Any discussion of outbreaks in 2020 must be dominated by the coronavirus pandemic, even though it is not considered a foodborne outbreak. There is no solid evidence that the virus can be transmitted by foods
Continue Reading Attention focuses on COVID-19 while foodborne outbreaks continue in 2020
With just six weeks to go, 2020 continues to look like a light year for the major foodborne illnesses when measured by multistate outbreaks. The three recently identified outbreaks of E. coli O157: H7 without
Continue Reading E. coli outbreaks with unknown food sources top light year for foodborne illnesses
Everyone who tracks food recalls knows they are an unpredictable and erratic occurrence. But even given that reality, food recalls during the past 30 days or so have been in a weird space.
Maybe the
Continue Reading Food recalls in the COVID-19 era are a little more erratic than usual
