My daughter Megan and I picked an interesting week to travel to Europe. We’re in the Netherlands where I’m doing research for my doctorate in environmental health. We
German officials Wednesday expressed some optimism that Europe’s E. coli outbreak is finally ebbing. But they also acknowledged two more food poisoning deaths, and warned that more deaths are
A commonly used animal drug is being suspended from sale in response to new U.S. Food and Drug Administration data showing it increases arsenic levels in chicken livers.
Though
Foodborne illness outbreaks in the U.S. are not getting worse, but the government response to food-related outbreaks is deteriorating, according to a paper published by the American Enterprise
The German E. coli outbreak is demonstrating the difficulty of identifying a “smoking gun” in outbreaks of foodborne illness.
Some are asking, “Where is the evidence?” By “evidence,” I believe
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) is calling on Congress to fund the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act and to pass new meat safety legislation.
Gillibrand’s bill aims to reduce
While the United States has made progress in keeping E. coli O157:H7 at bay in the food supply, it hasn’t made much headway in combating Salmonella, health officials
In the midst of what has tragically become the deadliest E. coli outbreak in history, serious questions are being raised about the need to step up testing here to protect
In what is becoming a haunting refrain of statistics connected to the E. coli outbreak in Germany, here are Tuesday’s updated figures: 24 dead (up 2 from the day
The leading Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are asking their Republican counterparts to hold a hearing on the public health threat posed by the rare and extremely
One child has died and at least seven others have been sickened from E. coli infections in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virgina.
News reports said a 2-year-old girl