It’s been 10 years in the making, but the FDA has announced final guidance on the levels of arsenic in apple juice, seen as crucial for children’s safety.
The new guidance sets the level at
Continue Reading FDA adopts decade-old draft guidance for arsenic in apple juice
An outbreak of Salmonella infections traced to backyard poultry flocks has sickened 104 people, resulting in 27 hospitalizations, according to an update from the CDC.
Those sick range in age from 2 months to 83
Continue Reading Salmonella outbreak traced to backyard poultry sickens more than 100 so far this year
Too bad the Taco Bell worker was not already vaccinated.
The Snohomish County Health Department has identified a case of hepatitis A that occurred in a food worker who worked at two Taco Bell locations:
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: If you visited a Taco Bell in Everett or Lake Stevens on May 22 or 23 you have less than 2 weeks to get a Hepatitis A vaccine
As Memorial Day festivities, known for delicious meals and barbecues, draw to a close, there is bound to be an abundance of leftovers. If proper food storage practices are not followed, these leftovers can quickly
Continue Reading Proper food storage tips to avoid food poisoning from holiday leftovers
Memorial Day weekend is here, and many people are gearing up for outdoor celebrations and picnics. As the summer season kicks off, it’s crucial to be mindful of food safety to prevent spoilage and foodborne
Continue Reading Food safety tips for Memorial Day weekend
The use of social media might be making people smarter, but sadly that does not appear to be true for all topics. There are endless examples of social media being the excuse for all sorts
Continue Reading Social media experiment challenges those ‘use-by’ dates
Microplastics in food is the primary concern for people in Germany followed by antibiotic resistance, according to a survey. Pesticides in food were also a very high concern for 57 percent of people surveyed.
The
Continue Reading Survey ranks top concerns of German consumers
Evaluation of a safe food handling campaign in Australia found knowledge improved but there was limited impact on behavior.
Researchers assessed if the Western Australian ‘Play it Food Safe’ campaign led to long-term change in
Continue Reading A food safety campaign improved knowledge but not behavior
Fiddleheads, the curled, edible shoots of the ostrich fern, are a seasonal delicacy harvested in many parts of the Northern United States and Canada. Other types of ferns, like foxglove and bracken ferns, are not
Continue Reading Food safety for fiddleheads: Tips for safe consumption
A series of Salmonella outbreaks in the United Kingdom caused by breaded chicken products from Poland could have affected up to 5,000 people, officials have revealed.
The UK-wide outbreaks resulted in more than 1,000 confirmed
Continue Reading UK Salmonella outbreaks from breaded chicken sickened thousands and cost millions