What is the Salmonella Bacteria?
Salmonella is a bacterium that causes one of the most common enteric (intestinal) infections in the United States – salmonellosis. The term Salmonella refers to…
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: What you need to know about SalmonellaConsumer Reports (CR) has found concerning discoveries regarding pesticide contamination in everyday fruits and vegetables in a newly released investigation. The report, representing CR’s most extensive analysis to date, examines…
Continue Reading Consumer Reports investigation raises concerns about pesticides in produceThe Food and Drug Administration has identified a new outbreak of infections from E. coli O157:H7.
The agency announced the outbreak on April 17 and indicated that traceback efforts have…
Continue Reading New E. coli O157:H7 outbreak detectedAccording to the Danish food agency, there is still uncertainty among chefs and kitchen workers about the management of norovirus.
A Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (Fødevarestyrelsen) control and guidance…
Continue Reading Danish campaign results show norovirus uncertaintyFresh organic basil sold at Trader Joe’s stores is behind a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium infections.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating the outbreak with the…
Continue Reading Investigators link Salmonella outbreak to fresh organic basil from Trader Joe’sAbout 10 days ago, after a second human case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Flu was announced, the Centers For Disease Control And Prevention (CDC) reworked its markup on the issue…
Continue Reading That second human bird flu illness brings stepped-up involvement by the CDCPart of a federal investigation into lead in certain cinnamon applesauce products has been shifted to a followup status.
The new approach by the Food and Drug Administration is designed…
Continue Reading FDA shifts approach to investigation into lead poisoning outbreak traced to applesauceSwitzerland has reported a rise in warnings and recalls in 2023 compared to the year before.
The Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO) published 17 public warnings and 73…
Continue Reading Recalls up in Switzerland but down for Belgium in 2023The latest posting on long-time persistent violative raw milk seller Amos Miller illustrates at least two costs of permitting litigants to abuse legal process: 1. It purports to allow illegal…
Continue Reading Letter to the Editor: Amos Miller situation unacceptable abuse of legal systemDanish officials are trying to find the source of a Listeria outbreak that has affected 17 people since 2019.
Two illnesses have provisionally been registered in 2024, said the Statens…
Continue Reading Denmark reports fatal multi-year Listeria outbreak