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NOAA closes fisheries in oil spill area to ensure safety of seafood
NOAA is restricting fishing for a minimum of ten days in federal waters most affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, largely between Louisiana state waters at the mouth of the Mississippi River to waters off Florida's Pensacola Bay (see...
Norovirus Outbreak Associated with Oysters Recently Harvested from Area Near Port Sulphur, La.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is working with state health officials from Mississippi and Louisiana to notify consumers, food service operators and retailers nationwide about an outbreak of norovirus associated with oysters recently harvested from an area near Port...
Entire Oregon Coast now closed to mussel harvesting
The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announce the closure of the entire Oregon Coast to recreational mussel harvesting, from the mouth of the Columbia River to the California border, due to elevated levels...
Center for Science in the Public Interest urges US Senate to Pass Food Safety Modernisation Act
Leafy greens, eggs, and tuna are on the top of a list of 10 riskiest foods regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration. Those and seven other foods account for nearly 40 per cent of all food-borne outbreaks linked...
The Ten Riskiest Foods in America
LEAFY GREENS: 363 outbreaks involving 13,568 reported cases of illness EGGS: 352 outbreaks involving 11,163 reported cases of illness TUNA: 268 outbreaks involving 2341 reported cases of illness OYSTERS: 132 outbreaks involving 3409 reported cases of illness POTATOES: 108...
Shocker: A Restaurant Owner Apologizes for Foodborne Illness Outbreak
Although this story comes from across the Atlantic in England, a lesson can still be learned and applied here. According to the Guardian UK, Heston Blumenthal, the world-renowned chef of the Fat Duck restaurant in Bray, Berskshire, has offered a...
The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department recommends that consumers avoid raw oyster consumption. Recent illnesses associated with raw oyster consumption included 9 ill individuals who ate at a Hamilton County restaurant, the Boathouse Rotisserie and Raw Bar, between March 5 and...
Natalie Angier, wrote about noroviruses in yesterday's New York Times. Her family had a run-in with a norovirus after New Year's Eve, and she did some research into norovuiruses. Part of what she found is this: Its sour suite of...
Ediets.com provided some good tips on safer eating this morning in an article titled, "13 Foods That Could Kill". The thirteen foods the column focuses on are: Lettuce: because lettuce has been identified as the source of several E. coli...
Oysters linked to foodborne illness
San Diego health officials have traced an outbreak of Vibrio parahaemolyticus to oysters from Washington State. A consumer warning was posted on 10News.com today: The County of San Diego Department of Environmental Health is alerting consumers about oysters from the...
Eat your vegetables -- at your own risk
SouthCoastToday.com reports that vegetables are nearly as dangerous as under-cooked meat when it comes to transmitting deadly food illnesses like E. coli, salmonella and hepatitis, according to a study of federal outbreak records by Scripps Howard News Service. Fresh raw...
KRLD News Radio reports that a Dallas resident has died after eating raw oysters. Jamie Nicolay with the Collin County Health Department says the victim ate the oysters at a restaurant in Plano. Oysters can be contaminated with the bacterium...
French oysters banned after double fatality
One of the most prestigious oyster-growing regions in the world is in turmoil after two people died of suspected poisoning and France authorities banned sales until further notice. The victims, aged 77 and 61, died within hours of being...
Eating Defensively: Food safety advice for persons with AIDS
Leslie Johnes of Best Syndication reports that the bacteria that cause food poisoning are difficult to detect by a food's appearance, taste or smell. But they can cause illness ranging from mild to very severe and even life-threatening. The human...
Health officials: Shellfish bacteria making people ill in Washington
The Bellingham Herald reports that high levels of bacteria in raw oysters from south Puget Sound and Hood Canal have been making people ill across Washington and in other states. About 50 people in Washington and dozens elsewhere have become...
8 ways to prevent food poisoning at home
How do you make sure that the food you eat is safe? Take these simple steps to help prevent food poisoning in your kitchen. Despite the occasional news report of an outbreak of food poisoning, food supplies in the United...
Officials: Oregon residents should avoid eating raw oysters, for now
The Associated Press reports that health officials in Oregon have issued a warning asking residents to avoid eating raw oysters after 14 people in the state fell ill over the last few days. Those affected came down with infection caused...
Carl Campanile of the New York Post reports that city health officials are investigating an outbreak of food poisoning caused by contaminated shellfish. Three people were stricken with Vibrio parahaemolyticus bacterial infection after eating shellfish in Manhattan. Illnesses include diarrhea,...
eDiets reports that you may have had food poisoning (you've become ill after eating a food contaminated with a bacteria, virus or toxin) and not have known it; that's because symptoms are similar to stomach flu. The FDA estimates that...
The Herald reports that the Florida Department of Health urges high-risk Floridians to avoid consuming raw oysters, which often harbor the naturally occurring bacteria Vibrio vulnificus. "It's important to understand that most cases of Vibrio vulnificus can be avoided by...
The St. Petersburg Times reports that the House passed the bill (H.R. 4167) and the Senate will considered it in coming weeks. Don't be fooled by the bill's innocuous title, the National Uniformity for Food Act. "It's about more than...
Debra Holtzman, JD, MA, for eDiets.com reports that according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), about 76 million Americans will suffer from food-borne illness, and at least 5,000 will die this year. Children, the elderly and those with compromised...
Consumption of risky foods declines
According to the American Society for Microbiology, Americans are eating safer. The number of people who reported eating one or more foods associated with an increased risk of foodborne disease declined by a third from 1998 to 2002, according to...
Let health 'umps' call potlucks
In a Wisconsin State Journal OpEd last week, Brae Surgeoner and Ben Chapman said Wisconsin Assembly recently passed the aptly named Potluck Liberation Act, a law exempting community dinners from health inspection. Patriotically, Rep. Barb Gronemus, D-Whitehall, stated, "To say...
About Food Poisoning and Foodborne Illness
The CDC estimates that 76 million foodborne illness, or food poisoning, cases occur in the United States every year, which means that one in four Americans contracts a foodborne illness annually after eating foods contaminated with such pathogens as E....
San Francisco Chronicle writer Janet Fletcher reports that confirming the cause of a food-borne illness is devilishly difficult, public health officials say, especially without a cluster of cases. Consequently, many sickened patrons don't even bother to report incidents, and many...
How now mad cow: real food safety concerns
Susan L. Burke of eDiets reports that mad cow disease has thousands turning up their noses at burgers. Meat sales are down, and moms don't know whether they can take their kids to the fast-food playground. Consumers are all atwitter,...
When dining wild, stick to huhu grubs
While eating wild deer, pig, shellfish or watercress carries risk of contamination, you can't go wrong with huhu grubs, says a new study. Environmental, bacterial and viral contaminants are risks associated with eating many wild animals and some plants, the...
A story from this weekend's Globe and Mail, by Beppi Crosariol: Growing up Italian, I learned to appreciate many undervalued things: family, naps in the afternoon, impractical shoes, guilt. I also learned to love veal. Consuming the flesh of infant...
How to fight foodborne diseases
Scripps Howard News Service suggests the following tips for guarding against foodborne diseases: - Think "YOPI." Food scientists say consumers who are young, old, pregnant or with suppressed immune systems from using prescription drugs or from diseases like diabetes are...
The CDC estimates that 76 million foodborne illness, or food poisoning, cases occur in the United States every year, which means that one in four Americans contracts a foodborne illness annually after eating foods contaminated with such pathogens as E....
