The suspect police arrested for a series of incidents involving tampering with self service food bars in South Lake Tahoe remains in custody charged with a felony.
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Fidel Castro’s death came by coincidence just ahead of several more American airlines this week beginning regular airline service to Cuba.
On the runway for take-off to Cuba
Home cooking can kill, often because not enough is known about foodborne illnesses that may result from consumer practices. Television cooking shows –long an important resources for home cooks—rarely
Twenty-one people infected with an outbreak strain of multi-drug resistant Salmonella Heidelberg have been reported from eight states, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported
Three people are dead and five others are being treated for “probable food-borne (illness) symptoms, according to Contra Costa County health officials. The eight victims share the same residence
Everybody knows about Peanut Corporation of America, the company that eight years ago was at the center of a nationwide salmonella outbreak that sickened thousands and ended up killing nine.
With their clients starting their second year behind bars, criminal defense attorneys in the Peanut Corporation of America case finally filed briefs asking for those convictions and sentences to be
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s most recently posted food-related warning letters went to a produce processing facility and a dairy in Michigan, an acidified food manufacturer
LiveScience reporter Sara G. Miller covered a recent FDA presentation on the risks of sprouts at IDWeek. According to Miller, “sprout contamination continues to pose a serious public health concern,
JFC International Inc. is recalling two varieties of bagged candy flavored after the popular Japanese soda pop Ramune because of an undeclared allergen, specifically wheat.
The Los Angeles-based company
Editor’s note: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention originally published this article on Nov. 22.
For many people, the holiday season is the perfect time to spend time
Anderson’s Frozen Custard Inc. is recalling its “Pumpkin Ice Cream Pies” because they may contain undeclared peanuts.
People who have allergies or sensitivities to peanuts run the risk of