Officials in Hawaii are clamping down on retailers that sell raw goat’s milk, using the threat of seizure and fines up to $10,000 per day.
The state Department of Health has embargoed raw milk products,
Continue Reading Health department warns against drinking raw goat milk; issues cease and desist order for retailers
Researchers have increased knowledge of the lifecycle of some parasites by studying snails in Thailand. These parasites can cause severe infections in humans who consume raw or improperly cooked fish that have fed on infected
Continue Reading Scientists study role of snails in parasites that pose public health threat
“Tropical parasites in our food? No way!” most Americans think.
It’s time to think again.
In May Hawaii’s Department of Health announced three more cases of rat lungworm in recent visitors. Already endemic in
Continue Reading Paradise parasites — Challenges to controlling rat lungworm disease
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
Continue Reading Parasites continue to cause rat lungworm infections in Hawaii
The agricultural pesticide chlorpyrifos, which escaped being banned nationally a couple of years ago, soon won’t be legally available in New York or Hawaii.
In 2018, Hawaii enacted legislation to ban chlorpyrifos beginning in 2022.
Continue Reading New York steps ahead of Hawaii on agricultural pesticide chlorpyrifos
A Ready-to-Eat (RTE) single-serve condiment manufacturer from New York and a shelf-stable RTE hot sauce manufacturer are both on notice from the Food and Drug Administration for violations of federal food safety rules.
The FDA
Continue Reading FDA warns ready-to-eat condiment and hot sauce manufacturers
Hawaii officials are investigating E. coli contamination in well water that has prompted the Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut company to recall more than 20 products.
“There is clear evidence that food produced at the Kea‘au
Continue Reading Mauna Loa recalls some cookies, 20 macadamia products for E. coli risk
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing food safety recommendations for those who may be impacted by Hurricane Lane.
The National Weather Service has predicted Hurricane Lane would
Continue Reading USDA offers food safety advice for those in path of Hurricane Lane
A foodborne parasite detected in two patients in a Chinese hospital has been traced to consumption of raw wild centipedes, according to a case report by the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Researchers
Continue Reading Rat lungworm cases linked to eating centipedes; host snails increasing in US
The Hawaii Department of Health has confirmed the first case of rat lungworm disease in the state this year in an adult resident of West Hawaii on Hawaii Island.
The individual became seriously ill earlier
Continue Reading Hawaii reports first confirmed rat lungworm case of 2018
