After 2010, animal agriculture turned to state criminal law to stop activists from entering private property to collect evidence of animal abuse. This involved increasing penalties for trespass, making it a crime to lie on employment applications or make video
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Criminal charges filed in botulism outbreak
The owner of a restaurant in France linked to a botulism outbreak is facing charges in relation to the incident.
In September 2023, during the Rugby World Cup, foodborne botulism affected 16 people in Bordeaux. Sick people came from Canada,
‘Right to rescue’ could be advanced by California felony conviction
After 2010, animal agriculture turned to state criminal law to stop activists from entering private property to collect evidence of animal abuse. This involved increasing penalties for trespass, making it a crime to lie on employment applications or make video
Salmonella infections prompt renewed Polish poultry warning
Food agencies in the United Kingdom have again voiced concern about Salmonella in poultry and egg products from Poland.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA), Food Standards Scotland (FSS), and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) told consumers to take care when handling and cooking
Frozen chicken recalled because of undercooking
Wayne Farms LLC of Decatur, AL, is recalling 1,377 pounds of frozen ready-to-eat (RTE) chicken breast products that may be undercooked, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The RTE chicken breast items were
More than two dozen report illnesses after eating at a North Carolina restaurant
County officials in North Carolina are investigating an outbreak of foodborne illnesses linked to a sushi restaurant.
Patrons of Sushi Nine on Western Boulevard in Wake County reported illnesses with symptoms common to norovirus virus infection. The first case was
Salmonella outbreak traced to cantaloupe doubles in size; one more person has died
The number of patients in a Salmonella outbreak traced to cantaloupe has doubled since Nov. 30, and one more person has died.
As of today, Dec. 7, 230 people across 38 states have been infected. Of the people with information
More children identified in outbreak of lead poisoning traced to applesauce
Federal officials continue to receive reports of children with elevated levels of lead in their blood. An international investigation of cinnamon in applesauce products is ongoing.
As of Dec. 6 the Food and Drug Administration had received reports of 64
A new window opens for the emerging lab-meat industry
Joint regulation of cell-cultured meat by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has not brought transparency to the novel food.
To help fill that transparency gap, the Center for the Environment and
WHO and World Bank plan update to foodborne illness cost estimates
The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for experts to contribute to work on the economic impact of foodborne diseases.
WHO is in the process of updating global estimates on the public health burden of foodborne infections. This will look