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Features: Unusual Lawsuit May Pose Hazards
In the wake of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ban on cantaloupe imports from Guatemala after a Salmonella outbreak earlier this year, Florida-based Del Monte Fresh Produce has filed suit against the FDA in federal court to get the alert lifted.
Features: Kids Get Call to Fight for Food Safety
The next foodborne illness outbreak may be solved or thwarted by a 12-year-old.
Features: Foodborne Pathogens May Lurk Within Produce
If produce is tainted with contaminated soil or water, pathogens such as E. coli and Salmonella may be present throughout the tissues of the plant, rendering ineffective traditional sanitation methods that focus on the outside of produce.
Features: Food Safety Funding Progresses
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Sept. 7 approved several appropriations bills for fiscal year 2012, including bills to fund programs overseen by its Agriculture Subcommittee, such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS).
Features: Is FSIS Too Lax with Salmonella in Turkey?
At least one person has died and more than 110 in 31 states have been sickened as a result of this summer’s outbreak of Salmonellainvolving two distinct but closely related strains.
Features: N.C. State Will Focus on Norovirus
Although human noroviruses are the most common cause of foodborne disease, responsible for more than 5 million cases in the United States each year, they get much less attention for their links to foodborne illness outbreaks than Salmonella, Listeria, and E. coli.
Features: What’s in That Meat?
Picture two raw chicken packages next to each other in the supermarket cooler.
Features: One Pathogen’s Natural Enemy
New research from the University of Washington lends further insights into how nitric oxide—a chemical that is used as a preservative and is also naturally produced in the body—inhibits the growth of the Salmonella bacteria and may assist researchers looking for ways to combat the pathogen.
Features: Need Practice Preparing for Food Safety Crises?
You’re an official with a state office of public health, and reports have begun to come in about cases of E. coli 0157:H7 in your own and a neighboring state.
Features: Canada Embarks on 3-Year, $21.5 Million Traceability Plan
The Ontario and Canadian governments announced in July that they will invest $21.5 million in food safety over the course of the next three years by improving traceability.
