Food Poisoning Blog

In an effort to prevent foodborne illness, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is asking commercial food transporters to follow a newly issued guidance to reduce physical, chemical, biological and other risks for foods during transportation. The agency is currently reviewing current food safety transportation regulations.
In an advance notice of proposed rulemaking [...]

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says consumers need to realize that foodborne illness protection begins at the supermarket, grocery store, or any other place where food is purchased. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), foodborne ailments cause about 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,200 deaths nationwide each year.
If it will take more than [...]

New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand wants uncontaminated food on every table..something presently lacking. The Senator hopes U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack will classify six more strands of E. coli dangerous adulterants. This would require USDA testing in the same manner the most common form, E.coli O157:H7, is now tested.
In addition to [...]

Ten people became ill after consuming previously frozen imported raw ahi, believed tainted with dangerous rare Salmonella Paratyphi B, reports the Star Bulletin. The incidents were on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
The illnesses occurred between February 27 and April 6, with victims ranging in age from five to 35 years; half were under age [...]

Although banned thirty-eight years ago, each day Americans unknowingly eat food tainted with traces of DDT and more than 20 other prohibited chemicals. Meat, fish and dairy products are especially vulnerable to contaminant residues, according to an Environmental Health News report.
Now a new generation of controversial chemicals with similar properties create additional health risks.
“They’re [...]

About 135,500 pounds of beef trim products that might be contaminated with the dangerous, sometimes deadly, E. coli O157:H7 pathogen, are being recalled by Beltex Corporation of Fort Worth, Texas. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) just announced this as a Class I recall, which means [...]

Giant Food LLC and Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. announced a voluntary recall of frozen artichoke and spinach dips because the products could be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, Business Week reported.
The recalled Stop & Shop frozen dip is packaged in an eight-ounce container with the UPC code: 6 8826702988 2. The affected Giant Food [...]

Earlier this week, the FDA published guidance for small egg producers to assist them with a 2009 federal egg safety regulation designed to prevent Salmonella Enteritidis in shell eggs during production, transportation, and storage.
Entitled “Guidance for Industry: Prevention of Salmonella Enteritidis in Shell Eggs During Production, Transportation, and Storage—Small Entity Compliance Guide (SECG),” [...]

The good news: Dangerous E. coli strain O157:H7 is less, said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The bad news: Other foodborne illnesses are increasing, said The Washington Post.
According to recent CDC data, reports of E. coli O157:H7 dropped last year, Salmonella pathogens fell slightly but were still higher than government goal [...]

Two oyster beds, closed since March 24 over concerns of norovirus contamination, are cleared to reopen by the Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH), reports WWLTV.com.
Harvest Area 7, in Plaquemines Parish, on the east side of the Mississippi River and Harvest Area 3, located in St. Bernard, now are “suitable for harvest of oysters,” [...]