The Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of irradiation to make fresh iceberg lettuce and spinach safer and last longer without spoiling, while maintaining their nutritional value.
The FDA says that irradiating the produce will help protect consumers from disease-causing bacteria such as Salmonella and E-coli.
Sometimes termed ‘ionizing radiation’, irradiation is a process of [...]

Welsh Water issued its third warning in three years after a rise in bacteria was detected at a treatment plant.
The company says the warning for customers in Gwynedd and Anglesey will stay in place for at least two weeks.
Diane McCrea, chair of the Consumer Council for Water Wales, said clean and safety water must be [...]

Edmonton — Health officials have confirmed Alberta’s first cases of listeriosis linked to a national outbreak.
Kirsten Woboditsch, 36, of Grande Prairie, died Aug. 14 in hospital after she contracted the strain of listeriosis linked to a Maple Leaf Foods recall, the province’s acting chief medical officer of health said in a press conference Saturday.
Another woman [...]

Belleville, IL – Landshire, Inc. is recalling its American Sub Sandwich because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, and organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems, although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as [...]

When public health officials in New Mexico first noticed a spike in salmonella cases in May, they quickly issued a public statement warning consumers.
They had no tests confirming the source of the problem, no knowledge of its cause or what food might be responsible – only that 19 people across the state were sick.
In a [...]

Kirk James Murphy writes we don’t have to swallow the lie that irradiation would prevent most cases of food-borne illness greens may carry.
The majority of food-borne illness linked to greens come from viruses, not bacteria. Irradiation won’t kill the viruses — but it does increase the greens’ shelf-life. Gee — wonder what the real agenda [...]

LOCUST GROVE — Residents of this rural Mayes County community are split over an iconic local restaurant that state officials say is the source of a deadly E. coli outbreak in the area.
Some residents are angry at the restaurant over the possibility that it caused the intestinal illness outbreak, which has resulted in at least [...]

BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON –– Trans-Ocean Products, Inc. of Bellingham, Washington is recalling its 4 ounce Cracked Pepper Style Smoked Salmon Lot No 54933-2 because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism, which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune [...]

The listeria outbreak in Canada goes from bad to worse as authorities announced Sunday afternoon (Aug. 31/08) there are now 11 confirmed and 6 suspected deaths linked to consumption of Maple Leaf deli meats; further, 33 are confirmed ill and another 25 are suspected of being ill with the outbreak strain. However, no comprehensive timeline [...]

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