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Two-thirds of 382 fresh broiler chickens purchased from grocers by a U.S. consumer group were contaminated with one or both of the bacteria that cause most cases of food-borne illness, the group said on Monday.

Consumer Reports' latest test of fresh, whole broilers bought in 22 states reveals that two-thirds of birds tested harbored salmonella and/or campylobacter, the leading bacterial causes of food-borne disease.

Interior Health would like to remind consumers of the importance of safe handling of fresh produce to reduce the risk of foodborne illness.

Here is some food for thought for those with a passion for food. Despite the unlimited scope and potential the exotic world of food science and technology offers, it is virtually untapped as a career option.

Health inspectors found fruit flies, inadequate hand-washing, bacteria-producing food storage temperatures and dozens of other unsanitary conditions at Hub hospital cafeterias in 2008 and 2009, a Herald review of city records found.

It's the time of year that many families and groups get together to celebrate traditions.

Parties, family dinners, and other gatherings where food is served are all part of the holiday cheer.

With the holiday season in full swing, cooks are manning their recipe arsenals to make sure this season's meals and baked goods are ones to remember.

For most New Yorkers, eating a hamburger is a routine experience that is nothing more than an enjoyable meal.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says Advance Food Co. of Enid is recalling approximately 110,730 pounds of frozen beef steak fritter products, sold to restaurants, that may contain foreign materials - bits of plastic.

Botulinum neurotoxin, better known here as the Botox or Dysport brands, is now accepted as a therapy for neurological problems.

Thanksgiving is about eating, and though local, organic food might be what the cool kids are eating, most people are still eating products of the industrial food system.

Despite California's diverse industry, unresolved issues still need to be settled to avoid contamination.

In a letter to USDA and Congress, a group of 100 agricultural organizations is urging that the National Animal Identification System be dissolved completely.

Published: Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 4:01 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 2:39 a.m. The smell of turkey roasting, gravy bubbling and pies cooling in the kitchen permeates many homes on Thanksgiving Day.

Food scientists at NASA have spent years creating special Thanksgiving dishes for zero gravity, but the seven astronauts orbiting Earth in space shuttle Atlantis this year won't get to enjoy them.

Juices and supplements made from "superfruits" such as acai, mangosteen, goji, maqui and pomegranate, are vying for space on shelves at grocery stores and specialty food stores, claiming health benefits from their high antioxidant content.

Main Category: Nutrition / Diet Also Included In: Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals Article Date: 25 Nov 2009 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is seeking a permanent injunction against Sharkco Seafood International Inc., located in Venice, La.

There can be no exception to the rule; food must be kept safe all the time and the holidays bring an extra challenge.

A FARMER has admitted 14 offences relating to a filthya conditions and a unsatisfactorya practices at a Colne dairy.

Before the aromas of the holiday circle your kitchen, and your family and friends gather 'round the dinner table, take a minute this holiday to be mindful of a few food safety tips.

There are an unbelievable number of issues confronting not only the cattle business right now, but agriculture as a whole, says Colin Woodall, vice president of government affairs for National Cattlemen's Beef Association in Washington, D.C., but one of the biggest concerns is the Environmental Protection Agency's dust rule.

The mission statement of the Department of Agriculture is to provide leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, and related issues based on sound public policy, the best available science, and efficient management.

You might say that E. coli has been very, very good to William Marler. Ditto for salmonella, listeria, hepatitis and the like.

With visions of turkey dancing in our collective heads, families across the country are preparing their Thanksgiving Day menus.

What happens when Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill reach a historic agreement on a legislation that's been the subject of decades of battle? Sometimes nothing.

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will mark up a bill to improve food safety this Wednesday, November 18.

" U.S. Senator Pat Roberts today announced the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee approved a bipartisan food safety reform bill to modernize the Food and Drug Administration's ability to protect consumers.

Concord, NH During this busy holiday season, the Department of Health and Human Services' Bureau of Food Protection wants to remind everyone to follow some important food safety practices to avoid foodborne illnesses, such as Salmonella, E. coli, and Campylobacter.

Many of you don't trust front-line workers not to slack off. Now, with the H1N1 virus making everyone jittery, you have to trust them to be cleanly? That's too much to ask.

