According to University of Leicester scientists, the moist environment of bagged salads, combined with nutrients leaching out of chopped leaves, created the perfect breeding ground for bacteria.
La Quercia of Iowa is recalling 932 pounds of cured, dried pork products due to insufficient dehydration. This could lead to an outgrowth of harmful bacteria.
It's been over 30 years since the alert control system started in the EU, and over 14 years since the publishing of Regulation (EC) 178/2002, where the legal basis of the RASFF (Rapid Alert System for Food & Feed) were set.
According to news released by The Center for Food Safety (CFS) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), a sample of hairy crabs from Hubei province in China mainland had been found containing carcinogenic dioxin.
Two Porter County restaurants were investigated last week at the behest of the Indiana State Department of Health over concerns about frozen strawberries that could have been contaminated with hepatitis A.
Weight Watchers is recalling its Smart Ones Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Sundae frozen desserts because it may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria.
A review of studies evaluating techniques for producing seedless fruit concludes these techniques can contribute to higher yields that help ensure the security of food supplies.
Charcuterie Parisienne brand cured meats are being recalled in Canada for possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The products were sold in Quebec at the retail level.
Listeria monocytogenes has been found in three of 100 environmental samples, and in one product sample, taken this past spring at a fresh fruit processing facility in Vernon, CA.
Recently, the Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of Weihai customs discovered and quarantined a large infection of the dangerous Dysmicoccus Neobrevipes from a traveller who was carrying rambutan.
A Professor of Mycology/Plant Pathology at Landmark University Omu-Aran, has said that mass cultivation of mushrooms in Nigeria can end food scarcity in the country.
Five states have posted notices, either on their Facebook pages or on their state web sites, about the facilities that may have received frozen strawberries imported from Egypt that are associated with a hepatitis A outbreak.
