Incoming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Tuesday that “extremist Islam is trying to bring us down through terrorism from north and south” as his Cabinet prepared to take office.

CINCINNATI, Ohio — The Kroger Co. said today it is recalling Kroger Lite Mayo in 32-ounce plastic jars with a “Sell by” date of SEP-25-09 sold in Kroger stores in Southwestern Ohio, including Cincinnati and Dayton, and in Northern Kentucky and Southeastern Indiana because the product may be contaminated with Salmonella.
No illnesses have been reported [...]

OMAHA, Neb. — The first lawsuit stemming from a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul was filed today against CW sprouts in the Tenth District Court of Nebraska, Douglas County. The complaint was filed on behalf of Omaha resident Stephen Beumler, who is represented by Seattle foodborne illness law firm Marler Clark and by the Ausman [...]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. food safety system is divided by competing philosophies and a lack of accountability that make it harder to protect consumers, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said on Tuesday as the country faced another food recall.
High-profile recalls since 2006 have led to vociferous calls by lawmakers, the Obama administration and consumer groups to [...]

SACRAMENTO — California Democrats are pushing for mandatory food safety tests at the state’s food processing plants following the lastest recall.
Assemblyman Mike Feuer says he plans to introduce legislation to require California’s food processing plants to regularly test for tainted food. He also wants food processors to report any contamination within 24 hours.
Many processors now [...]

MANHATTAN — The use of antimicrobials in cattle, which includes antibiotics, is an important issue for all involved in food production from the farm to the fork, according to a Kansas State University food safety expert who will be among the speakers at K-State’s upcoming International Conference on the Use of Antimicrobials in Cattle Production.
Organized [...]

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) today launched its new website, www.fsai.ie, which is a comprehensive source of information for food businesses on every aspect of food safety, food hygiene management and food legislation. The FSAI website which received over 180,000 hits in 2008, representing a 58% increase on 2007, has a wide range [...]

Barely two months after a huge recall of peanut-related products, federal officials said late Monday that a California processor would recall about one million pounds of pistachio products because of concerns about salmonella contamination.
The company, Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella, based in Terra Bella, Calif., decided to recall its 2008 crop after one of its [...]

When President Obama meets the leaders of NATO countries in Strasbourg, France, on Thursday, the gathering will be large on pomp and circumstance to celebrate NATO’s 60th anniversary and short on substance on the major challenge facing the alliance: how to stabilize Afghanistan.

Desperation, sophisticated smuggling operations and the emergence of a small Italian island as a migrant destination provide the sad backdrop to Monday’s tragedy in the Mediterranean — the capsizing of boats carrying migrants from Libya to Italy.