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Netflix documentary ‘Poisoned’ shows tragic truth about food safety in America

— OPINION — Editor’s note: This column was originally published by MEDPAGETODAY and is reposted here with permission. In August 2006, Ruby Trautz of Omaha, Nebraska was the first person of

By Guest Opinion

/ 21 Aug 2023

Netflix documentary ‘Poisoned’ shows tragic truth about food safety in America

Misidentification increases the risk of poisoning as mushroom hunters head out to forage

It’s prime mushroom hunting time in much of the United States, but foragers need to have a keen eye or an expert opinion to avoid serious consequences. A recent

By Jonan Pilet

/ 28 Oct 2022

Misidentification increases the risk of poisoning as mushroom hunters head out to forage

Remembering Kevin: There was no accountability

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by The Ohio State University and is republished here with permission. The author is Barbara Kowalcyk, Kevin’s mother. Kevin came into

By Guest Contributor

/ 12 Aug 2022

Remembering Kevin: There was no accountability

Consumer who fell ill after eating Daily Harvest tells her story

Sarah Schacht is part of a select group of people with the distinction of falling ill with E. coli in two separate outbreaks. First a victim in Seattle’s Jack

By Jonan Pilet

/ 23 Jun 2022

Consumer who fell ill after eating Daily Harvest tells her story

Salmonella potentially changed my granddaughter’s life

Editor’s note: This essay was written as a Final Assignment for the Food Safety Litigation course at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville and was selected by the professors as one

By Guest Contributor

/ 13 May 2022

Salmonella potentially changed my granddaughter’s life

Publisher’s Platform: Your child should not get E. coli and kidney failure or die from eating a pizza

OPINION Santé publique France reports that as of 13/04/2022, 53 confirmed cases have been identified, of which 51 are linked to O26 strains, and 2 to O103 strains.

By Bill Marler

/ 25 Apr 2022

Publisher’s Platform: Your child should not get E. coli and kidney failure or die from eating a pizza

Mother describes daughter’s near death from 2017 Tiger Brands Listeria outbreak

Five years ago, three-year-old Jordin Du Preez was fed a polony sandwich at her preschool. The Tiger Brand’s polony in the sandwich was contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes and nearly

By Jonan Pilet

/ 18 Apr 2022

Mother describes daughter’s near death from 2017 Tiger Brands Listeria outbreak

South African mother loses newborn to listeriosis in 2018 Tiger brand polony outbreak

“They took away something that I was waiting for almost eight years of my life.” Over the course of their first eight years of marriage, South African Thenjiwe Dodo and

By Jonan Pilet

/ 10 Jan 2022

Spanish poisoning survivors stage museum protest

A group of people affected by a large poisoning outbreak in Spain from adulterated olive oil several decades ago have tried to raise awareness of the incident, according to media

By News Desk

/ 22 Oct 2021

Spanish poisoning survivors stage museum protest

STOP3000: Raising awareness of foodborne illness with every step

Food Safety Education Month During this year’s national Food Safety Education Month, STOP Foodborne Illness is asking their constituents and the public at large to increase awareness about foodborne

By News Desk

/ 13 Sep 2021

STOP3000: Raising awareness of foodborne illness with every step

Mother shares baby’s battle against Listeria

A South African woman has spoken out about how her newborn baby spent the first 12 days of his life in hospital because of a Listeria infection that was part

By Joe Whitworth

/ 18 Aug 2021

Mother shares baby’s battle against Listeria

Jimmy John’s franchisee could have to pay punitive damages in E. coli case

A man who was sickened by contaminated sprouts on a Jimmy John’s sandwich has been given permission by a Utah judge to seek punitive damages in a case related

By Coral Beach

/ 23 Jul 2021

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Victim Stories

Netflix documentary ‘Poisoned’ shows tragic truth about food safety in America

Misidentification increases the risk of poisoning as mushroom hunters head out to forage

Remembering Kevin: There was no accountability

Consumer who fell ill after eating Daily Harvest tells her story

Salmonella potentially changed my granddaughter’s life

Publisher’s Platform: Your child should not get E. coli and kidney failure or die from eating a pizza

Mother describes daughter’s near death from 2017 Tiger Brands Listeria outbreak

South African mother loses newborn to listeriosis in 2018 Tiger brand polony outbreak

Spanish poisoning survivors stage museum protest

STOP3000: Raising awareness of foodborne illness with every step

Mother shares baby’s battle against Listeria

Jimmy John’s franchisee could have to pay punitive damages in E. coli case

Your Support Protects Public Health