By: Robert M. Califf, FDA Commissioner of Food and Drugs
Last month was the first anniversary of the White House Conference and National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. The
Experts have named norovirus the leading cause of viral foodborne illness, followed by Hepatitis A and Hepatitis E.
Hepatitis A and E viruses were ranked equally but higher compared to
The patient count in an outbreak of infections from Shigella continues to increase in Yakima County, WA.
As of Oct. 18 public health officials had confirmed 72 people with infections
Work in England to develop bacteriophages to tackle disease has received funding support.
The £800,000 ($975,000) grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) will help
Time is on my side, yes it is . . .”
Written by Jerry Ragovoy performed by The Rolling Stones
Nothing could be further from the truth than that song lyric regarding the
East Coast Food Distributors, Inc., the importer of record located in Hudson, NH, recalls 7,767 pounds of pork chicharrones products. The products were imported from Colombia, a country ineligible
The petition Perdue Farms Inc. filed with USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) March 16 is still generating comments. The petition was assigned to the FSIS Office of
New Zealand has reported a rise in most major foodborne infections in 2022, according to recently published data.
The data comes from EpiSurv, the notifiable disease surveillance system, and the
More information has come to light about a deadly outbreak of Salmonella in Spain in 2022.
The outbreak occurred at the Geriàtric Aragó care home in Barcelona. According to officials,
District and appellate courts since 2010 have struck down the many ag-gag laws states have approved to protect animal agriculture.
But the United States Supreme Court has not yet
By Ben Chapman and Don Schaffner
We spend a lot of time talking about food safety risks to various stakeholders, including consumers. As co-hosts of “Risky or Not”, we
Researchers have looked into possible reasons for Scotland recording more E. coli O157 infections than England and Wales.
Based on yearly reports from public health agencies, the rate of clinical
