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Chicago illness cluster shows risks posed by chitterlings

(CIDRAP News) A recent cluster of Yersinia enterocolitica infections in Chicago infants illustrates the risks associated with preparing and eating chitterlings (pork intestines), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

New Mexico Salmonella outbreak prompts beef jerky recall

(CIDRAP News) A New Mexico firm has recalled 22,000 pounds of beef jerky in the wake of an outbreak of Salmonella infections that have been linked with the firm's products, according to New Mexico and federal officials.

Irradiation proponents object to Consumer Reports article

(CIDRAP News) Supporters of irradiation as a tool for preventing foodborne disease are dismayed by a generally negative evaluation of irradiated meat in the August issue of Consumer Reports.

Robert Roos

UN commission adopts new standard for irradiated foods

Jul 15 (CIDRAP NEWS) The United Nations' food standards body announced last week that it would allow higher kiloGray (kGy) doses for irradiating food.

Jane Berg

Tie food safety standards to public health goals, IOM urges

(CIDRAP News) – It's time to link science-based food safety standards with specific public health goals, says a report released today by the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council of the National Academies.

Robert Roos

USDA says Salmonella in meat and poultry declined in 2002

(CIDRAP News) The prevalence of Salmonella contamination in raw meat and poultry tested by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) declined overall from 2001 to 2002, the USDA has announced.

2002 data show mixed results in battle against foodborne diseases

(CIDRAP News) Preliminary data for 2002 indicate that the nation is making progress against some major foodborne diseases, including Campylobacter and Listeria, but not against others, including Salmonella, one of the most common.

FDA bars all Mexican cantaloupe over risk of Salmonella contamination

(CIDRAP News) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has halted the importation of Mexican cantaloupes because of evidence that unsanitary conditions in melon fields and processing facilities have caused four salmonellosis outbreaks in the past 3 years.

Produce protection spawns new products

(CIDRAP News) As foodborne diseases increase, innovations for improving food safety are sure to follow. And, in fact, such practices are already showing up in grocery stores and at food science institutions around the country.

Typhoid fever outbreak in Florida linked with frozen fruit drink

(CIDRAP News) When epidemiologists at MiamiDade County Health Department noted an unusual rise in the incidence of typhoid fever during the winter of 1998-99, they faced a mystery. According to a report by Dolores J. Katz and associates in the Jul 15 issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases, the clues to the source of the outbreak represented a new arena for public health surveillance.