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The Illinois Department of Public Health reported yesterday that the number of confirmed Salmonella Hvittingfos cases associated with Subway restaurants has climbed to 71.
Restaurant customers who have become ill
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced yesterday that the agency was awarding grants to end hunger in America.
According to a press release, USDA will invest in research,
The Illinois Department of Public Health yesterday reported that 48 cases of Salmonella Hvittingfoss have been confirmed in an outbreak among Illinois Subway restaurant customers in Bureau, Cass, Champaign, Christian,
Two members of the United Kingdom’s Food Standards Agency steering group on genetically modified foods (GM foods, or GMOs) recently resigned from the group in protest over language inserted
Penn State announced today that ten jobs and dozens of additional positions are being eliminated at the university’s College of Agricultural Sciences due to budget shortfalls.
The job cuts
McDonald’s Corp. and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced that McDonald’s was recalling all Shrek Forever After 3D collectable drinking glasses late last week. The designs
New York consumers got a wake-up call this month when Andy Campbell reported in The Brooklyn Paper that a Brooklyn Heights Key Food store that had been accused of extending
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an update on the investigation into the nationwide Salmonella outbreak traced to alfalfa sprouts distributed by J.H. Caldwell and Sons,
Montclair Meat Co., Inc., of Montclair, California, announced yesterday that part of the approximately 53,000 pounds of ground beef the company recalled for potential E. coli contamination on May
At least 15 people became ill with Salmonella infections last month after attending the Margarita Mix-Off in Chico, California. Three of the fifteen were hospitalized due to the severity of
This week marks the beginning of hurricane season, and with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicting an “active to extremely active” season in the Atlantic Hurricane Basin, consumers
Late last week, Dr. David Holcombe, medical director for Region 6 of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals’ Office of Public Health, announced that chicken salad served at the
