Food Safety News

An increasing number of students at Ohio University are becoming sick with E. coli infections.

The number of confirmed patients has increased to 11, up from seven on Nov. 11. 

All 11 cases involve Ohio University students, according to a joint news release early Friday afternoon from the Athens

The FDA has posted an Executive Summary report on an investigation into Salmonella infections traced to jalapeño peppers. The agency continues to refuse to name the supplier or grower of the peppers.

The outbreak was first reported to the Food and Drug Administration on July 10 by its

Three key issues have been identified by European countries asked for feedback about the response to infant formula contaminated with cereulide.

Cereulide was found in arachidonic acid (ARA) oil, a raw material from Cabio Biotech, a Chinese supplier. Cereulide is a toxin produced by certain strains of Bacillus cereus. 

The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.

Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below.

The Virginia Department of Health is reporting that a third round of oysters taken from Little Wicomico Oyster Company cages on Nov. 2 tested positive for Salmonella, representing three of eight meat samples from two of the company’s four leases. 

The Little Wicomico River in Northumberland

More sprouting seeds have been recalled because of possible contamination with Salmonella or E. coli.

The seeds are sold under the Country Creek LLC’s Country Creek Acres brand and the Francisco Family Foods brand.

Neither company has posted a recall notice and the Food and Drug Administration has

Family Farmstead Dairy is recalling all raw cheddar cheese products because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

This decision follows the company's Oct. 15 recall of certain raw cheddar products due to potential contamination with E. Coli O26:H11 and O45:H2.

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One in six Australians are consuming raw cows’ milk despite it being illegal to sell in the country as a food.

Findings come from research commissioned by the Food Safety Information Council into the consumption of high-risk raw foods. 

The survey was conducted online by Omnipoll

Foodborne outbreaks climbed to the top of people’s minds in September, according to a survey covering most of the United Kingdom.

Findings come from the Consumer Insights Tracker, an online monthly survey commissioned by the Food Standards Agency (FSA). It monitors the behavior and attitudes of 2,000

San Luis Obispo County Public Health confirmed on Nov. 10, that one person tied to the E. coli O157 outbreak linked to Brookshire Farms has died. 

Department spokesman Tom Cuddy told The Tribune that “one individual associated with the E. coli outbreak

A baby goat at a petting zoo at a pumpkin patch attraction has been found to be the likely source of an E. coli outbreak.

The animal at Bengston’s Pumpkin Farm was identified by the Will County Health Department. The department has reported that DNA testing found the

The FDA is revoking the authorization of certain substances used as additives in the production of color additives used in foods.

With the revocations, the substances have no remaining uses as color additives in food or in the production of other color additives, according to the announcement from the Food