Scientists at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center have found a possible link between stress and E. coli.

The research, which will be published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, describes a protein on enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC)…

The FDA has sent out brochures by mail and online to consumers advising them to remove pet turtles from their homes if they are expecting young children and cautioning them against buying turtles as gifts, citing Salmonella risk.

Dr. Joseph C.…

President Barack Obama, during his weekly radio address, discussed the steps he is taking to address food safety problems in the United States. Among those are:

• Forming a Food Safety Working Group to “upgrade our food safety laws for the 21st…

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved a vaccine intended to immunize cattle against the potentially deadly E. coli O157:H7 bacteria. The vaccine, made by Epitopix LLC of Minnesota, prevents E. coli from absorbing iron while in the digestive systems of…

Paste and juice made from the Acai fruit have been implicated as the main cause of an outbreak of Chaga’s disease in Brazil. Chaga’s disease is an illness caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. It causes fever, vomiting, aches, fatigue,…

Washington native Bill Rector has sued Kellogg Co. for failing to ensure that peanut butter crackers manufactured by the company were “safe, wholesome [and] free of defects.” Rector and his daughter were hospitalized in January with symptoms of Salmonella infection.

Kellogg is…

The FDA is warning consumers about specific cheese products made by the New York-based Peregrina Cheese Corporation. A bacteria called Listeria monocytogenes was detected during routine testing of their products - this bacteria has the ability to cause miscarriages in pregnant women…

Due to frustration about conventional lab methods used to identify Salmonella, the FDA is seeking a much faster test for confirming the presence of the common food-borne bacteria in food.

The news article talks about how it can take as many as…

The FDA has shut down the operations of Chicago Del Ray Tortilleria, barring the company from making soft-shell flour tortillas until it fixes its sanitation problems. Chicago Del Ray’s products had been linked with gastrointestinal illness in schoolchildren.

FDA: FDA Shuts…

Food Poison Blog is reporting that the Kansas Department of Health and Environment has announced that five Salmonella cases may be linked to sprouts from SunSprout Enterprises Inc of Nebraska.

I like eating sprouts, once in while - they go really well with…