A Senate committee on Wednesday approved a far-reaching food safety bill drafted in the wake of the massive salmonella outbreak that was traced to a Georgia peanut processing plant earlier this year.

Senate committee passes FDA Food Safety Modernization Act Nov. 19, 2009 The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee passed S. 510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, by a voice vote on Wednesday.

Federal officials have sent warning letters to two central Minnesota dairy farms for allegedly using high levels of antibiotics in cows.

Oysters on the Gulf Coast - including those in lugged by Cedar Key water men - are safe from a proposed federal Food and Drug administration "warm months" ban for now.

The thick, black binder that Paula Gillett keeps charts her son Jack's battle last year against a food-borne illness caused by E. coli.

Thursday the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, a bipartisan bill cosponsored by Senator Richard Burr , passed out of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.

The US Food and Drug Administration Friday notified some 30 drinks manufacturers who combine alcohol and caffeine in their beverages that they must prove the products are safe.

The holiday season is a time for celebration and great food. The Holiday Food Safety Success Kit , developed by the non-profit Partnership for Food Safety Education, provides tips on how to make sure holiday meals are safe as well as delicious.

Thanksgiving is an opportunity to share a meal with loved ones, but it is also a time when small mistakes in the kitchen can lead to foodborne illness.

A Senate Committee Wednesday unanimously approved a much-awaited overhaul of the nation's food safety laws, though it gave little hint of how it would pay for the sweeping but costly reform of the Food and Drug Administration's system for protecting much of what the nation eats and drinks.

Poison pill? Critics say if new federal regulations are passed, it could financially kill small farmers.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned Englewood seafood importer Seoul Shik Poom Inc.

Americans may soon be able to enjoy their peanuts, peppers, spinach and cookie dough with greater confidence that those foods are safe to eat if the full Senate passes the food safety legislation that cleared a key committee today.

A Senate committee passed legislation on Wednesday that would increase government oversight of the U.S. food supply, which has been battered by a series of high-profile recalls that have soured consumer confidence in the food safety system.

Hundreds and possibly thousands of children in the United States become sick from contaminated food served in school cafeterias, USA Today reports.

WASHINGTON - A proposed ban on raw oysters that could be tainted with a potentially fatal bacterium has been put on hold while federal officials study how the ban would affect the Gulf Coast oyster industry.

Foodborne illness is underreported, has inadequate follow-up and a lack of research making its impact difficult to assess, a U.S. non-profit group says.

Main Category: Nutrition / Diet Also Included In: Public Health ; Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals ; Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Article Date: 17 Nov 2009 - 6:00 PST An overwhelming majority of Wyoming voters - 88 percent - support food safety legislation that would give the Food and Drug Administration new authority to ensure the ...

Boulder, COa 'Genetically engineered corn, soybeans and cotton have increased use of weed-killing herbicides -- a type of pesticide -- by 383 million pounds in the U.S. from 1996 to 2008, according to a new Organic Center report titled " Impacts of Genetically Engineered Crops on Pesticide Use in the United States: The First Thirteen Years " ...

I really enjoy preparing for a family Thanksgiving dinner, but there's a lot to be done before the meal is on the table.

WASHINGTON a 'The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Monday it has approved a fifth swine flu vaccine.

Shirley Almer's family expected her home for Christmas last year. The strong-spirited 72-year-old grandmother from Perham, Minnesota, had survived two bouts of cancer and was recovering from an infection with a brief stay in a nursing home.

Food-borne illness affect nearly 76 million people in the United States every year according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention .

There are more than 250 food-borne diseases that may infect a person at any time when contaminated foods or beverages have been ingested or when toxins or chemicals have contaminated food.

Main Category: Nutrition / Diet Also Included In: GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology Article Date: 13 Nov 2009 Springer is founding a new journal Food Digestion , dedicated to a quickly growing area of research - food science combined with the physiology of digestion.

Everybody fears food poisoning for the acute illness it causes - nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fever, abdominal cramps.

Raw oysters will be back on the menu next summer. Julius Steel displays a shucked raw oyster at Pascal's Manale restaurant in New Orleans on Oct.

The Delta Council board of directors has endorsed a proposal to add catfish to U.S. Department of Agriculture's food safety inspection program.

