McDonald’s served me raw chicken — now I think I have salmonella

McDonald’s served me raw chicken — now I think I have salmonella

The horrifying moment a woman bit into a wedge of raw chicken disguised inside a McDonald’s burger has been revealed. TikTok user Maddie treated herself on Friday to a Caesar Chicken McWrap from the Armadale outlet, southeast of Perth — and quickly regretted her choice. She took one bite before taking a closer look inside … Read more

10 grocery items most likely to cause food poisoning: ‘Big surprise’

10 grocery items most likely to cause food poisoning: ‘Big surprise’

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

Cookie lovers warned to stop eating raw dough amid salmonella outbreak: CDC

Cookie lovers warned to stop eating raw dough amid salmonella outbreak: CDC

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

Wegmans recalls greens, sweet pea leaves and cat grass over salmonella risk

Wegmans recalls greens, sweet pea leaves and cat grass over salmonella risk

Wegmans issued a voluntary recall of its products containing micro greens, sweet pea leaves and cat grass due to potential contamination with salmonella, the Food and Drug Administration said last week. The items include the 1.75-ounce Wegmans Organic Farm & Orchard Micro Greens, the five-ounce Wegmans Organic Baby Kale & Baby Spinach with Sweet Pea Leaves and … Read more

Christmas advent calendar recalled due to possible serious health risk

Christmas advent calendar recalled due to possible serious health risk

A chocolate advent calendar sold at Lidl grocery stores as recently as Monday is under voluntary recall over concerns it may be contaminated with salmonella, the Food and Drug Administration announced this week. Lidl — which operates more than 170 stores across nine East Coast states and Washington, D.C. — says the issue was discovered during routine … Read more

USDA proposes sweeping poultry changes to combat salmonella infections

USDA proposes sweeping poultry changes to combat salmonella infections

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