October 27, 2015 Consumer group sues USDA over drug-resistant salmonella in meat A consumer group on Wednesday accused the U.S. Department of Agriculture of putting the public's health at risk by allowing meat with antibiotic-resistant strains of salmonella to be sold to consumers, according to a lawsuit filed against the agency.
October 27, 2015 Possible case of E. coli on Mercer Island, report says A child who lives on Mercer Island likely has E. coli, public health officials said Sunday.
October 27, 2015 Soaring antibiotic use in animals fuels superbug fears Developing countries are pumping livestock full of antibiotics at such a startling rate that they are dramatically increasing the risk of creating drug-resistant "super bugs", scientists warned on Monday.
October 27, 2015 Potato salad was likely source of Ohio botulism outbreak Health officials say the likely source of the botulism outbreak that killed one person and sickened many others at an Ohio church potluck dinner was home-canned potatoes used in a potato salad.
October 27, 2015 Arizona woman is third victim of widespread salmonella outbreak An Arizona woman has died after eating salmonella-tainted cucumbers grown in Mexico, marking the third fatality from the widespread outbreak, health officials said on Friday.
October 27, 2015 FDA wants food companies to hand over their pathogens Investigations into foodborne illness are being radically transformed by whole genome sequencing, which federal officials say is enabling them to identify the source of an outbreak far more quickly and prevent additional cases.
October 27, 2015 Salmonella found in chia seed powder sickens 21 in US Salmonella has been found in a health food powder, spurring product recalls in the United States and the launch of a multi-state health investigation, federal officials said on Friday.
October 27, 2015 US finds first case of lethal bird flu in commercial chicken flock A flock of 200,000 hens in Wisconsin is the first commercial U.S. chicken operation to become infected with a lethal strain of bird flu, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said, widening the impact of a virus that has killed hundreds of thousands of turkeys this year.
October 27, 2015 A food poisoning report with good news: Fewer E. coli cases Health officials say fewer Americans are getting sick from a nasty germ sometimes found in undercooked hamburgers.
October 27, 2015 10 listeria illnesses now linked to Blue Bell foods, CDC says Texas-based Blue Bell Creameries has recalled all of its products after two samples of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream tested positive for listeria, a potentially deadly bacteria.
