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FDA releases report on contamination in refrigerated dips and spreads

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released the results of a recent sampling assignment that focused on refrigerated ready-to-eat (RTE) dips and spreads. Conducted from March 2021 to

By News Desk

/ 19 Jun 2023

FDA releases report on contamination in refrigerated dips and spreads

Man dies from bacterial infection after eating raw oysters

A man in Missouri has died after eating raw oysters, according to local public health officials. The St. Louis County Department of Public Health reported the death on June 12

By Coral Beach

/ 13 Jun 2023

Man dies from bacterial infection after eating raw oysters

New study raises concerns about safety of commonly used artificial sweetener

Researchers from North Carolina State University have recently conducted a study revealing the safety of sucralose. Sucralose is marketed under the brand name Splenda and is the nation’s leading

By Jonan Pilet

/ 11 Jun 2023

New study raises concerns about safety of commonly used artificial sweetener

FDA adopts decade-old draft guidance for arsenic in apple juice

It’s been 10 years in the making, but the FDA has announced final guidance on the levels of arsenic in apple juice, seen as crucial for children’s safety.

By Coral Beach

/ 2 Jun 2023

FDA adopts decade-old draft guidance for arsenic in apple juice

Salmonella outbreak traced to backyard poultry sickens more than 100 so far this year

An outbreak of Salmonella infections traced to backyard poultry flocks has sickened 104 people, resulting in 27 hospitalizations, according to an update from the CDC. Those sick range in age

By News Desk

/ 1 Jun 2023

Salmonella outbreak traced to backyard poultry sickens more than 100 so far this year

Publisher’s Platform: If you visited a Taco Bell in Everett or Lake Stevens on May 22 or 23 you have less than 2 weeks to get a Hepatitis A vaccine

Too bad the Taco Bell worker was not already vaccinated. The Snohomish County Health Department has identified a case of hepatitis A that occurred in a food worker who worked

By Bill Marler

/ 30 May 2023

Publisher’s Platform: If you visited a Taco Bell in Everett or Lake Stevens on May 22 or 23 you have less than 2 weeks to get a Hepatitis A vaccine

Taco Bell employee infected with hepatitis A; county in Washington issues health alert

Health officials in Snohomish County, WA, are warning people who ate at two Taco Bell locations to monitor themselves for signs of hepatitis A infections and get vaccinated if they

By News Desk

/ 25 May 2023

Taco Bell employee infected with hepatitis A; county in Washington issues health alert

Social media experiment challenges those ‘use-by’ dates

The use of social media might be making people smarter, but sadly that does not appear to be true for all topics. There are endless examples of social media being

By News Desk

/ 25 May 2023

Social media experiment challenges those ‘use-by’ dates

Food safety groups pitch congressional leaders on the inside game

Eleven organizations that work closely with the Food and Drug Administration are asking bipartisan congressional leaders to work with them on “several pressing food safety issues this year.” The eleven

By Dan Flynn

/ 23 May 2023

Food safety groups pitch congressional leaders on the inside game

New World ag on its way: FDA gives initial thumbs up to pork from gene-edited pigs

As the popular children’s poem goes: “This little piggy went to market.” Now that the Food and Drug Administration has authorized letting gene-edited pigs enter the human food chain,

By Cookson Beecher

/ 22 May 2023

New World ag on its way: FDA gives initial thumbs up to pork from gene-edited pigs

Local officials in Montana issue public warning about contaminated raw milk

Local authorities in Missoula, MT, are warning people to not consume raw milk sold at a farmers market because it came from a herd where cows tested positive for Coxiella

By Coral Beach

/ 20 May 2023

Local officials in Montana issue public warning about contaminated raw milk

Clinical Tests coming after ‘magic mushrooms’ were legalized in Colorado

The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, CO, has announced the first modern-era psilocybin clinical trial for depression. The UC researchers will test whether psilocybin — the chemical compound

By Dan Flynn

/ 19 May 2023

Clinical Tests coming after ‘magic mushrooms’ were legalized in Colorado

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FDA releases report on contamination in refrigerated dips and spreads

Man dies from bacterial infection after eating raw oysters

New study raises concerns about safety of commonly used artificial sweetener

FDA adopts decade-old draft guidance for arsenic in apple juice

Salmonella outbreak traced to backyard poultry sickens more than 100 so far this year

Publisher’s Platform: If you visited a Taco Bell in Everett or Lake Stevens on May 22 or 23 you have less than 2 weeks to get a Hepatitis A vaccine

Taco Bell employee infected with hepatitis A; county in Washington issues health alert

Social media experiment challenges those ‘use-by’ dates

Food safety groups pitch congressional leaders on the inside game

New World ag on its way: FDA gives initial thumbs up to pork from gene-edited pigs

Local officials in Montana issue public warning about contaminated raw milk

Clinical Tests coming after ‘magic mushrooms’ were legalized in Colorado