By Ron Erickson Recently, I visited the immense breakfast cereal aisle at my local supermarket.  I was curious to learn from the labels of ...

According to a new study from Stanford University, the influenza virus can remain infectious in raw milk stored at refrigeration temperatures for up to ...

Suspected or confirmed cases of Norovirus and Yersinia will soon have to be reported to government health officials by laboratories in England. The move ...

I gave my staff the week off (you might have caught me answering phones) – it has been that kind of year. Here is wishing all of you peace and a food safety New Year. I have been making candles ...

On July 25th, FCCHD and DPHHS received confirmatory testing results of clinical and food samples verifying ground beef as the ...

Holiday leftovers are often just as cherished as the main meal itself, but they must be handled with care to avoid foodborne ...

Believe it or not, many food companies find it cheaper to pay millions of dollars to “resolve” foodborne illness outbreaks ...

Recent history has seen Listeria monocytogenes in cheeses, peaches, ice cream, raw milk cheese, leafy greens, ham, taco kits, ...

Authorities in Hong Kong have issued a warning following reports of people falling sick after eating oysters from France. The ...

Several years ago, when asked what food I shied away from, one of the six on my list was raw oysters and other raw shellfish.

A Salmonella outbreak that sickened more than 130 people in Chile may have been caused after food was contaminated with a strain used to monitor testing ...

A total of 48 people were confirmed as victims in the outbreak. Patients were spread across 19 states. Twenty people were ...