The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced the death of a child Saturday. So far fourteen children and six adults who attended the Cleveland County Fair have
Food safety is one of the most ignored areas of policy in low-income countries, especially in Africa. As a result, food systems in these countries are not always as well
A meta-analysis of the health benefits of organic foods was published in The Annals of Internal Medicine on September 4, 2012. A large team of physicians and graduate students affiliated
Choosing healthy food is complicated for consumers when they are faced with conflicting recommendations. In the case of the healthiest foods – fruits and vegetables – the choice should be very easy.
We did, as reported in this space last week, make a transition to a new publishing platform. It did require more of some of us than others.
I should confess
In a continuing effort to keep current on those bugs that are bad for us, we have updated www.about-hepatitis.com.
Exposure to the hepatitis A virus can cause an
Sometimes events come together that highlight a serious problem. That certainly is the case with the recent Canadian Beef recall by XL Foods.
Over the past two weeks, XL Foods,
On September 22, grocer Trader Joe’s announced a recall of 16oz. plastic jars of Creamy Salted Valencia Peanut Butter. The original recall announcement, posted on the 22nd, contained the
That’s the mantra chanted by FDA whenever they are asked to provide retail distribution information for recalled products.
It’s the mantra offered by some State Departments of Health
It’s now official. Food Safety News has celebrated its third birthday and officially moved into its fourth year of publication.
When we began this venture back in 2009, we
I have litigated Listeria cases stemming from outbreaks traced to a variety of foods, such as cantaloupe, cheese, celery and milk. I am presently representing 44 victims and their families
To no one’s surprise, Beef Products Inc. (BPI) – maker of the ground beef product that took on the moniker of “pink slime” – filed a defamation lawsuit earlier this month