Three years ago, it was a different time. Bacteria could not get dates on weekends.
People who shunned meat could feel smug about leading lives free from E. coli O157:
Editor’s Note: This is the first installment in a ten-part series on meaningful foodborne illness outbreaks.
It’s been ten years since the Centers for Disease Control &
Shortly before the summer recess, the House overwhelmingly passed HR 2749 – The Food Safety Enhancement Act. The Senate may now either adopt the House version, or S 510 – The Food
A dozen children, all under age 10, in South East England are in hospitals across the region with infections from the dangerous E. coli O157:H7 bacteria that they picked
According to a recent poll of likely voters, about 9 in 10 support stronger food safety laws. The poll, conducted by a bipartisan team commissioned by the Pew Charitable Trusts,
The Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) recently published its final rule on school food safety inspections, which will take effect on October 2, 2009. The rule
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Tuesday the launch of its Reportable Food Registry (RFR), an electronic system that food facilities are required to report to
When Heather Whybrew entered Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA, she truly thought the worst was behind her. At PLU, she was pursing a double major in biology and psychology
Bacteria, viruses and parasites–the unholy trinity of foodborne illnesses–hurt people in such unique and different ways so-called “class action” lawsuits brought on behalf of victims of foodborne
It seems to always begin this way.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS) announces the recall of 845,000 pounds of ground beef
An 85-year-old Wisconsin woman who fell ill with an E. coli O157:H7 infection after eating Dole brand baby spinach in 2006 filed a lawsuit against Dole, Natural
Since the House passed H.R. 2749, The Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009, late July, there has been a lot of uninformed discussion over what is in the bill–