Do you have a bag of pre-chopped romaine lettuce in your refrigerator? Throw it out. That also goes for any packaged salads or salad mixes that contain romaine. Public health…
Category: Food Safety
Food company executives are finally going to prison for selling filthy food that sickens or kills consumers. Stewart Parnell, the first food executive convicted of a federal felony in connection…
“Americans lose about 112,000 years of healthy life each year because of foodborne illnesses,” says epidemiologist Elaine Scallan, of the University of Colorado School of Public Health. That’s what she…
This post has been updated to reflect recent, unrelated pet food recalls from Darwin’s Natural Selections, ZooLogics, Smokehouse Pet Products, and multiple brands owned by Smuckers. On February 5th, pet…
Has climate change increased your odds of getting a nasty bout of food poisoning? “We’re seeing two foodborne pathogens—Vibrio and Cryptosporidium—that are probably influenced by global warming,” says Glenn Morris,…
Perchlorate is almost impossible to avoid, but you may be able to diminish its impact on the thyroid. “Perchlorate is pretty much all around us, so everybody has it in…
Salmonella. Campylobacter. Toxoplasma. Vibrio. Listeria. E. coli. The list of microbes that can cause food poisoning—and its possible long-term consequences—is daunting. These kitchen gadgets and tools can help keep food…
You’re at the doctor with a severe case of food poisoning. Should you ask for tests to find out which microbe caused it? “Testing lets you identify specific pathogens where…
A few weeks ago we wrote about how phthalates—a worrisome endocrine-disrupting group of chemicals that shows up in food—may put adults at risk for obesity, diabetes, and the metabolic syndrome.…
Endocrine disruptors are chemicals that can interfere with estrogen, testosterone, thyroid hormone, insulin, or other hormones. At very low levels, they can turn on, shut off, or alter the signals…