Foodborne pathogens - French Salmonella outbreak study reveals dual...
Two Salmonella outbreaks were linked to dried sausages produced around the same time by one company in France, according to a study. The outbreaks affected 44 people who...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - From an Ebola-like disease in Croatia to bird flu in...
The UK Health Security Agency updated its list of deadly disease this week, which monitors the pathogenic threats that could theoretically sweep the world if given the opportunity.
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Plan for More Oversight of Pathogen-Related Research...
On Friday, federal advisors endorsed new recommendations for improving the biosecurity oversight of scientific research involving potential pandemic-causing pathogens. The...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Number sick in Swedish Salmonella outbreak doubles
The number of people sick in a Salmonella outbreak in Sweden traced to eggs has doubled to almost 50. The Public Health Agency of Sweden also warned this figure is expected to...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - TV's biggest villain is an apocalyptic, brain-eating...
A fungal pathogen wreaks havoc, even turning people into zombies - which is so far-fetched, right? Well, not entirely.
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Argentinian officials put focus on botulism and E. coli
Public health officials in Argentina have issued warnings about botulism and E. coli recently. The National Food Safety and Quality Service said safe and responsible...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Irish officials search for the source of the Salmonella...
Health officials in the Republic of Ireland are investigating a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than 20 people. The number of laboratory-confirmed cases associated...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Letter to the Editor: We don't need an upheaval of USDA...
Dear Editor: This letter is in reference to a recent Letter from the Editor in Food Safety News (“An independent food safety board is far better than anything FDA Commissioner...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - WHO urges food system changes to improve food safety
Food systems must be transformed urgently to improve food safety and health, according to the World Health Organization . WHO said multiple problems are negatively affecting...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Researchers devise a novel potential IBD treatment...
Researchers investigated the CAMCI strategy as an immunotherapeutic option for inflammatory bowel disease.
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Commissioner details his plan to revamp organization,...
After much hullabaloo, the FDA commissioner has revealed a rough draft of a plan to reorganize the food side of the Food and Drug Administration. At the center of the plan is...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Two and a half million pounds of Kroger, Great Value,...
Conagra Brands, Inc., of Fort Madison, Iowa, is recalling approximately 2,581,816 pounds of canned meat and poultry products because of a packaging defect that may cause the...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Neutralizing antibodies to Toscana and Sandfly Fever...
The quail could be the unknown reservoir of the Toscana virus and the Sandfly Fever Sicilian virus , mosquito-borne pathogens that can infect domestic animals and also cause...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Well-known Seattle restaurant at the center of outbreak...
Seattle's popular Tamarind Tree Vietnamese restaurant plans by the end of 2023 to move from its location of the past 20 years in the Little Saigon district of the International...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Finland joins countries with travel-related Shigella cases
Finland is the latest country to report Shigella infections in people returning from Cape Verde. The Finnish Institute of Health and Welfare recorded eight patients with...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Increase in multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria...
The pathogens reach German hospitals with refugees and war casualties. Researchers recommend precautionary screening for hospitals.
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Imported chicken and salmon show higher contamination,...
According to a study in the United Kingdom, imported chicken and salmon were more likely to be contaminated than domestic products. Researchers said the work, published in the...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Largest food safety settlement entered in federal case...
In the largest ever food safety fine and forfeiture case a producer of Honey Smacks cereal pleaded guilty to operating in unsanitary conditions that resulted in an outbreak of...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Researchers estimate the scale of foodborne illness in...
Researchers have estimated the burden of foodborne disease caused by certain hazards in two African countries and the role of specific foods. The work covered illnesses from...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Three pathogens found in chicken linked to illnesses
Three people have fallen sick in Lithuania after eating chicken contaminated with Salmonella, Listeria and Campylobacter. The Kaunas Department of the State Food and Veterinary...
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