A compound found naturally in garlic has been found to be 100 times more effective than two popular antibiotics at fighting the Campylobacter bacterium, the most common source of food-borne illness in the United States, according to a new study published in the Journal of ...More
A new study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology found evidence suggesting a class of antibiotics—fluoroquinolones—previously banned in the United States for poultry production since 2005 is still in use. The findings were published weeks before ...More
Public health officials in Portland, Ore. and St. Louis, Mo., are investigating outbreaks of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections linked to the consumption of raw milk that have sickened 11 people, and hospitalized three children in Oregon and two children in Missouri. Four ...More
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released the second edition of its Bad Bug Book, an online handbook that provides current information about the major known agents that cause foodborne illness, including bacteria, viruses, parasites, prions and naturally ...More
The number of Salmonella outbreaks in humans in the European Union dropped 9% in 20109, marking a decrease for the sixth consecutive year, according to a new report from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ...More
The raw milk movement has gained enough momentum that researchers at Michigan State University conducted a study of milk drinkers to determine why people make the choice to drink raw or pasteurized milk. The findings were published in the journal Food Protection News. ...More
The U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) a permanent injunction preventing Rainbow Acres Farm and its owner Daniel L. Allgyer from distributing raw milk and raw milk products in final package form for ...More
The Pennsylvania Department of Health announced that 38 people in four states have been sickened by raw milk contaminated with Campylobacter bacteria that was produced at The Family Cow farm in Chambersburg, Pa. ...More
Zapping raw poultry with a dose of plasma effectively kills pathogens, including Salmonella and Campylobacter, according to a new study published in the Journal of Food Protection. ...More
FDA is warning people not to drink unpasteurized milk from South Carolina-based Tucker Adkins Dairy because it may be contaminated with Campylobacter. Three confirmed cases and five probable cases of campylobacteriosis infection in neighboring North Carolina have been ...More
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