The outbreaks recorded from 2010 to 2014 were responsible for 11 percent of all foodborne outbreak illnesses, 34 percent of hospitalizations and 56 percent of deaths.
Consumption of processed meat such as hot dogs, bacon and deli meats increases the risk of cancer—and eating red meat probably causes cancer as well—the World Health Organization said Monday.
Nestlé said last week it will resume production and sale of its popular MAGGI instant noodles after tests results from three Indian laboratories found that all product samples had lead levels that were well below the permissible limits.
A federal judge sentenced former peanut industry executive Stewart Parnell to 28 years in prison Monday for his role in a 2008-2009 Salmonella outbreak that sickened more than 700 and was blamed for nine deaths, USA Today reported.
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has confirmed that frozen, raw, stuffed and breaded chicken products produced by Aspen Foods, a division of Koch Poultry Company have the same Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak strain which was part of a July 15 recall.
A Texas woman is the second person to die related to a nationwide outbreak of Salmonella Poona infections stemming from tainted cucumbers, according to CDC.
A California produce company has issued a recall for its cucumbers after CDC linked its products to a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Poona infections.