UPDATE 5/8/13  CDC  - 81 people  infected from 18 states with 29% hospitalized. http://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/saintpaul-04-13/index.html ...

This past week, two reports relating to the topic of food risk were issued resulting in a media frenzy.  One of those reports was CDC’s annu...

Winn-Dixie, a southern supermarket chain is recalling organic apple juice because of patulin, a mycotoxin (toxic fungal metabolite). Patuli...

UPDATE May 31, 2013 CDC issused the final update on this outbreak. http://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/2013/O121-03-13/ A total of 35 persons in...

With the recent discovery of horse meat in beef sold in Europe, there is an increased awareness of food fraud, the illegal substitution of...

Bumble Bee Tuna is recalling 5 oz cans of tuna due to loose seals . While there have been no illnesses, a loose seal can lead to product ...

Some people seem to worry too much about US food supply, but unlike Europe, there has been no horse meat detected in our beef supply. A few...

A recent paper in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology suggests that introducing allergenic food to babies may help to prevent foo...

Federal prosecutors have filed charges against the owner of PCA as well as several employees for their role in knowingly shipping Salmonella...