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay : Foodborne infections can have long-lasting health effects that can be as serious as kidney failure, paralysis, seizure, mental disability or death, according to the Center for Foodborne Illness Research & Prevention.

WASHINGTON - Alfred Sunseri says not once in the 133-year-old history of his family's oyster business in Louisiana has anyone died from eating an oyster contaminated with a potentially fatal bacteria.

Main Category: Nutrition / Diet Also Included In: Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals ; Public Health ; Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Article Date: 13 Nov 2009 - 3:00 PST Over the next several weeks, the U. S. Senate has an historic opportunity to take a major step toward improving food safety for all Americans.

Facing fierce resistance, the Obama administration on Friday backed off a plan to ban sales of raw oysters from the Gulf of Mexico during warm-weather months.

Foodborne diseases , including salmonella and E. coli , affect millions of people in the U. S. every year - causing acute illnesses, hospitalizations and even deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .

Children are most at risk of food borne illness. That's according to a new analysis by the "Make our Food Safe Coalition". Their report also suggests that there are political and economic barriers to monitoring the long-term impact of food borne illness outbreaks.

An overwhelming majority of Nevada voters - 91 percent - support food safety legislation that would give the Food and Drug Administration new authority to ensure the food Americans eat does not make them sick, according to a new poll commissioned by the Pew Health Group and conducted by Hart Research and Public Opinion Strategies.

Main Category: Nutrition / Diet Also Included In: Pediatrics / Children's Health ; Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses ; Public Health Article Date: 12 Nov 2009 - 5:00 PST A Kansas State University study has shown that when preparing frozen foods, adolescents are less likely than adults to wash their hands and are more susceptible to ...

The government plans to ban the sale of raw oysters taken from the Gulf of Mexico in warm-water months unless the oysters are treated to destroy deadly bacteria.

"The Food and Drug Administration announced the publication of the 2009 FDA Food Code , a model code and reference document that provides a scientifically sound technical and legal basis for regulating the retail and food service segment of the food industry.

Louisiana lawmakers met with top FDA officials Tuesday to protest the proposed ban on the sale of raw oysters harvested from the Gulf of Mexico in warm months.

While tainted food and the illnesses it can cause have made headlines in the United States and Canada in recent years, the same problems go undetected in developing nations' food supplies.

The Delta Council board of directors has endorsed a proposal to add catfish to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's food safety inspection program.

Whether it's cooked inside the turkey or out stuffing has long been a Thanksgiving favorite.

November 10 - Food scientists at the University of Missouri-Columbia are finally making a healthier ice cream to be used as a functional food .

Louisiana lawmakers Tuesday threatened budget consequences for the Food and Drug Administration if the agency doesn't back off a plan to ban Gulf Coast oysters harvested during warm weather that are not treated with anti-bacteria technology.

In what might seem to defy the laws of comfort foods, researchers are setting out to concoct a healthy, yes healthy, ice cream.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest was joined today by victims, consumer advocacy, and public health organizations in urging Congress to support the Food and Drug Administration efforts to protect consumers from contaminated oysters that each year cause scores of serious illnesses and deaths .

WASHINGTON, November 4, 2009 - Bay Valley Foods, LLC, a Pittsburgh, Pa. establishment, is recalling approximately 20,286 pounds of canned cream of mushroom soup because it was inadvertently mislabeled and may contain an undeclared allergen, egg, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today.

LIHU'E, Kauai - A Kauai man's case of ciguatera poisoning that hospitalized him for more than two months highlights the danger of eating reef fish in Hawaii.

The Food and Drug Administration today announced the publication of the new FDA Food Code, a model code and reference document that provides a scientifically sound technical and legal basis for regulating the retail and food service segment of the food industry.

There are an unsettling number of foxes being appointed to guard the U.S. health care and food industry hen houses foxes that have entirely too many connections to Monsanto, the chemical manufacturer turned agricultural giant that is slowly gaining control over the world's population, one seed at a time.

Initial results show pregnant women mount a strong immune response to a single shot of H1N1 flu vaccine.

A top-to-bottom scrubbing after a deadly listeriosis outbreak apparently didn't fully cleanse a Maple Leaf Foods plant of mould, slime and meat debris, newly released documents show.

