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