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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Friday that the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, FDA Office of Criminal Investigation Miami Field Office, and
The Hawaii State Department of Health announced yesterday that it has confirmed 10 cases of Salmonella Paratyphi B infection related to the consumption of previously frozen internationally imported raw ahi
Late last week, the California Department of Public Health warned consumers not to eat Wo Chong brand alfalfa or clover sprouts because of potential contamination with Salmonella.
The sprouts were
The Westchester County Health Department announced Friday that the public health agency was providing free post-exposure hepatitis A treatment for customers of the Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins restaurant located at
The Washtenaw County Public Health Department announced yesterday that it is investigating 10 potential E. coli cases that are likely caused by a common food source, according to a report
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture announced Thursday that it had suspended the permit allowing Pasture Maid Creamery in New Castle, PA, to sell raw milk for human consumption. The move
Bushway Packing Inc., a veal operation that was forced to close last October after a Humane Society video showed veal calves being treated in a manner that Secretary of Agriculture
Brooke Deatherage received her Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Washington in December of 2009 for her work with Salmonella. Since the publication of her first article, “Biogenesis
Kraft Foods announced last week that the company plans to eliminate 10 million pounds of salt from over 1,000 products in the next two years. The company will reduce
More than 200 people gathered in the Veterans Memorial Hall in Yuba City, California, to talk about walnuts last month. The annual Walnut Day run by the University of California
The European Food Safety Authority released the results of a survey on the prevalence of Campylobacter in broiler batches and of Campylobacter and Salmonella on broiler carcasses yesterday.
Campylobacter and
In late February, at least 50 people became ill with shigellosis, a type of food poisoning caused by the ingestion of Shigella bacteria, after eating food made at a Subway