Finally! FDA's New Food-Safety Rules
So here's a brilliant idea: If you want to keep fresh fruits and vegetables from becoming contaminated and making people sick, how about making sure that workers wash their hands, crops are irrigated...
View ArticleSpinach Recall (Yes, Again) Hits 39 States
Taylor Farms has announced it is voluntarily recalling its organic baby spinach products in 39 states because of possible E. coli contamination. The company says it took the action "out of an abundance...
View ArticleFDA to Pet-Treat Maker: Recall Products or Else
We've warned you once, twice - now it's time to "voluntarily" pull those tainted products before we make you do it, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) told a pet-treat maker last week.
View ArticleWhat's Lurking in Your Refrigerator Drawers?
Which of your kitchen appliances or utensils has the most germs?
View ArticleGround-Turkey Test Finds 90 Percent With Bacteria
A Consumer Reports lab analysis of ground-turkey products purchased nationwide found that 90 percent had potentially disease-causing bacteria, some of which were antibiotic-resistant.
View ArticleFarmers Market Chicken May Have More Bacteria
You may think the chicken you buy at the farmers market is healthier for you than store-bought, but a new study suggests it could have more bacteria.
View ArticleThe Great Chicken Debate: To Wash or Not?
Just about every cookbook icon, from Julia Child to Martha Stewart to the Joy of Cooking's Rombauer sisters, has told us to rinse off our raw chicken before preparing it.
View ArticleLos jabones antibacterianos: ¿Ahora sí funcionan?
Las opiniones de los expertos en materia de higiene y salud pública siguen encontradas en cuanto a la efectividad del uso de jabones antibacterianos para garantizar la salubridad general y prevenir la...
View Article6 Foods a Top Food Poisoning Expert Won’t Eat
Think of every major outbreak of foodborne illness in the past 23 years and Seattle attorney Bill Marler was involved, representing victims who were hospitalized or, in several tragic cases, died from...
View ArticleSprouts Are Out: Kroger Stops Selling Them Due to Health Risk
So tiny, yet so deadly. That's the verdict on raw sprouts - from the mung bean sprouts used in Chinese stir-fry dishes to the threadlike alfalfa or clover sprouts often added to sandwiches -which have...
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