Food Safety News - June 2, 2017 CDC fowl warning: Hundreds sickened by backyard flocks

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CDC fowl warning: Hundreds sickened by backyard flocks

By Coral Beach

More than a third of the 372 people infected with Salmonella from backyard flocks so far this year are children younger than 5 years old, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting eight separate outbreaks across 47 states. "These outbreaks are expected to continue for the next several months," according to a public... Continue Reading

Death caps pose year-round threat to mushroom lovers

By News Desk

Fortuitous weather and the increasing popularity of wild mushrooms combined in California to make a particularly dangerous foraging season this past winter and public health officials say the threat is ongoing. Fourteen people were confirmed with poisoning from unknowingly eating Amanita phalloides — commonly known as death cap mushrooms — during a two-week period in... Continue Reading

Real-time recall alerts — long needed and now possible

By Hal King

More than one in six people in the United States are poisoned by adulterated food each year, and more than 3,000 of them die, with the CDC estimating the numbers are actually 30 times higher when you consider under reporting and unconfirmed cases of disease.  These cases of preventable diseases cause many other impacts on the public health, including... Continue Reading

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