A healthy planet and healthy animals go hand in hand to protect humans from pandemics, says a new United Nations report.
The report warns that diseases such as COVID-19 that can jump from animals to
Continue Reading Global push critical to prevent, fight pandemics; food safety one key factor
Consumer Reports still has a knack for finding something hiding in plain sight that many people will find outrageous. The find this time is bottled Starkey Spring Water manufactured by Whole Foods and also sold
Continue Reading Bottled water’s arsenic king remains legal but still loaded with heavy metal
One person has died and more than 350 additional people have been infected with Salmonella from backyard poultry flocks, according to a CDC outbreak update. A third of the ill people are children younger than
Continue Reading Salmonella outbreak now involves 1 death and 42 states; live poultry blamed
Warmer weather is here and with it comes summer holidays and opportunities to eat together. In June, we celebrate the fathers and father figures that raised us. Stop Foodborne Illness wants fathers everywhere to know
Continue Reading Foodborne illness continues to touch fathers, but it can be stopped
The official beginning of summer is coming up, but the season is already here for many who are taking the opportunity to get outside and spend time in nature this Father’s Day weekend.
Warmer weather
Continue Reading Don’t let campfire cuisine provide pathogens for dad’s day
A year ago the poultry sickness that is known as virulent Newcastle disease (vND) was spreading like wildfire in California’s backyard flocks and state and federal agricultural officials were deploying tactics to limit the spread.
Continue Reading Move from response to prevention for virulent Newcastle disease (vND)
State officials are warning the public against consuming unpasteurized milk from a New York dairy because sample test results show it to be contaminated with Listeria.
Anyone who has any raw milk from Serenity Meadows
Continue Reading Raw milk dairy shut down in New York following positive Listeria test
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is reminding mushroom hunters that their wild-foraged treasures intended for sale must be inspected by a certified mushroom expert to help control food poisoning. The MDARD also
Continue Reading MDARD says all wild-foraged mushrooms offered for sale must be inspected
A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) says federal food safety agencies “could strengthen existing efforts to prepare for oversight of cell-cultured meat.”
However, the most interesting part of this latest GAO
Continue Reading Getting-to-Market barriers for cell-cultured meat discussed in new GAO report
Moms often are in charge of food safety in the home. Make sure to thank them this year by
Continue Reading Keeping mom safe this Mother’s Day
