When a food safety problem is discovered, there isn’t much done to make sure consumers find out. No one has to contact grocery stores or restaurants. No one has to notify consumers Published: April 16, 2026, 12:05 am Last updated: April 16, 2026, 2:06 am A new report says fewer food recalls are being announced
A key element of the law is the establishment of a system to trace food, which is key to reducing the severity of foodborne illness outbreaks. Published: January 08, 2026, 12:05 am A report from the Government Accountability Office says the FDA has still not met requirements of the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act. The
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Dining out is one of the riskiest possible activities during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday, citing the fact that masks are not used while people are eating and drinking.CDC officials interviewed about 314 people who experienced symptoms of the virus and…
The vast majority of the nearly 6 million coronavirus diagnoses in the United States likely were not contagious, according to the New York Times.Despite continued widespread COVID-19 panic, which includes many virus-related restrictions, up to 90% of individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19 potentially carried such "insignificant" amounts of the virus that they were…
Published: October 10, 2026, 9:51 pm Oyster and clam harvesting has been shut down on a stretch of the Little Wicomico River in Northumberland County in Virginia after state health officials traced a Salmonella outbreak in Pennsylvania back to shellfish pulled from those waters. Virginia health officials closed the river to harvesting on Oct. 9
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Objectives assigned to NOAA include ensuring a safe and sustainable supply of seafood Published: October 04, 2026, 8:00 am Last updated: October 04, 2026, 9:09 pm Quick bites from around the food safety arena this week An unusual outbreak of both E. coli and Salmonella linked to sprouts continues to widen. As of Oct. 1, there were