The Peanut Corporation of America shut down in 2009 after a massive outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium linked to its products left the company bankrupt. Evidence that company officials knowingly released
This week, Food Safety News is acknowledging leaders who help keep our food supply safe. Today we celebrate non-government organizations. Of course, no list is ever complete so if
The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday announced a 76-count indictment has been filed charging four former officials of the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) and a related
A powerful world panel is recommending that the United States be dropped to the lower “negligible” risk classification for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or Mad Cow Disease, an opinion praised
Scientists have begun a clinical trial of two vaccines that may prevent Shigella infection, announced the National Institutes of Health Wednesday. The government-funded study will examine the effect of
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched a “Solve the Outbreak” iPad app that lets people play disease outbreak investigator, as if they were in the agency’s
This week, Food Safety News is acknowledging leaders who help keep our food supply safe. We’ve focused on leaders in education, government and consumer organizations over the last several
A Florida-based company is recalling a batch of its smoked salmon because the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. MKG Provisions of Miami, FL issued a voluntary recall
The Canadian division of Safeway is recalling some frozen beef burgers due to potential E. coli O157:H7 contamination. The recalled products are the “Gourmet Meat Shoppe Big & Juicy
Patrons of two bars in southwestern North Carolina are being warned that they may have been exposed to Hepatitis A after an employee of both establishments was found to be
Thirty-three U.S. senators from livestock states, including Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Thad Cochran (R-MS), chairwoman and ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, on Tuesday sent
Today Colorado’s Jared Polis will announce, outside a reborn organic retail store in Boulder, that he is introducing a federal bill in Congress to mandate the labeling of food