Safety Food

Boar’s Head company officials and federal officials are getting their ducks in a row in anticipation of the reopening of the deli meat production plant behind a deadly Listeria outbreak in 2024. The family-owned operation is a billion dollar a […]

More people are sick and a total of 27 products are now under recall in Canada in a Salmonella outbreak traced to pistachios. In addition to pistachio kernels, a number of products — primarily baked goods — are under recall

The restaurant linked to a hepatitis A outbreak in Norway has reopened. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI) said there are 38 patients with probable connection to the outbreak, of which 27 have been confirmed by genomic sequencing. Patients

Newton’s Third Law of Motion is that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. An example of this is currently playing out with pesticides and food safety and other health issues. First came those astounding jury verdicts

There is a low rate of bacterial contamination in frozen berries, according to a study in Switzerland. However, researchers warned that such products may pose a risk if they are consumed without a heating step and not immediately after thawing.

Viva Raw LLC, Charlotte, NC is voluntarily recalling two lots of raw dog and cat foods because of contamination with Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes.  The recall is for Lot 21495 of Viva Ground Beef for Dogs and Viva Beef &

— OPINION — Imagine buying a bag of shrimp, only to learn weeks later that it may have been exposed to radiation. Or opening your child’s lunchbox to find peanut butter later linked to a nationwide Salmonella outbreak. Food recalls are not

A Salmonella outbreak linked to food served in hospitals in Gran Canaria has affected 17 people. The Ministry of Health reported that nine patients were being treated at Gran Canaria University Hospital and eight at the Hospital Juan Carlos I.

Public Health Wales has advised farmers holding lamb-feeding events to limit offering close contact with animals. The advice was issued after a report on a large Cryptosporidium outbreak among people who went to a farm in Wales in spring 2024

When Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said on Aug. 15 that the New World screwworm had not been reported or detected in the United States “in animals,” she failed to mention that the maggot that burrows into the flesh of