FoodSafetyNews

• CDC reports more than two dozen people sick in outbreak linked to ground turkey

  13 minutes ago HEALTH and FOOD FoodSafetyNews 9

  Following a weekend alert from the USDA about a Salmonella Hadar outbreak linked to ground turkey, the CDC today announced 28 people across a...

• Meow Mix Original Choice Dry Cat Food recalled for potential Salmonella contamination

  2 hours ago HEALTH and FOOD FoodSafetyNews 19

  The J. M. Smucker Co. is recalling certain Meow Mix Original Choice Dry Cat Food because of potential salmonella contamination, which can be...

• Vaccines but no ‘compassionate release’ for Parnell brothers prior to May hearings

  18 hours ago HEALTH and FOOD FoodSafetyNews 21

  Ahead of their back-to-back habeas corpus hearings set for the final week of May in Albany, GA, brothers Stewart and Michael Parnell remain in...

• FSA survey shows date label confusion

  1 day ago HEALTH and FOOD FoodSafetyNews 27

  A poll of adults in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland has revealed that half of them do not always check the use-by date on food before eating...

• FSIS issues Public Health Alert for raw ground turkey products linked to Salmonella Hadar illness

  1 day ago HEALTH and FOOD FoodSafetyNews 26

  The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) late Saturday issued a public health alert for...

• Deaths in Dominican Republic linked to tainted alcohol

  2 days ago HEALTH and FOOD FoodSafetyNews 19

  More than 25 people have died in the Dominican Republic after drinking adulterated alcohol, according to authorities. The Ministry of Public...

• FDA announces ‘Closer to Zero’ plan to reduce toxic elements eaten by babies and young children

  3 days ago HEALTH and FOOD FoodSafetyNews 25

  Janet Woodcock, the acting Commissioner of Food and Drugs, and Susan T. Mayne, director of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition...

• National hepatitis A outbreak mostly over in West, but continues in East

  4 days ago HEALTH and FOOD FoodSafetyNews 35

  The national hepatitis A outbreak has not yet burned out. Since 2016, 35 states have reported 38,476 hepatitis A cases. Through April 2, 2021,...

• Warning issued over raw milk in Western New York

  5 days ago HEALTH and FOOD FoodSafetyNews 55

  New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Commissioner Richard A. Ball is warning consumers not to consume unpasteurized, raw milk from...

• Fifth apricot kernel recall since March 11

  5 days ago HEALTH and FOOD FoodSafetyNews 22

  For the fifth time in two months apricot kernels, also known as pits or seeds, are being recalled because of elevated levels of cyanide that...