Contributed
Editor’s note: One of our regular contributors, Carl Custer, has been closely watching the investigations into E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks associated with romaine lettuce in the past
Owners of a Michigan food company have agreed that they will not reopen their business, Saranac Brand Foods Inc., which had repeatedly been found to be contaminated with potentially deadly
Opinion
Jim Prevor is the award-winning food writer, editor and lecturer from Boca Raton, FL, who is the founder and publisher of Produce Business magazine. He is known as
Washington State’s most significant public health agency says there are no common foods, restaurants or any other known sources for a shigellosis outbreak at a local kindergarten.
Public Health
The former owner of a fast food outlet in England linked to a Salmonella outbreak last year has received a suspended six month prison sentence.
Eight people had acute food
Two girls, aged four and six, have contracted botulism in the Brazilian state of Paraná.
Both cases were hospitalized but have now been discharged following treatment.
Foodborne botulism, caused by
Hundreds sicken and hospitalized, dozens with kidney failure and 7 deaths from romaine in the last 12 months in the U.S. and Canada and the response from industry and
The Center for Produce Safety in Woodland, CA, is out with some promising findings on Listeria from CPS-funded research at Clemson University in South Carolina.
According to the CPS
Food standards delivery in the United Kingdom is hampered by inadequate resources and an out of date approach to regulation, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
The agency reviewed
Opinion
Editor’s note on the author: Michéle Samarya-Timm, a health educator and Registered Environmental Health Specialist working for Somerset (NJ) County Department of Health, originally wrote this column
Foodborne outbreaks affected more than 2,000 and killed nine people in Australia in 2012, according to the latest OzFoodNet annual report.
OzFoodNet sites reported 144 outbreaks of foodborne and
ANF Inc. and ELM Pet Foods are recalling dry dog foods because of potentially elevated levels of vitamin D.
Dogs that ingest excessive vitamin D may experience vomiting, loss of
