Washing Veggies May Not Get Rid of Bacteria

Everything we eat is prone to becoming infected with harmful bacteria but, like many people, I've always felt that a good warm water washing of the fruit and veg was enough to rinse away the e.coli in my lettuce....

Black Pepper May Be Contaminated With Salmonella

Pak National Foods are a large food distributor whose products -- particularly spices, nuts, and dried fruit -- are ubiquitous on store shelves in Alberta and British Columbia, so this contamination warning could...

FDA Recalls Imported Canteloupes From Honduras

"What is Salmonella?Salmonella is a group of bacteria that can cause diarrheal illness in people. They are living creatures which pass from the feces of animals or people to other animals or people. In the USA the...

Food poisoning can be long-term problem

These things goes unnoticed in developing countries especially Africa, no wonder we have very short life expectancy. We import virtually everything so long as it is coming from the industralised countries - God help Africa!"Scientists only now are unraveling a legacy that has...

San Francisco InterFaith Winter Shelter Said 'No Christmas Breakfast' to home...

Homeless Guests were denied a Christmas breakfast and worse, while staying at San Francisco's Interfaith Winter Shelter, located at St. Mary's Cathedral, 1111 Gough St, being operated by ECS (Episcopal Community...

SFHomeless Yahoo! Group Wiki-Updated- Homeless Health Alert !

The SFHomeless Yahoo! Group's Wiki has been updated with a new Health Alert! news story about homeless San Franciscan residents at a winter shelter that were served 'breakfast' that were actually leftovers that were 36 hours old.   The potentially bacteria laden...

Studying Salmonella: The Maloy Lab

MicrobeWorld visits The Maloy Lab at San Diego State University to talk with Professor Stanley Maloy and three grad students, Dave Matthews, Gerardo Perez and Veronica Casas, about their research. The Maloy...

Space bugs become more dangerous

"Scientists have shown how bacteria in space can gain virulence. When Salmonella typhimurium food bugs were flown in special flasks on the shuttle, they were found to alter the way they expressed 167 genes. The bacteria were almost three times as likely to kill infected mice...

Jordan bans shawarma after poisoning cases

The Middle East is famous for many things, unfortunately most prominently for conflict. However, the street food, whether it be falafal or schwarma is notorious too. Jordanian health officials, however, have had...

CADBURY FINED £1 MILLION OVER CHOCOLATE SALMONELLA OUTBREAK

Cadbury fined for salmonella outbreak, where people had fallen ill and some hospitalized. read below...    http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23404525-details/Cadbury+fined+%C2%A31+million+over+chocolate+salmonella+outbreak/article.do

China claims U.S. meat imports tainted

And so it begins, The Sino-Yankee Meat Wars.I have a theory:  Let's all think for a moment, who owes China money?  Answer: The Bush administration has borrowed BILLIONS from the Chinese government. ...

Food Poisoning at Chicago Festival

I've met many who refuse to eat from street vendors for this very reason, but events such as the one described below are very rare."More than 120 people who ate from the same booth at the Taste of Chicago food...

Cadbury Schweppes was fined £1m by a judge at Birmingham Crown Court

UPDATE:Monday, 16 July 2007 15:53Chocolate-maker Cadbury Schweppes was fined £1m by a judge at Birmingham Crown Court today following an outbreak of salmonella in the UK and Ireland last summer.  ---oOo---In...

They're Baaaaack

"Let’s play 80’s Trivia……. What group was responsible for the Western world’s first bioterrorism attack? tick….tick…..tick…… Need a hint? OK, “Antelope, Oregon“ Give up yet? Heh™……………  " In the summer of 1984, members of a religious...

Peanut Butter/Salmonella warnings from FDA

288 people in 39 states have been sickened by Peter Pan (no... not the remake with Robin Williams...) and/or Great Value peanut butters.With schools banning all things nutty, farmers using the plants to leech...

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