KESQ reports: A Coachella Music Festival shuttle bus driver who was sickened with food poisoning after eating a catered meal is sharing new details about the incident that sent dozens to the hospital.
More than 100 drivers reported symptoms including nausea and vomiting after driving festival-goers Sunday night, according to Riverside County Public Health
The Associated Press reports that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating Lucky Charms cereal after dozens of customers complained of illness after eating it.
The FDA said Saturday it has received more than 100 complaints related to Lucky Charms so far this year.
“The FDA takes seriously any reports of possible adulteration of
The FDA routinely updates its Outbreak Investigation Table. This week the FDA is tracking the Norovirus outbreak linked to Canadian oysters that have sickened 103 in the United States and 279 in Canada. It is also tracking the Cronobacter outbreak linked to infant formula that has sickened four with two deaths. There are two
Skippy Foods, LLC is voluntarily recalling 9,353 cases, or 161,692 total pounds, of a limited number of code dates of SKIPPY® Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter Spread, SKIPPY® Reduced Fat Chunky Peanut Butter Spread and SKIPPY® Creamy Peanut Butter Blended With Plant Protein due to the possibility that a limited number of jars may contain
Food Safety News reports that another patient has been identified in a Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak that is under investigation by the Food and Drug Administration.
The cause of the outbreak is as yet unknown. The FDA has identified 60 patients. The agency has not reported where the patients live or any other information about them.
On March 16, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released findings from a sampling assignment that collected and tested processed avocado and guacamole from November 2017 to September 2019. The assignment sought to estimate the prevalence of Salmonella spp. and Listeria monocytogenes in processed avocado and guacamole as part of the FDA’s ongoing effort
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for a ready-to-eat (RTE) chicken salad product containing a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulated salad dressing that has been recalled by the producer due to concerns that the salad dressing may contain hard plastic. FSIS is issuing
The United States filed a complaint to stop a seafood processor in Monroe, Washington, from processing and selling adulterated seafood products, the Justice Department announced today.
In a civil complaint for permanent injunction filed March 9 at the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the United States alleged that Diane Zollinger, through
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