreak this country has ever recorded, nobody at the top has said the number out loud.
Campylobacter, Salmonella and E. coli infections went up in July
An Italian child who spent almost a decade in a coma after eating raw milk cheese has died. Mattia Maestri died aged 13 after spending nine years in a coma
The government in the United Kingdom has been urged to follow the European Union’s lead and curb Brazilian meat imports. The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) called on the UK
Four men have been arrested in connection with an investigation into illegal meat in England. An operation by Dudley Council and the National Food Crime Unit (NFCU) resulted in the
Eight children were hospitalized
Scientists have emphasized the need to consider food safety and foodborne illness concerns related to dumpster diving behaviors. Dumpster diving is the practice of sourcing discarded food from supermarket or
Public health officials in the Czech Republic have warned against eating a type of pate because of Clostridium botulinum contamination. The alert was raised following a consumer complaint about health
A bill introduced in recent days in the U.S. Senate would overhaul food labels for the first time in more than 30 years. The bill, the Food Labeling Modernization
The people who price the risk can change that.
In 2013 U.S. health authorities linked a Cyclospora outbreak to Taylor Farms, tracing it back to the same central Mexico facility implicated in this year’s outbreak.
I have watched administrations of both parties handle outbreaks badly. What is different this time is not the mistakes. What is different is that three weeks into the largest Cyclospora outbreak this country has ever recorded, nobody at the top has said the number out loud.
The government in the United Kingdom has been urged to follow the European Union’s lead and curb Brazilian meat imports. The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) called on the UK
Campylobacter, Salmonella and E. coli infections went up in July
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