A Los Angeles company is recalling approximately 377,775 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s
Citing evidence of “widespread and active rodent and insect infestation,” the Food and Drug Administration had U.S. Marshals seize food products being held in the warehouse and processing plant
Nestlé Prepared Foods Company is recalling a small number — less than 200 packages — of Lean Cuisine Dinnertime Selects Chicken Fettuccini because they might contain Lean Cuisine Dinnertime Selects Lemon Garlic
Editor’s Note: This is the second installment in a series written by John Munsell of Miles City, MT, who explains how the small meat plant his family owned for
It was one month ago today that Colorado named its own “Rocky Ford-brand” cantaloupes as the likely source of a multistate outbreak of Listeria infection, which now could easily
Two deaths in Louisiana have been confirmed by that state to be part of the multistate outbreak of Listeria infection linked to cantaloupe grown on a Colorado farm.
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With the release of the movie Contagion, I thought it would be appropriate to post my cheat sheet on how to investigate a disease outbreak. Aspiring disease detectives take notes!
Sunday’s episode of “The Good Wife,” a drama on CBS now in its third season, used a fictional outbreak of listeriosis apparently just to get a few laughs.
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Bite, the quarterly magazine of the UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA), is stirring the genetically modified (GM) foods debate by dedicating its entire, just-released 32-page issue to
Editor’s Note: This is the first part in a series written by John Munsell of Miles City, MT, who explains how the small meat plant his family owned for
The GlobalG.A.P. Tour 2011 conference Oct. 17 and 18 in Atlanta will bring together fresh produce industry-leading speakers and delegates to discuss safety and sustainability in the
Doctors at Georgetown University Hospital don’t see many victims of mushroom poisoning. This September, however, when 4 new cases cropped up in 2 weeks, they had an opportunity to