CDC Report Finds High Sodium Consumption Among U.S. Kids By News Desk  More than 90 percent of U.S. children aged 6-18 years eat more sodium than recommended, putting them at risk for developing high blood pressure and heart disease later in life, according to a new CDC Vital Signs report released on Tuesday. This report provides the most recent data detailing how much sodium school-age children eat and where... Continue ReadingDanish Listeria Outbreak Has Killed 15 People, 38 Have Been Sickened By News Desk  The Danish State Serum Institute (SSI) reportedly confirmed on Monday that 15 people have now died from the ongoing Listeria monocytogenes outbreak, with the total number of those sickened at 38. The outbreak has been traced to a spiced meat roll known as “rullepølse,” and 30 products, including salami and hot dogs, have been recalled and... Continue ReadingOregon Girl, 4, Dies From Complications of E. Coli By News Desk  Update: The Lincoln County Health and Human Services Department has told Food Safety News that the girl’s E. coli infection has not been confirmed. They are waiting until laboratory testing results have returned to announce the cause of death. Original story below: A 4-year-old Oregon girl has died from medical complications possibly resulting from an E. coli... Continue ReadingCelebrate Food Safety Education Month With a Clean Kitchen By Barb Fuller  (This article by Barb Fuller and Laura Sternweis was published Sept. 4, 2014, by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and is reposted here with permission.) September is National Food Safety Education Month and an appropriate way to celebrate is to clean the kitchen, says an Iowa State University Extension and Outreach specialist. "The kitchen... Continue ReadingNew Food Police Unit Coming Soon to the United Kingdom By Dan Flynn  An independent report suggesting that the United Kingdom needs a special food police unit uses the Danes and the Dutch as examples and not the United States, where more than a dozen food industry executives this year have been subjected to investigations resulting in felony criminal charges. Professor Chris Elliott from Queen's University Belfast is... Continue ReadingMore Food Safety News | 
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