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Federal officials said Monday that one person has died from salmonella poisoning that appears to be linked to eating ground turkey, but the government so far has declined to say who produced the meat or initiate a recall.
Seventy-six people in 26 states have been made sick from the same strain of...
Salmonella Outbreak Has Sickened 21 in Five States
12:00PM 6/29/2011
State and federal authorities have linked a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 21 people in five states to alfalfa sprouts and spicy sprouts, said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
As of Monday, the 21 people sickened with salmonella enteritidis included three that had to be...
Groups Call on USDA, FDA to Make Food Safer
1:15PM 5/27/2011
The Center for Science in the Public Interest filed a petition with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, calling on the agency to take steps to keep four, antibiotic-resistant, salmonella strains out of the food supply.
The move came on the same day the nonprofit and other groups sued the U.S. Food...
Price Chopper Bologna Recalled Over Contamination Fears
8:00AM 3/10/2011
Zweigle's Inc. recalled about 2,997 pounds of Price Chopper German Bologna sold in Price Chopper deli counters throughout the Northeast because it could be contaminated with staphylococcus aureus, said the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service.
So far, no illnesses...
Taco Bell is fending off a lawsuit filed last week against the fast-food giant which alleges that it uses too many non-meat fillers in its beef, and is threatening to sue its accusers of filing "false claims."
The complaint by an Alabama law firm says Taco Bell engages in false advertising when...
Whole Foods Market is recalling 61 bakery products and prepared foods sold under its store brand after its supplier, Rolf's Patisserie of Illinois, was linked to 100 cases of food poisoning, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said.
Rolf's Patisserie recalled all its desserts made after Nov. 1...
One in Six Americans Get Sick from Food Poisoning Each Year: CDC
9:30AM 12/16/2010
One in six Americans -- about 48 million people -- get sick from a food-borne illness each year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control said in new estimates released yesterday (Wednesday, Dec. 15).
Another 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die every year from tainted food, CDC said. The agency...
Whole Foods Market Recalls Ground Nutmeg
12:35PM 12/01/2010
Hold that Eggnog. Whole Foods Market recalled packages of its ground nutmeg nationwide because of possible salmonella contamination, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Iowa's Frontier Natural Products Co-op packaged the non-organic nutmeg for Whole Foods brand as well as its own...
Food Safety Overhaul Passes Senate
4:53PM 11/30/2010
Landmark food safety reform legislation that aims to curb the incidence of food recalls, foodborne illnesses and shoddy practices by American food producers and importers passed the U.S. Senate with broad bipartisan support today and is awaiting final approval by the House of Representatives before...
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