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Fingerprints don’t lie: Experts say 2018 outbreak stats reflect value of WGS

By Coral Beach on December 28, 2018

Editor’s note: Today Food Safety News takes a look back at the most significant outbreaks in the United States in 2018. As in the past, our year-end coverage is not merely a list of individual …
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Recalls show foodborne threats continue

By Coral Beach on December 26, 2018

Editor’s note: Today Food Safety News takes a look back at the most significant recalls in the United States in 2018. As in past years, our year-end coverage is not merely a list of individual …
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FDA commissioner says science will answer Cyclospora questions

By Coral Beach on September 19, 2018

Citing the discovery of an infectious parasite in domestic produce this summer, the head of the FDA yesterday committed to using science to address foodborne pathogens.

A special government testing program found the Cyclospora parasite…
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CDC says parasitic outbreak traced to McDonald’s salad has ended

By Coral Beach on September 14, 2018

The FDA reports advances in testing helped investigators during an outbreak of cyclospora infections this summer. More than 500 people were confirmed infected, but the outbreak is over according to the Centers for Disease Control…
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FDA documents first Cyclospora contamination of U.S. fresh produce

By Coral Beach on September 4, 2018

A special FDA testing program on fresh herbs has documented the first confirmed evidence of the Cyclospora parasite in U.S. produce.

The Food and Drug Administration found the microscopic parasite on fresh cilantro at a…
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McDonald’s salads get the blame again for still more Cyclospora infections

By Dan Flynn on August 24, 2018

People who consumed salads from McDonald’s restaurants continue to suffer from Cyclospora infections, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta reports.  As of Thursday (Aug. 23), CDC said there was a…
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Restaurant food safety is an oxymoron

By Guest Contributor on August 19, 2018
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Nearly 300 people got sick after eating at a McDonalds in Brevard, NC, in what authorities believe is a case of norovirus spread through human contact. This is different from the other recent widespread…
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Parasitic outbreak count climbing; FDA still looking at salad mix from Fresh Express

By News Desk on August 17, 2018

The number of people with parasitic infections in an ongoing outbreak continues to increase, with 40 more added in the past week. The tally stands at 476 now in the outbreak traced to salad mix…
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More than 400 confirmed sick in Fresh Express, McDonald’s salad outbreak

By Coral Beach on August 11, 2018

In the past week, another 41 people were confirmed infected by Cyclospora parasites in an outbreak traced to Fresh Express salad mix used in salads sold by McDonald’s.

Of the 436 sick people, 20 have…
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Seeking action: Representative presses FDA for answers on cyclospora in salad

By Guest Opinion on August 6, 2018
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Editor’s note: U.S. Rep Rosa DeLauro sent this letter to FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb on Friday.


Dear Commissioner Gottlieb:

I write out of concern about the current outbreak of cyclosporiasis as well as the…
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McDonald’s France finds Listeria in chicken salad; supplier recalls dill

By Joe Whitworth on August 3, 2018

McDonald’s has revealed it detected Listeria in a chicken salad sold in restaurants throughout France.

The fast food giant said an internal control found the pathogen in one lot of chicken Caesar salad sold from …
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