We need to better invest in food. I'm not strictly speaking about investing in companies that produce food -- although that isn't a bad idea -- I mean taking proper care of our food supply and managing it better.

It is time to promote food safety, as increasing number of people have been suffering from various diseases in recent time due to widespread use of harmful chemicals in foods, speakers at a roundtable said yesterday.

It's no secret olive oil, the delicious staple responsible for the rich flavors and heart-healthy benefits of the Mediterranean diet, is fast becoming dear to the American palate.

Foodborne illness outbreaks, caused by everything from spinach to peppers, have sickened hundreds in recent years and have snagged the public's attention.

At the height of the nationwide salmonella outbreak nearly a year ago, FBI agents raided two peanut plants and carried away boxes of evidence.

Main Category: Nutrition / Diet Also Included In: Water - Air Quality / Agriculture A joint public meeting focused on improving the system for tracing of food products and ingredients that are causing illness outbreaks or presenting other risks to the health of consumers was announced today by the Food and Drug Administration of the U.S. Department ...

The victims of the nationwide salmonella outbreak that sickened hundreds and was linked to nine deaths are infuriated prosecutors have yet to bring charges against the company at the center of the investigation.

At the height of the nationwide salmonella outbreak nearly a year ago, FBI agents raided two peanut plants and carried away boxes of evidence.

Oregon Sen. Jackie Dingfelder of Portland and Maye Thompson of Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility, in a recent opinion piece on The Stump argued for state legislation to prohibit the chemical bisphenol-A in food packages sold in Oregon.

Curly's Food, Inc., a Sioux City, Iowa, establishment, is recalling approximately 12,181 pounds of roast beef deli products because they were inadvertently mislabeled and contain an undeclared allergen, soy, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today.

Cook those bean sprouts well, advises Health Canada, if you want to reduce the risk of exposure to food borne illness.

IN THE US, manufacturers of nutritional supplements have welcomed the latest good manufacturing practice regulations and increased Food and Drug Administration enforcement as developments that will eliminate fringe manufacturers and improve the industry's overall image.

November 3, 2009 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is moving forward to implement the agency's May 2009 final rule revoking tolerances, or residue limits, for the pesticide carbofuran.

Main Category: Nutrition / Diet Also Included In: Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals Article Date: 03 Nov 2009 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition have sent a team of seafood specialists to Bangladesh this week to help train local officials on aquaculture safety and quality control ...

Stan Frankenthaler is director of culinary development for Dunkin' Brands. A few weeks ago, McDonald's wanted to talk about coffee.

Two people have died and 28 people have fallen ill with matching strains of E. coli after an outbreak in ground beef, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

MALVERN, Pa. & STAFFORD, England - PuriCore , the life sciences company focused on developing and commercializing proprietary, green solutions that safely, effectively, and naturally kill infectious pathogens without causing harm to human health or the environment, today issues an Interim Management Statement covering the three-month and nine-month ...

The pandemic H1N1 influenza virus has been found for the first time in a commercial swine herd, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Monday.

New York Firm Recalls More Than 545,000 Pounds Of Ground Beef Products That May Be Contaminated By E. Coli - Gillibrand Renews Call For Federally Mandated Testing Of All Ground Beef Last Update: 11:18 am NEW YORK FIRM RECALLS MORE THAN 545,000 POUNDS OF GROUND BEEF PRODUCTS THAT MAY BE CONTAMINATED BY E. COLI - GILLIBRAND RENEWS CALL FOR FEDERALLY ...

Maybe somebody at the Food and Drug Administration had a bad episode with an oyster or had some Oysters Rockefeller that didn't go down well over some fancy lunch at a Washington eatery, but the agency has hit new heights in hubris this past week.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest--known for pointing out the caloric crimes of fast-food and chain restaurants--has turned its attention to the dangers of foods that we generally think of as being healthful.

I got the good news as I walked to the door of the Marina Oyster Barn from owner Dale Rooks, taking a breather in the humid Bayou Texar air.

Monsanto Co. asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court's decision to ban the planting of genetically modified alfalfa until an environmental review is complete.

WASHINGTON a ' The 10 tomatoes sitting in a Tupperware tub at the Food and Drug Administration seem to be doing nothing more than rotting, slowly.