You might want to think twice the next time you’re shopping at the grocery store. Food safety experts have revealed the four things sold at the grocery store that they would never eat — and some of them may surprise you. Kali Kniel, a microbiologist at the University of Delaware, and Dr. Bryan Quoc Le, … Read more
You may want to think twice before grabbing that doggy bag. A microbiologist is sharing the alarming reason she won’t go near leftovers, barbecues or oysters, warning of the dangers of common practices that could lead to food poisoning, which strikes more than 47 million Americans every year. Primrose Freestone, a senior lecturer in clinical … Read more
A woman was hospitalized with paralysis after eating expired pesto that she bought at a market in Brazil. “I couldn’t move my body,” Doralice Carneiro Sobreira Goes, 47, told Jam Press of the food-induced affliction. The horrific saga began in December 2021 after Goes purchased a jar of pesto from a local store which she … Read more
Eleven 13-year-olds went out to a birthday lunch Saturday and wound up being rushed to the hospital after an apparent food poisoning sickened more than two dozen people, according to New York health officials. But the culprit doesn’t appear to be raw fish or any other type of meat, according to the birthday girl’s mother. … Read more
Australian woman Erin Patterson, 48, is suspected of intentionally killing three family members and critically wounding a fourth by feeding them a meal laced with death cap mushrooms last month. As that investigation continues, an Australian man who miraculously survived eating the lethal fungus 25 years ago recently shared he felt like he was “preparing … Read more
Check, please! Sick restaurant employees were responsible for about 40% of food poisoning outbreaks with known causes between 2017 and 2019, federal health officials announced on Tuesday. Of the 800 outbreaks reviewed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 875 restaurants during the span, norovirus and salmonella were the most common causes, officials … Read more
Charlie and the bad chocolate factory. A group of veterinarians is warning dog owners of the danger of some popular Easter snacks. PDSA, the UK’s largest veterinarian charity, has issued guidelines for chocolate poisoning after a dog was rushed to a clinic after the pooch ate a two-pound share bag of Cadbury Mini Eggs. Charlie, … Read more
Onions, peaches and cold cuts, oh my — these are just some of the risky foods lurking in your kitchen. The latest study by Consumer Reports reveals the 10 kitchen staples most often linked to food recalls from 2017 to 2022, and some might shock you. The report notes that an estimated 48 million people become … Read more
Got dough? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged consumers to stop eating raw cookie dough after a national salmonella outbreak hospitalized three people. “Flour doesn’t look like a raw food, but most flour is raw,” the CDC wrote in a report updated Thursday. The agency explained that raw, or unbaked, flour used to … Read more
Hugh Grant has some serious beef with hot dogs. The actor revealed that eating too many Nathan’s Famous hot dogs didn’t agree with him. He spoke about the incident during a Wednesday appearance on “The Late Late Show With James Corden,” alongside his “Dungeons & Dragons” co-star Chris Pine. “In Coney Island, New York, I … Read more
Urinary tract infections are more than an uncomfortable nuisance. Foodborne bacteria could be behind more than a half-million UTIs in the US each year, according to worrisome new findings from experts who also warn that deaths caused by the same bacteria that bring about UTIs — E. coli — could be on the rise. “We’re … Read more
Cooking is a piece of cake — unless you don’t know how to handle food safely. An estimated one in six Americans falls ill from food poisoning each year, sending 128,000 people to the hospital and killing 3,000 more, according to the CDC. These types of illnesses typically can be avoided by following proper food safety … Read more
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A Melbourne musician has described the terrifying moment he thought he would die after eating a toxic batch of poppy seeds. Andy Jordan is one of 32 Australian adults who have been hospitalized in the last month. He has been mixing poppy seeds into a drink – similar to brewed tea – to help with … Read more
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) on Friday proposed sweeping changes for how poultry should be processed in order to reduce the multitude of salmonella infections linked to these products. The new proposed framework, which officials say has “been shaped by months of information-gathering and discussions with a wide range of stakeholders, researchers, and scientists” could … Read more