Jan 6, 2012
(CIDRAP News) – Although the estimated annual toll of foodborne illnesses and deaths in the United States was revised sharply downward by federal officials in 2010, foodborne disease still costs the nation up to $77.7 billion a year, according to a new study in the Journal of Food Protection.
(CIDRAP News) Federal officials today released a progress report on the work of President Barack Obama's Food Safety Working Group, which has been buoyed by legislation passed earlier this year but faces challenges in implementing the law.
(CIDRAP News) Federal health officials today cited romaine lettuce from grocery-store salad bars as the apparent cause of an Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreak involving 60 cases in 10 states, with most of the cases in Missouri.
(CIDRAP News) Beef industry organizations and some US trading partners today urged the US government to delay its planned ban on non-O157 strains of pathogenic Escherichia coli in beef, saying the need is unclear and tests aren't ready, while consumer groups urged the government to forge ahead with the program.
Nov 30, 2011
