WASHINGTON -- Hundreds of thousands of pounds of frozen food recalled amid an E. coli scare may have been served in schools, according to the company ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Rich Products Corp. is now recalling all of its frozen snack foods produced at its Waycross, Ga., plant.
The Buffalo, N.Y., company ...
For as welcome as the new food safety programs are, the FDA is still plagued with problems. It moves at a glacial pace in the face of pressing health hazards, like its three-decade-long refusal to act on its own findings that the use of antibiotics in livestock feed threatens human health.
There is no evolutionary phenomenon we understand better than multiple antibiotic resistance in bacteria. It has been occurring virtually synchronously with the development of molecular genetics for 60 years.
I've known for a long time that chicken can be toxic, but an April article in the New York Times showed that almost half of the chicken in grocery stores is contaminated by E coli, which researchers say is an indicator of fecal contamination.
ST. LOUIS -- Health officials are investigating an E. coli outbreak that has sickened 14 people this week in St. Louis and the surrounding county.
St...
DES MOINES, Iowa -- A week after the Agriculture Department announced wider testing for potentially deadly E. coli in meat, Republican presidential ca...
DODGE CITY, Kan. -- At least three major grocery store chains have recalled some of their ground beef packages because they could be contaminated with...
ATLANTA -- Health officials have confirmed the first American death tied to the food-poisoning outbreak in Europe.
The Centers for Disease Control an...
The produce industry, fresh off a failed attempt to get the federal government to fuzz up the results of its annual tests for pesticide residues on fruits and vegetables, is at it again.
Investigating foodborne illness is a really tough thing to do. It takes a lot of time, rarely follows a linear path and often is unsuccessful. It's not surprising, since the deck is stacked against the investigator.
WASHINGTON -- Clean. Cook. Chill. Separate.
That's the message of a new U.S. government campaign to raise awareness of safe food handling in the wake...
BERLIN (AP) -- German vegetable sprouts caused the E. coli outbreak that has killed 31 people and sickened nearly 3,100, investigators announced Frida...
NEW YORK -- After a few people turned up dead, officials sprang into action -- interviewing the next of kin, identifying suspects and pursuing leads. ...
BRUSSELS -- Pressed hard by outraged farmers, the European Union farm chief on Wednesday increased his offer of compensation for the E. coli outbreak ...