Safety Food

Researchers have highlighted the key role played by eating raw fish at restaurants in the transmission of a parasite. Kudoa septempunctata is a parasite that causes gastroenteritis within hours of consuming raw infected fish. It is best known from farmed olive […]

A poultry company in England has disclosed how a Salmonella contamination incident will likely cost it £2.1 million ($2.8 million).   Between March 23 and April 10 this year, there was Salmonella contamination in Joice and Hill Poultry’s hatchery and

Federal public health officials have updated their reports on the huge Cyclospora parasite outbreak that is sweeping the country, with more than 2,000 more patients logged in the past week. The count now stands at 6,707 laboratory-confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis,

Confirmed patients in the massive Cyclospora outbreak plaguing the country increased over the weekend, with Michigan alone reporting more than 1,000 additional cases. The state is one among nine identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as being

Yesterday I flew to New Orleans for IAFP 2026, the annual meeting of the International Association for Food Protection, July 26 through 29 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. It is the largest food safety conference in the world —

Walking along Magazine Street in New Orleans while in town for the 2026 International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) Annual meeting, I wasn’t expecting to encounter one of the week’s most revealing commentaries on food safety. Sure, cities often promote

Ten Latin American countries are taking part in a project to strengthen their national food safety systems through risk analysis, with one of the leading entities being a U.S. university The effort is led by the Pan American Health Organization

Global supply chains and online marketplaces are adding to incident complexity, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA). FSA was notified of 2,073 food and feed safety incidents in England, Northern Ireland, and Wales during 2025-2026; this is an increase of

As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days

More than 40 cases of a serious condition that can develop after an E. coli infection were reported in 2025 in Italy. Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a severe complication associated with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) infections that can