Overview: In August and September 2014, an outbreak of Salmonella Enteriditis sickened six people in Minnesota, according to the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture…
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A little-known fact: there is no federal regulation that requires food companies to put any type of expiration date on food (except infant formula). Some states have rules that require…
Kitchen surfaces and hands aren’t the only things that need to be cleaned—some foods do too. Others—like raw meat and poultry—should not be washed, and doing so may cause more…
It has been said that “laws are like sausages; it is better not to see them being made.” While that may be true, it’s still worth knowing how meat becomes…
Researchers have zeroed in on TMAO, trimethylamine-N-oxide, as a new culprit in heart disease. “We’ve long recognized that two individuals could have the same LDL—or bad—cholesterol, yet one goes on…
How to pack your food safely: • Keep raw meats and raw produce separated in shopping bags. • Wash reusable bags regularly, or use disposable bags for raw meat items.…
BACILLUS CEREUS: Often grows in foods that aren’t kept at the proper temperature. Less commonly causes vomiting syndrome, which causes minimal diarrhea or abdominal pain and is associated with fried…
Do you have any frozen chicken stored away in your freezer from Foster Farms or one of the private brands it produces? If so, please check it for the establishment…
The frozen food aisles of a supermarket offer many nutritious choices (frozen produce among them) and a wide variety of gut-busting junk foods (full-fat ice cream “novelties,” for example). From…
If you conjure up visions of pizza, lasagna, fettuccine alfredo, or gyros, think again. [HD] And it’s not what people in the Mediterranean eat today. “If you go to Italy,…