New research conducted at the Harvard Business School found that 19 million foodborne illnesses and 51,000 hospitalizations, and billions of dollars in medical-related costs could be avoided each year if federal food safety inspectors do one simple thing: tweak their schedules.
Bill Marler, the most prominent foodborne illness lawyer in America, spoke with Food Safety Matters about representing victims of foodborne illness and the evolution of food safety over the last 25 years.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today finalized an existing draft guidance document to further assist restaurants and similar retail food establishments to implement the requirements of the menu labeling final rule.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today applauded President Donald J. Trump’s selection of Dr. Mindy Brashears to be the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Under Secretary for Food Safety.
Lenoir, NC-based JBS USA, Inc. has recalled 17.7 tons of raw ground beef products due to possible contamination by way of extraneous plastic materials.
One death has been linked to the multistate Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreak caused by romaine lettuce in the U.S., according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) last outbreak update dated May 2.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that the E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce from the Yuma, AZ, growing region continues to expand.
This week, it was confirmed via a shareholder announcement that South Africa’s Tiger Brands was notified that their poultry plant did test positive for Listeria ST6, the deadly strain of the pathogen that has affected the region for over a month.
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