News tagged with 'Foodborne Illness'

A study out of the University of Arizona and Loma Linda University, finds that reusable, cloth grocery bags sometimes harbor dangerous foodborne bacteria such as E. coli and coliform from raw-meat.

Sandwich shop, Subway, is apologizing for a Salmonella outbreak in central Illinois that has hospitalized 24. Everyone has recovered. At least one is suing.

The New York Times wins a Pulitzer prize on the horrors of a contaminated food consumed by Stephanie Smith - an E. coli hamburger. The reporting led to improvements in practice. Four other prize winners won for stories that chronicled safety and health.

The FDA is poised to get new regulatory authority and this auditor report is providing the fuel. It shows that more than half of food facilities have gone five years or more without an inspection and 5,000 in the U.S. die annually from contaminated food.

A massive beef recall in California was discovered in a packing house in products distributed throughout California as far back as 2008.

20,000 pounds of beef have been recalled by Cargill, based in Fresno, California over concerns of salmonella. Two people have already become sick over the bacterial contamination. Last August, Cargill recalled almost 826,000 pounds contaminated with the same strain which tends to be antibiotic resistant.

Slim-Fast Ready-to-Drink meal replacement is found with bacterial contamination and removed from store shelves and, hopefully, consumer shelves at home.

Tyson foods was thawing seafood at a dangerous low temperature to prevent bacterial growth, says the FDA in a warning letter to the company.

Food-borne infections can have long-lasting health effects that can be as serious as kidney failure, paralysis, hearing or visual impairments, according to a recent study by the Center for Food-borne Illness Research and Prevention.

Eight states are recalling 546,000 pounds of ground beef after E. coli contamination was detected. One person in New Hampshire has died and two others are sickened from what is suspected to be the same contaminated meat.

Plum Organics of Emeryville, California blames a mixing error for a recall of one batch of baby food, undertaken as a precaution due to a risk of potential contamination with Clostridium botulinum, which can -- but does not necessarily -- cause botulism.

Salmonella has contaminated two brands of California grown spinach that were quickly traced to distributors in 12 states and Canada before they made anyone sick.

Manufacturers that process or hold food are now required to report any contamination within 24 hours under new FDA regulations, all in an effort to keep food-borne illness away from the public.

Linda Rivera has been hospitalized since last May from eating raw cookie dough contaminated with E. coli 0157. With her condition worsening, her chance for recovery looks slim. 80 others suffered some form of sickness from the contaminated dough.

The recall of many products that contain ingredients from Plainview Milk Products coop, illustrates the difficulty of containing food ingredients contaminated with Salmonella.