CHICAGO — America’s top cops in food safety gathered for a “Town Hall” Thursday morning at the 2017 Food Safety Summit. They let the attendees know that if they were worried about the transition in
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New testing methods account for some increases in illness stats
The winners for the dubious distinction of causing the most food borne illnesses for 2016 is out.
According to preliminary data recently published in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Campylobacter and Salmonella
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One more look at lessons unlearned in raw burger outbreak
Before the federal Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention went public with the first announcement of a multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7, the boss let everyone working on foodborne diseases know there was one
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STOP Foodborne Illness to honor Food Safety Heroes
STOP Foodborne Illness, the Chicago-based national advocacy and education organization, will honor three Food Safety Heroes at a fundraising event being held Dec. 6 from 7-9 p.m.
The awards will be given during the Food
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IAFP 2015: Experts May Have Determined How Caramel Apples Caused That Listeria Outbreak
In November 2014, health officials began investigating two concerning clusters of Listeria infections that seemed to be related. The two strains of bacteria had already killed at least five people and hospitalized a few dozen
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CDC Update: 50 New Cases of Salmonella Heidelberg Linked to Foster Farms Chicken
Another 50 illnesses from Salmonella Heidelberg have been reported in connection with chicken from Foster Farms. The outbreak may not be over yet, but the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sees the
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CDC: Fast Work and Strong Epidemiological Evidence Led to Source of E. Coli Outbreak
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is praising state health officials and other collaborators for their work in identifying ground beef from the Wolverine Packing Company as the source of a multi-state
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Q&A: Dr. Robert Tauxe on the Outbreak in Germany
As of Tuesday, the toll in the outbreak of E. coli O104:H4 in Germany was 3,697 illnesses, 856 cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and 40 deaths.
Major Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) outbreaks in