Shan Distribution Network Inc. of Carol Stream, IL, is recalling 5,084 pounds of frozen breaded Swai fish fillet and stick products because they were produced in the United Arab Emirates, a country that is not eligible to export Siluriformes fish […]
People I respect have told me I am unnecessarily critical of industry and of the government, and of FDA and CDC in particular. Some of them are friends. A few of them spent careers inside the agencies I write about.
As patient counts continue to rise in an outbreak of infections from the Cyclospora parasite, the company whose iceberg lettuce is likely the cause of thousands of the infections continues to deflect accusations. On Aug. 5, the Centers for Disease
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I spent last week at the IAFP annual meeting in New Orleans, and I talked to dozens of people — quality directors, growers, lab directors, a few regulators who were careful about what they said, and more than a few
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The Korean health agency has warned people about a rise in gastrointestinal illnesses with Campylobacter cases doubling in the space of a week. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) urged caution in food preparation and consumption as temperatures and humidity rise in summer, leading to an increase in bacterial infections.
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Public health authorities in Malta are investigating four cases of hepatitis A associated with a food establishment. People who ate at Deli and Co in Ħal Qormi, between June 17 and 25, are advised to be on the lookout for
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The CDC has increased the case count for an outbreak of Cyclospora parasitic infections linked to iceberg lettuce by several thousand. As of Aug. 5 the confirmed case count was 6,358 with 278 hospitalizations. That is up from 1,947 that
An Italian child who spent almost a decade in a coma after eating raw milk cheese has died. Mattia Maestri died aged 13 after spending nine years in a coma having contracted an E. coli infection, which led to HUS
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The government in the United Kingdom has been urged to follow the European Union’s lead and curb Brazilian meat imports. The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) called on the UK Government to introduce restrictions on Brazilian beef, poultry and other animal
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Hundreds of people are sick in an outbreak of Salmonella Javiana infections that has been traced to imported jalapeño peppers from Sinaloa, Mexico, and distributed by Coast Citrus Distributors. According to the CDC there are 345 confirmed patients spread across
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