Climate change is likely to have considerable impact on food safety, placing public health at risk, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
In its first publication on the topic, WHO officials said changing rainfall
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FDA commissioner says science will answer Cyclospora questions
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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FDA documents first Cyclospora contamination of U.S. fresh produce
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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Parasitic outbreak count climbing; FDA still looking at salad mix from Fresh Express
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
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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Parasites linked to McDonald’s likely not part of Del Monte outbreak
McDonald’s officials decided to pull salads from 3,000 of their U.S. restaurants while they work with federal and state investigators to find the specific source of Cyclospora parasites that have infected more than 100 people.
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More confirmed with parasites linked to Del Monte vegetables
Public health officials have confirmed that dozens of more people have
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Briefly: Vietnam vets — Diaper Duty — Red meat anaphylaxis
Every hour of every day people around the world are living with and working to resolve food safety issues. Here is a sampling of current headlines for your consumption, brought to you today with the
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What sends this natural-healing mom straight to the doctor?
Editor’s note: This guest opinion column was originally published on www.healthambition.com and is reprinted here with permission.
I’d say most of us have joked at some point that we’d love to have a tapeworm that
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Cyclospora cases through the roof; CDC can’t find source
Almost 1,000 people in the United States have contracted infections from Cyclospora parasites since May 1. Health officials are baffled, saying they haven’t been able to discover the source of the microscopic creatures, which infect
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Poisoned in paradise: Rat lungworm nightmare in Hawaii
Whether state officials have downplayed the danger of rat lungworm parasites, the fact remains that Hawaii is in the midst of an outbreak that has given at least three people from the mainland lasting impressions
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