The Nunavik Regional Board of Health is warning against eating certain walrus meat after people have reported botulism poisoning.
The patients are located in Inukjuak and reported eating igunaq at traditional feasts on March 18
Continue Reading Traditionally prepared walrus meat connected to botulism patients
Finnish authorities are investigating a company for allegedly buying foreign game meat and selling it as a domestic product.
Joupin Meklari Oy is suspected by officials of buying, selling and storing items such as venison
Continue Reading Finnish food agency orders destruction of meat products
With deer hunting season upon us there is an increase in the potential for foodborne illnesses. Field dressing, butchering, and handling of game meat all offer opportunity for pathogens wreak havoc.
Even if proper technique
Continue Reading Hunting season safety practices aren’t all about guns and arrows
A report on an outbreak of foodborne parasite infections in California in early 2017, published by the CDC, describes how raw, wild boar meat resulted in life-threatening illnesses for several people.
Continue Reading Disease detectives blame raw, wild boar meat for outbreak
The annual analysis of pesticide residues in domestic and imported foods, with the results for fiscal year 2015, showed 98 percent of tested foods produced in the United States do not violate federal limits.
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Continue Reading Pesticide report shows no residue on half of U.S. food tested
