Deer dropping are the reported source of E.coli that contaminated strawberries.  For those who deal with fresh, ready-to-eat fruit and veg...

There is an outbreak of E. coli O157 related to fresh strawberries in Oregon.  13 people have become ill from eating strawberries that ca...

( My comments are in parenthesis and italicized .) Cargill Meat Solutions is recalling 36 million pounds of ground turkey products that ha...

Here is a Washington Post article on food safety at Farmers` Markets.   Thanks to Ray Eckhart for sending it along.   http://www.washingto...

In two separate cases this year as reported by CDC,  individuals became ill with botulism following consumption of improperly stored potato ...

What would summer be like without some Salmonella…nice. However, Salmonella does not take a summer vacation. There are three current issues ...

I guess this is one way to eliminate the risk of E. coli in meat. Man-made meat may be just around the corner, say scientists By Nathan Gray...

The FDA’s news release regarding their new import strategy comes at the same time as a NY Times report that is critical of the FDA’s perform...

With now over 3400 infected, 800 suffering from HUS, and 39 dead, the E.coli outbreak in Germany related to sprouts has us thinking about th...