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USDA Drops Plan to Limit Salmonella in Poultry Products
MONDAY, April 28, 2025 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has dropped plans to require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in chicken and turkey products, ending a Biden a...
FDA May Shift Routine Food Inspections to States
MONDAY, April 21, 2025 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may soon hand off routine food safety inspections to state and local officials, multiple federal health officials told CBS News. T...
Gastrointestinal Disease Tied to High Physical, Financial Burden
FRIDAY, April 18, 2025 – Gastrointestinal (GI) diseases are responsible for a considerable and growing burden of health care use and costs within the United States, according to a study recently...
USDA Disbands Two Key Food Safety Committees
WEDNESDAY, March 12, 2025 – Two key federal advisory committees on food safety have been shut down, raising concerns among food safety advocates. The move was part of a Trump administration push to...
More Than Two-Thirds of U.S. Counties Do Not Have a Gastroenterologist
FRIDAY, Feb. 21, 2025 – About 69 percent of U.S. counties do not have a gastroenterologist, according to a research letter published online Feb. 6 in Gastroenterology. Xiaohan Ying, M.D., from Weill...
Multiple Violations Found At McDonald's Onion Supplier After Deadly E.Coli Outbreak
MONDAY, Jan. 13, 2025 – U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials have uncovered dozens of violations at a McDonald's supplier tied to last year's deadly E.coli outbreak, which sickened over...
Cruise Passenger Dies Amid Norovirus Outbreak That Sickened Dozens
MONDAY, Jan. 6, 2025 – A norovirus outbreak aboard the P&O Cruises’ Arcadia ship last fall left dozens of passengers confined to their cabins and is now linked to the death of a 77-year-old British p...
U.S. Seeing Sharp Rise in Norovirus Cases This December
MONDAY, Dec. 30, 2024 – Norovirus is surging across the United States this winter, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The data show 91 outbreaks...
Norovirus Cases Are Up in Pockets of the U.S.
MONDAY, Dec. 30, 2024 – Norovirus, a highly contagious stomach bug, is surging across the United States this winter, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
Norovirus Sickens Hundreds on Three Cruise Ships: CDC
FRIDAY, Dec. 20, 2024 – Just over 300 people have been sickened in norovirus outbreaks on three different cruise ships in December, new government data shows. This is the only month this year in...
Tainted Cucumbers Now Linked to 100 Salmonella Cases in 23 States
FRIDAY, Dec. 20, 2024 – An outbreak of salmonella linked to cucumbers has now been tied to 100 known cases of the illness across 23 states, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reported Thursday....
E. Coli Outbreak Linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders Declared Over
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2024 (Healtday News) – An investigation into an E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders has officially been closed, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced...
Salmonella Outbreak Triggers Recall of Cucumbers in 26 States
MONDAY, Dec. 2, 2024 – Sixty-eight people have been sickened and 18 have been hospitalized in a salmonella outbreak linked to whole cucumbers sold in 26 states and parts of Canada. "Epidemiologic...
CDC Reports Infant Death From Listeria Outbreak Tied to Ready-to-Eat Meats
MONDAY, Nov. 25, 2024 – Listeria illness linked to ready-to-eat meat and poultry products has caused the death of an infant in California, according to a statement from the U.S. Centers for Disease...
CDC Confirms Onions as Source of McDonald's E. Coli Outbreak; Cases Rise to 90 Nationwide
THURSDAY, Oct. 31, 2024 – Onions spread on McDonald's Quarter Pounders are the definite source of an outbreak of E. coli illness that's now affected 90 people nationwide, new evidence from the U.S....