The number of customers sickened with Salmonella after dining at Clover Food Lab locations in Massachusetts has risen to 27, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
Food safety experts are scratching their heads after a Washington Post article suggested last week that certain chemicals used in poultry processing might be masking the presence of Salmonella.
The chief executive of New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra said Wednesday the risk that people could contract botulism from infant formula made with the firm’s whey concentrate has ended.
Just a step ahead of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s release of two rules for improving imported food safety, AFDO has published its own guidance document entitled “Issues and Concerns with Imported Foods.”
At least 480 people have been found ill from Cyclospora infections since June across 16 states, according to the latest update from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
An ongoing E. coli O157:H7 in Arizona that has been linked to a local Mexican restaurant chain has potentially doubled in size to 33 cases with 15 hospitalizations being investigated, according to the Maricopa County Health Department.
Health officials in Rhode Island are warning restaurants, seafood markets and consumers not to eat recalled shellfish harvested from specific sites in Connecticut.
Customers of the Family Cow dairy in Chambersburg, Penn., are once again being warned that the milk may be contaminated with Campylobacter, a harmful bacteria commonly found in cow feces.
An increase of 44 cases in Texas over the weekend has brought the number of confirmed illnesses from recent Cyclospora outbreaks to 469, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.
The origin of the E. coli illnesses of three San Luis Obispo County residents, including two who have been hospitalized, is being investigated by California health officials while they look for others who might be infected.
Health officials in Arizona’s Maricopa County have identified an E. coli outbreak linked to a local Mexican restaurant that has sickened at least 11 people and may be responsible for 4 additional cases.
A salad mix linked to a severe stomach virus that sickened more than 200 people in Iowa and Nebraska has not been served at Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants there for about a month.
U.S. health authorities have traced at least one source of an intestinal bug that has sickened more than 400 people in 17 states to salad greens supplied to restaurants by a company in Mexico.
China has halted imports of all milk powder from New Zealand and Australia, New Zealand's trade minister said on Sunday, after bacteria that can cause botulism found in some dairy products raised food safety concerns.
A recent study funded by stakeholders in the pork industry found that porcine epidemic diarrhea virus can be spread by contaminated transport trailers.
A severe stomach illness linked to prepackaged salad has struck two new patients in Iowa, state health officials said on Wednesday, as the bug spread through 16 states.
Food & Water Watch said Monday it’s concerned about the way the U.S. Department of Agriculture is regulating meat imports following last weekend’s recall of nearly 200,000 pounds of imported chicken for dioxins.
