News tagged with 'Food-Borne Illness'

19 illnesses have been reported from a rare strain of E. coli 0145, found in lettuce distributed to 23 states.

Liseria found in the Atlanta plant that makes Kellogg's Eggo Waffles, has not been adequately addressed, the FDA says to the company in a letter it made public today.

The Top Ten contaminated foods list is compiled by the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Modern agriculture, contaminated waste water, and dirty handling is blamed for many of the cases of bacterial contamination, and proposed improvements are pending in Congress.

A ground beef recall is impacting nine states and has sickened 21 people with Salmonella Newport, some varieties of which are drug-resistant.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released details about the progress of its Food Protection Plan, which was launched last year to protect domestic and imported food from accidental and intentional contamination.

The FDA has approved the use of ionizing radiation for fresh spinach and iceberg lettuce, saying the technique can help control harmful bacteria and other pathogens such as E. coli and salmonella.

The mysterious Salmonella Saintpaul has been found in a serrano pepper in Mexico- considered a key breakthrough in sourcing the food-borne outbreak. The next step will be to determine if water or handling, at the farm or in the packing house is the source of the Salmonella that's sickened 1,300 in the U.S. and Canada.