Salmonella Outbreak Hits Ohio Care Center By News Desk  A Salmonella outbreak has reportedly sickened 18 people at the Heritage Corner Health Campus in Bowling Green, Ohio. The campus offers facilities for independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing care and rehabilitation, memory care, and hospice care, among other services. The Wood County Health District and the Ohio Department of Health have been investigating the outbreak... Continue Reading
FSIS Emails Reveal 'Snapshot' of Foster Farms Investigation By Lydia Zuraw  Internal emails from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) made public earlier this month tell some of the story behind the agency's attempt to recall Foster Farms products linked to an outbreak of Salmonella Heidelberg in the months before it finally did so in July 2014. The latest batch of FSIS emails provided to... Continue Reading
FDA Rejects Several Snack Products From India for Contaminants By News Desk  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected a number of snack imports made by Indian company Haldiram Snacks for concerns over high levels of pesticides, mold and bacteria. The move comes as global food corporation Nestlé has been subjected to a nationwide ban in India of its Maggi noodles that have allegedly tested for high levels... Continue Reading
South Carolina Daycare Reopens After E. Coli Outbreak By Cathy Siegner  The Learning Vine daycare in Greenwood, SC, reopened on Monday after an E. coli outbreak linked to the facility sickened 11 and killed one. Myles Mayfield, 2, who had attended the daycare, died May 31 from complications of E. coli infection. The facility had voluntarily closed earlier this month but was cleared to resume business after... Continue Reading
EFSA: Farm Size Not a Factor in Bovine Diseases in Europe By News Desk  In a recent study, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) found that farm size does not make a difference when it comes to bovine diseases. That finding by the EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare comes after the scientific committee had completed an assessment of "dairy cow welfare in small-scale farming systems." It looked at... Continue Reading
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