FDA Announces FREE-B, A New Tool for Food-Emergency Readiness
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in collaboration with other federal partners including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the...
CDC Reports That Rates of Salmonella Infection Have Seen No Progress in the Past 15 Years
“Foodborne infections can be prevented,” according to the Vital Signs report in the most recent issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), a series...
CDC Reports Decline in Foodborne Illness
How about a little good news for a change? The CDC announced today, in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the results of a study indicating...
Update on Daniele salami/pepper Salmonella outbreak
Yesterday, the CDC updated the case count in the Salmonella outbreak linked to recalled salami from Daniele Inc., red pepper from Wholesome Spice, and likely black...
The slow flow of information about food outbreaks
Today, the Rhode Island Department of health announced that the pepper that Daniele Inc used to produce its salami--now the subject of a major recall and outbreak--was contaminated,...
Cookie Dough E. coli Outbreak Remains Mystery
According to a CDC update on the multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 linked to Nestle cookie dough, the agency is working with public health...
The Next Foodborne Threat? MRSA infections from contaminated meat
In an interesting article published online today, the author discusses the growing threat to the public health posed by the presence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus...
Baltimore Police Seize Turtles Linked to Salmonella Risk
They may seem harmless and look cute, but juvenile turtles carry the risk of Salmonella transmission. Recently, police in Baltimore seized dozens of tiny turtles...
Senator Klobuchar's Push for New Food Safety Legislation Highlights the Work of Minnesota Health Officials
Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar held a press conference today to announce new proposed leglisation to "promote a more rapid and effective national response to outbreaks of...
CDC Issues Update on Veggie Booty Salmonella Outbreak
Andrew Bridges with the Associated Press continued coverage of the Salmonella outbreak traced to Veggie Booty yesterday with a story on the suspected source of...
