Safety Food

Belgium has recorded an increase in outbreaks and illnesses in 2024 compared to the year before. In 2024, 777 outbreaks were notified: 4,248 people were affected and 205 were hospitalized. There were six deaths. Figures were reported in the Federal […]

The FDA is warning the public about oysters from the Republic of Korea because Wang Globalnet of Vernon, CA has recalled certain frozen, raw, half-shell oysters because of norovirus contamination.  The implicated oysters are marked with the lot code B250112

Neuhaus Chocolates NV of Vlezenbeek, Belgium, has initiated a recall for Belgian Chocolate Moments Smurfs ‘Popping Milk Chocolates with Cookies, because they contains undeclared wheat.  People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to wheat (gluten) run the risk of

More than 20 people have been infected with the hepatitis A virus after eating at a restaurant in Norway. So far, 22 cases have been linked to the food service at Frognerseteren restaurant in Oslo. Frognerseteren decided to close on

Police in Poland have arrested a man suspected of threatening to contaminate food unless he was paid a ransom in Bitcoin. The Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime (CBZC) helped gather information about the messages, their source, and ultimately, their author.

With no person-to-person spread, the health risk to humans remaining low, and the 15-month emergency human response to H5N1 avian flu over, this summer’s break in reported infections to birds and mammals makes it a good time to bring on

— OPINION — We have entered into an escalating dialogue about food in America — what we should be eating, how we should be preparing it, what constitutes a nutritious meal, the need for additives in food, and the role