The Southern Nevada Health District is probing five cases of acute gastrointestinal illness tied to frozen half-shell oysters from South Korea, officials said May 6.
The Clark County residents reported symptoms including vomiting, diarrhea, nausea, and stomach pain after consuming
The FDA is delaying implementation of a rule that would require food companies to print nutritional information on the front labels of their products.
The proposed rule was developed by President Biden’s Administration with a comment period on it scheduled
Researchers have increased the understanding of diarrheal disease in older populations in South Africa.
A study examined trends in enteric pathogen prevalence in participants older than 5 years of age at selected sites between 2018 and 2023. Findings were published
The Food and Drug Administration uses 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, are
Optimal Carnivore, LLC, of Cheyenne, WY, is recalling 1,483 bottles of its Bone & Joint Restore capsules because of potential contamination with Salmonella.
The recall was initiated after the firm identified the contamination risk.
The recall, initiated on April 15,
The Food and Drug Administration is investigating a new outbreak of hepatitis A infections, but has not yet determined the source of the pathogen.
As of the posting of the outbreak announcement, there were five confirmed patients. The FDA has
Researchers have highlighted the significant burden of foodborne infections in Central America and the Caribbean and called for more attention on the issue in the region.
A review focused on bacterial foodborne diseases in Central America and the Caribbean (CAC) from
The CDC is investigating an outbreak of Salmonella Mbandaka infections that are linked to contact with backyard poultry.Information from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention says at least seven people across six states have been infected. In previous years,
A former Walt Disney World employee who hacked the company’s digital menu system and tampered with allergen information — falsely labeling peanut-containing items as safe — was sentenced to prison on April 24.
The tampering posed potentially life-threatening risks to
Scientists will meet in Italy later this month to discuss chemical food safety issues related to water quality.
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO) expert meeting is set for May 20 to 23 at