Carole Sugarman, a former Washington Post food reporter, now covers the Agriculture Department for Food Chemical News, reports that the CDC estimates that there are 76 million cases of food-borne illness a year in the United States, a problem that sends nearly 325,000 people a year to the hospital; 5,000 a year die from it.
Salmonella warning over Spanish lettuce
Spanish vegetables, many of which end up on British dinner plates, are being watered with untreated sewage in parts of Spain as farmers battle to raise crops in a severe drought according to The Guardian.
The environment minister, Cristina Narbona warned cabinet ministers that more farmers in the vegetable-growing region of Murcia would use untreated
Summertime Safety – Avoiding Salmonella
Federal public health authorities estimate that up to 4 million cases of salmonellosis occur each year in the United States. Salmonella can cause what is known as a food-borne illness. That means it is caused by eating a contaminated food or beverage. Pathogens such as bacteria, parasites and viruses can cause food- borne sickness, as
FDA ISSUES NATIONWIDE ALERT ON POSSIBLE HEALTH RISK
The FDA is alerting the public that products containing "cake batter" ice cream sold at Cold Stone Creamery stores throughout the country may be associated with an outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium infection in several states.
The ice cream’s possible contamination with this organism came to light after multiple cases of infection with this form of
Nursery Salmonella Probe As Children Infected
A children’s nursery is the suspected source of an outbreak of salmonella food poisoning which has so far affected four children in County Durham.
Four youngsters aged three upwards have been confirmed by laboratory tests as being infected, with four more suspected cases. A trust spokeswoman confirmed that a nursery in Bishop Auckland was one