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Death Cap Mushrooms

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

By Jonan Pilet on October 28, 2022

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 mushroom poisoning case in Massachusetts has…

Continue Reading Misidentification increases the risk of poisoning as mushroom hunters head out to forage
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Kevin Kowalcyk

Remembering Kevin: There was no accountability

By Guest Contributor on August 12, 2022

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 our lives early in the morning on…

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Consumer who fell ill after eating Daily Harvest tells her story

By Jonan Pilet on June 23, 2022

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 in the Box E. coli outbreak…

Continue Reading Consumer who fell ill after eating Daily Harvest tells her story
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Salmonella potentially changed my granddaughter’s life

By Guest Contributor on May 13, 2022

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 of the top essays in the …
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One of the recalled pizzas

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

By Bill Marler on April 25, 2022

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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. For 26 other cases of HUS and…
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: Your child should not get E. coli and kidney failure or die from eating a pizza

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

By Jonan Pilet on April 18, 2022

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 killed Jordin and her classmates and …
Continue Reading Mother describes daughter’s near death from 2017 Tiger Brands Listeria outbreak

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

By Jonan Pilet on January 10, 2022

“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 her husband tried to have …
Continue Reading South African mother loses newborn to listeriosis in 2018 Tiger brand polony outbreak

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Spanish poisoning survivors stage museum protest

By News Desk on October 22, 2021

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 reports.

Reuters reported the survivors…
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STOP3000: Raising awareness of foodborne illness with every step

By News Desk on September 13, 2021
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 illness and the fact that an …
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Phumzile Banze's baby Sibusiso in 2018

Mother shares baby’s battle against Listeria

By Joe Whitworth on August 18, 2021

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 of the country’s largest ever…
Continue Reading Mother shares baby’s battle against Listeria

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