In what has been a slowly expanding recall, Del Monte Fresh Produce on Monday became the latest company to announce that some of its grape tomatoes may be contaminated with
Certain lots of Mountain Pure bottled drinking water have been recalled because test results show the presence of biological contamination, the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) announced Monday.
More testing
Coming a year after an oil spill and six years after a hugely damaging hurricane, the Gulf oyster industry fears too much fresh water coming down the Mississippi River could
In the search for the cause of Haiti’s recent cholera outbreak, which has claimed more than 4,500 lives and sickened 300,000 people, the finger of blame cannot
All the lobbyists billing their respective and mostly meat industry clients made the point one more time Monday — they do not want fees replacing what the taxpayers now ante up
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Friday cleared the first test for Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) infections that can quickly discern whether the bacteria are methicillin resistant (MRSA) or
Children born to women who have been exposed to bisphenol A (BPA) during pregnancy, especially during the first trimester, may be at greater risk of developing asthma, according to a
BON SECOUR, AL — Chris Nelson, vice president of Bon Secour Fisheries Inc., knew a year ago when the BP oil spill had just begun that the hardest damages to settle
Editor’s Note: This article is the continuation of a series on emerging techniques introduced at the Foodborne Pathogen Interventions Symposium in Seattle on April 27. The event was hosted
When the University of Florida’s Emerging Pathogens Institute (EPI) released a report on April 28 ranking the microorganisms that cause the greatest burden to U.S. public health, many
What’s the “Future of Food” Without Food Safety?
I attended the Future of Food Conference in Washington D.C. this last week and was amazed by the speakers that
When it was built just before the Civil War, the Nottoway Plantation House had about 80 acres of front yard between it and the Mississippi River. Today a dike that