Eight times since 2017, growers of leafy greens, especially those producing Romaine lettuce, have been rocked by outbreaks of E. coli O157:H7. The pathogen associated with the intestines of cows rode in on the greens, causing sicknesses, sending people to
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There’s a break in leafy green outbreaks, but work to eliminate them forever continues
Eight times since 2017, growers of leafy greens, especially those producing Romaine lettuce, have been rocked by outbreaks of E. coli O157:H7. The pathogen associated with the intestines of cows rode in on the greens, causing sicknesses, sending people to
FSA issues chocolate warning after reports of illness
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has warned people not to eat Caligold chocolate following reports of illness.
The 70 percent dark chocolate bars were sold at Mansfield Market in Nottinghamshire, England. FSA and other authorities are trying to find out
Major E. coli and other UK outbreaks in focus at ESCAIDE
More details have been shared about a major E. coli outbreak linked to salad and other past incidents in the United Kingdom.
Presentations at the European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology (ESCAIDE) covered a large E. coli outbreak in
FDA imposes extra import regulations on cantaloupe, coconut and seafood
The Food and Drug Administration continues using import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.
Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency,
Convenience store chain recalls cantaloupe products linked to outbreak
Kwik Trip Inc. has initiated a recall of three varieties of freshcut fruit cup and tray products because they contain cantaloupe from TruFresh which has been linked to a Salmonella outbreak.
Because of an expanded recall of fresh, whole cantaloupes
Daycare center kitchen reopens after outbreak that sickened hundreds
The kitchen at the heart of an E. coli outbreak that sickened almost 450 children at daycare centers in Calgary, Canada, has been allowed to reopen on a limited basis.
Provincial health officers in Alberta say the Fueling Minds kitchen
Credit card data used to trace possible cases in botulism outbreak
An outbreak of foodborne botulism in France has highlighted the effectiveness of using credit card data to identify potential patients, according to researchers.
In September 2023, a botulism outbreak affecting 15 people occurred in Bordeaux during the Rugby World Cup. Sick
Farm Bill 2024 is unlikely to include anything about food safety
The Farm Bill, signed into law by President Trump on Dec. 20, 2018, was extended by Congress into next year. It was to expire, but congressional Republicans and Democrats could not get their act together for a new Farm Bill,
Study finds more evidence of bacteria in raw meat pet food
Scientists have found a strong association between dogs excreting ciprofloxacin-resistant E. coli and feeding them a raw diet.
E. coli, which can lead to food poisoning, is also the United Kingdom’s top cause of urinary tract and bloodstream infections.
Ciprofloxacin belongs to