A federal judge in California has ruled that the US Food and Drug Administration must publish all the regulations required by the Food Safety Modernization Act by Jun 30, 2015, Food Safety News (FSN) reported yesterday.
In a Jun 21 ruling, Judge Phyllis Hamilton of US District Court of Northern California rejected the FDA's proposal for releasing the remaining rules in 2015 and 2016.
Federal officials have reduced the case count in a foodborne outbreak of hepatitis
A from 118 to 113, saying they are now counting only confirmed cases.
Scottish researchers report that they found increased levels of cytokines—chemical messengers that typically promote inflammation—in patients with influenza and rhinovirus infections.
The findings appear to support the view that a "cytokine storm" contributes to severe illness in flu patients.
Despite data collection gaps, there is strong evidence that poorer children are at greater risk for foodborne illness, according to a Jun 17 report from the Consumer Federation of America (CFA), a nonprofit advocacy group based in Washington, DC. Kids younger than 15 account for half of all foodborne illnesses, and young children are particularly vulnerable, the
Seven more infections have been reported in an acute hepatitis A outbreak connected to an organic frozen berry mix, boosting the total to 106 so far, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today. The number of states affected remained at eight, all in the Southwest.
Twelve new cases have been reported in the past 2 days in an outbreak of acute hepatitis A linked to an organic frozen berry mix, bringing the total to 99, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today.
A study from a Wisconsin team indicates that influenza vaccination does not increase the risk of infection with other respiratory viruses, which supports the validity of a common method for assessing flu vaccine effectiveness (VE) in observational studies.
The hepatitis A outbreak linked to consumption of a frozen berry mix distributed by Oregon company Townsend Farms affected 61 people as of Jun 5, 12 more than reported in an update Jun 4, says a notice from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) posted today. Affected patients come from seven states; there have been no deaths.
Federal food safety officials today proposed new labeling requirements for mechanically tenderized beef products, a step designed to reduce the foodborne illness risk related to the products.
A new report on Listeria monocytogenes infections underscores the groups at greatest risk—older people and pregnant women—and sheds light on why progress has stalled in the battle against one of the deadliest foodborne diseases, federal officials said yesterday.
