Why USDA Needs a New Program to Export Sandwiches to Canada By Lydia Zuraw  Which foods the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulates and which foods the U.S. Department of Agriculture regulates are not easy questions to answer. One oft-repeated example used to demonstrate the complexities is that cheese pizza falls under the jurisdiction of FDA, but a pizza topped with pepperoni is under USDA's jurisdiction. Another example is that USDA... Continue Reading
What Subway Serves for Lunch Can Help Save Lives By David Wallinga, M.D.  Antibiotics have been making lots of headlines in the past year as restaurant chains increasingly announce plans to phase out their routine use in meat and poultry supply chains. Panera and Chipotle are leading the pack. Others are in the planning or early implementation stage, such as McDonalds, Chick-fil-A, Dunkin Donuts and, as of last... Continue Reading
Wilkerson Surrenders to Women's Minimum-Security Prison in Florida By Dan Flynn  Mary Wilkerson, the former Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) quality assurance manager whom a jury found had lied to federal food safety investigators, surrendered Tuesday to a federal correctional institution in Marianna, FL. The 42-year-old mother of two from Edison, GA, has begun a five-year prison term at FCI Marianna, which the U.S. Bureau of Prisons... Continue Reading
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Illinois health officials are potentially linking a cluster of 30 gastrointestinal illnesses to consumption of apple cider during a recent fall festival in Pike County. Officials with the Pike County Health Department, Adams County Health Department, and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) are investigating 30 suspect cases of illness identified in attendees of the festival who... 
Colorado public health officials have confirmed three cases of typhoid fever among individuals who had eaten at a Mexican restaurant in Firestone, CO, this past August. Two of them were hospitalized, and all three have recovered. No new cases have been reported. Officials from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Weld County... 
A recent outbreak of foodborne illness following a catered staff luncheon at Roosevelt High School in Des Moines, IA, sickened at least 58 people and canceled classes for the rest of the day on Oct. 22. A subsequent investigation by state and county health officials, summarized in a report released Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015, found that meat... 
In an update posted Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that a total of 39 E. coli illnesses are now being reported between Washington state (29) and Oregon (10). (However, the Oregon Health Authority reported 12 cases in that state as of Nov. 3, 2015, which would mean a... 
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