Some common products like turkey breasts and pork chops don't even have standards, the report says.
An Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to chopped romaine lettuce has sickened 18 more people, with five more states reporting illnesses, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said yesterday in an update.
Chinese scientists have discovered another colistin resistance gene in bacteria isolated from chickens, according to a study yesterday in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
The average yearly number of food recalls increased from 2004 to 2013, probably because of several factors, including an increase in food volume sold and improvements in pathogen detection technology, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Economic Research Service reported yesterday.
The first large-scale egg recall since 2010 comes after 23 illnesses in 9 states.
Consumer Reports today urged the public to avoid all romaine lettuce for now, based on an Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreak that has sickened 35 people in 11 states, as a Pennsylvania company recalled 8,757 pounds of ready-to-eat salads that may be contaminated.
With 18 new illnesses, the outbreak has grown to 35 cases in 11 states.
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and Inovio Pharmaceuticals yesterday announced a partnership to support Inovio's development of candidate vaccines against Lassa fever and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV).
Six people have been hospitalized, including one with a serious kidney condition; no food source has been confirmed.
The CDC reports 95 new cases, for a total of 265 in 8 states, but with more than 90% in Iowa.
