Commentary
Editor’s note: As part of our coverage of national Food Safety Education month we publish the following column from STOP Foodborne Illness.
This time of year food lovers’
As of this afternoon there have been 506 confirmed cases of Salmonella Newport illness in Canada linked to a Salmonella outbreak associated with onions. Officials in the U.S. have
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited a second large meat production company for failing to protect employees from exposure to the
Analysis
How often have you plopped a left-over baked potato, sill tightly wrapped in foil, on your kitchen counter, thinking you could heat it up or for a meal the
Researchers have assessed the factors behind an increase in Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) infections in Switzerland.
Since 2015, a large rise in cases has been observed. This coincided with
Negative terms most commonly used to describe the Food Standards Agency (FSA) were “frustrating, challenging and inconsistent”, according to a survey.
The research was done because the FSA wanted to
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. in Sioux Falls, SD, for failing to protect employees from exposure
An analysis of a Salmonella control program has found it was cost-effective in Hungary, according to researchers.
The authors conducted a retrospective analysis of the Hungarian Salmonella Control Program (HSCP)
Only one fifth of British people always check the hygiene rating of a takeaway restaurant before ordering, according to new research.
A survey of 1,000 adults in the United
It is highly unlikely that SARS-CoV-2 is a food safety risk, according to an international group of scientists.
The International Commission for Microbiological Specifications of Foods (ICMSF) is a non-governmental
A Wisconsin woman in her 60s has succumbed to the eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus, state laboratory testing has confirmed. She is one of two known human cases of the
The World Health Organization (WHO) is planning to update figures on the burden of foodborne diseases by 2025.
At a meeting of the WHO Executive Board in February in Switzerland,
