New Zealand Food Safety is advising people not to consume a seaweed tonic being sold in glass bottles.
There have been no reports of associated illness to date from the
Heavy metals are the main hazard for consumers when eating seaweed harvested in Nordic countries, according to a report.
The report covers the safety of seaweed used as food, with
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has recalled lemonade and gel products sold by Royalty Sea Moss.
After a complaint from the Maryland Department of Health, an investigation
The FAO and WHO have highlighted a range of food safety hazards linked to eating seaweed plus a lack of data and regulation.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
Harvested seaweed, neither seafood nor a vegetable, is regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) but only as a spice.
“Like any other food, harvested seaweed can have some
E. coli was behind a large-scale food poisoning outbreak that involved about 3,000 school students and staff in Japan this past year, according to a study.
The investigation found
Four days after the Hawaii Department of Health reported it ordered a farm to cease and desist distribution of its seaweed because of links to an ongoing Salmonella outbreak, the
A seaweed growing operation in Hawaii is under orders to stop distributing products after a Salmonella outbreak investigation uncovered the pathogen in packing and processing tanks at the farm.
The
More than two dozen people in Hawaii have been infected by Salmonella bacteria in an outbreak that is tentatively linked to seaweed from an unnamed farm on Oahu.
The 14
