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The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for a ground beef product that may be contaminated with foreign material, specifically metal.
The Food and Drug Administration is investigating a new E. coli outbreak and has closed an investigation into another.
The E. coli outbreak is linked to Raw Farm LLC’s
About 80 percent of the U.S. food supply is regulated by the FDA with the remainder — meat, poultry, catfish and egg products other then shell eggs - being under the authority of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
An additional 20 patients have been identified in an outbreak of Salmonella infections traced to moringa powder and capsules.
As of March 17, there are 97 confirmed patients, up 20
The Food and Drug Administration has added another supplement product to an existing warning because it contains toxic yellow oleander. There were already 28 products on the list.
The implicated
Researchers have developed new methods to test food for bacterial contamination that are faster and do not require expert training.
The work is being done at the University of Connecticut
One import sample was collected by FDA as part of the outbreak investigation. The agency knows the supplier, distribution center and manufacturer, but it is not reporting the names of those businesses.
