In 2010, an outbreak of Clostridium perfringens at a psychiatric hospital in Louisiana claimed the lives of 3 of the 54 people sickened, an unusually high death toll for a
Thirteen senators from both sides of the aisle wrote to U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg this week asking the agency to collect more data on antibiotics
Americans and Europeans have been slathering triclosan on ever since hospitals began using it in antibacterial soaps and sanitizers 40 years ago. But that era may be passing, especially after
A California-based company is recalling approximately 77,688 pounds of its Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad Kits because they include dressing made with cilantro that was recalled Friday for potential
The Kentucky Department for Public Health will likely announce a statewide outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium later today or Friday, an epidemiologist at the Ashland Boyd County Health Department has told
Food service establishments in Ottawa, Ontario that repeatedly fail health inspections will be required to enroll employees in mandatory food safety training if a proposal set to be discussed next
Last year’s E. coli O157:H7 outbreak attributed to the Kelley Livestock Building at the North Carolina State Fair has brought changes in pedestrian and animal traffic patterns, now
The Folk Arts Council of Winnipeg Inc., also known as Folklorama, and the Russian Pavilion are being sued for lost wages, pain and suffering by 52-year-old Trudy Andrew
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s annual report to Congress, released this week, offers an overview of what the agency has been up to over the past year.
Lab tests have confirmed that an employee of Tom’s Gyro in Pocatello, Idaho has been infected with Hepatitis A, meaning that restaurant patrons may have been exposed to the
The U.S. Attorney for Colorado is close to finishing a federal criminal investigation into the deadly 2011 Listeria outbreak associated with cantaloupes from Jensen Farms, the nonprofit Denver-based