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Del Monte Fresh Produce NA Inc. recalled almost 60,000 cantaloupes sold through warehouse clubs in seven states because they may be linked to a 12-case outbreak of salmonella, the company said through the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Del Monte Fresh said the recall came after the FDA...

Palmyra Bologna Co. Inc. recalled about 23,000 pounds of Seltzer's Beef Lebanon bologna that has been linked to an e.coli outbreak in three states, said the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service. Four consumers in New Jersey, North Carolina and Pennsylvania were...

Japan's health ministry says it's continuing its suspension of pediatric vaccines made by Pfizer and Sanofi-Aventis, despite finding no connection between the vaccines and the deaths of four children. Both drugmakers are cooperating with the government and expect to be cleared.

E&J Brandy warned consumers to stop using a stainless steel flask sold in its gift sets after lab tests on brandy stored in the flasks showed it contained lead, the company said in a release through the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. In people, high levels of lead can damage the nervous...

Diabetes is a growing global scourge, but for Big Pharma it's more of a lifesaver -- and many drugmakers are cranking up their research efforts. After all, many existing drugs will soon be losing their patents, and diabetes could be a $55 billion market by 2019.

Bacteria that cause food poisoning but are resistant to drugs pose a serious health hazard, say food regulators, and should be a national priority since these "super bugs" have not been effectively controlled. At a one-day conference in Washington, D.C., co-sponsored by the nonprofit consumer...

The 1998 study linking the MMR vaccine to autism has been utterly debunked. So 13 years later, how many lives have been lost and how much money has been wasted treating the preventable illnesses that fear-mongering led to? Here are some answers.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to eat recalled alfalfa sprouts and a sprout mix from Tiny Greens Organic Farm in Illinois after the products were linked to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 89 people in 15 states and Washington, D.C. The alfalfa sprouts and...

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...

Costco is warning consumers not to eat Bravo Farms Dutch Style Gouda cheese sold in its stores because it has been linked with an E. coli outbreak that has sickened 25 people in five states, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The California farm said in a statement that it is...