Gastric Acid May Help Protect Against Foodborne Diseases
New data provided by the American Society for Microbiology in February shows evidence that gastric acid may help prevent foodborne infections from developing in the body. Researches have long thought...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Big Tomatoes Cause Big Problems in 9 States
Roma and other large-sized tomatoes have been linked to a Salmonella outbreak that spans nine states, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Although the tomatoes in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Texas Grocers Pull Tomatoes Linked to Salmonella Outbreak
Two of the largest retail grocery chains in Texas have pulled most fresh tomatoes from their shelves and from their prepared-foods stations in order to reduce the risk of Salmonella infection that has...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Salmonella Source Still Unknown, Future Outbreaks Predicted
Speaking Tuesday on behalf of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Julie Zawisza, an agency spokesperson, said the agency is getting closer to locating the source, or sources, of the Salmonella...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Texas Packing Plant in Hot Seat Over Salmonella-Tainted Jalapenos
The rare strain of Salmonella that has made more than 1,000 people sick in the US and Canada has been identified as coming from a small packing plant in South Texas, according to Dr. David Acheson,...
View ArticleLatest Salmonella Outbreak Affects 42 States; Source Unknown
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is investigating salmonella outbreaks in 42 states that may be linked but the original source of contamination is still unknown. Problems began...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Food Isn’t Always Source for Salmonella Outbreaks
Think of Salmonella infection and most people think about food. The current outbreak of infection traced to peanut butter and last year’s tomato scare put food-borne outbreaks in the headlines but...
View ArticleParenting Expert Says Current Salmonella Outbreak is ‘Scariest’ Ever
Nancy Shute, expert writer on all things parenting for US News and World Report, has just described the current salmonella outbreak as the ‘scariest’ she’s ever seen. Her fears don’t stem from the...
View ArticlePersistent Problems Exist at Georgia Peanut Plant
Repeated inspections didn’t get the job done. Nor did regulations governing how to operate a safe food-handling facility. Building codes didn’t do the job, either. Instead, it took a widespread...
View ArticleTainted Peanut Butter Maker Gets Called Before Congress
Stewart Parnell, president of Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), the company making recent headlines for knowingly selling salmonella-tainted peanut butter to some of the nation’s leading makers of...
View Article
