Most reports of animals being found in fresh produce involved frogs, according to a University of Illinois study.

More than 50 percent of 40 incidents involved frogs, but lizards, snakes, mice, birds, and a bat, were discovered in salad greens, green beans, or mixed vegetables. Ten of these – nine
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A parasitic worm that causes serious infections, especially via foods and beverages, has sickened at least three mainland visitors to Hawaii’s Big Island, according to state officials.

Hawaii’s health department director has released information provided to the state by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about the confirmation
Continue Reading Parasites continue to cause rat lungworm infections in Hawaii