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Rates of food poisoning among older people appear to be higher in Scotland than in other countries, according to recent research.

Findings have helped Food Standards Scotland (FSS) clarify who is more likely to become ill and experience severe symptoms to tailor messaging accordingly.

More than 20 people are sick in Denmark as part of a Salmonella outbreak.

Since mid-May, the Statens Serum Institut (SSI) has recorded 25 cases of monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium.

Patients are 11 males and 14 females. Sick people are between 8 and 81 years old with a median age

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My father is a coffee enthusiast.

For his birthday, I wanted to find him something he had never tried before. That sent me searching through specialty coffee websites looking for a unique gift.

Then I found it. Coffee made from animal droppings.

Naturally, I bought it immediately.

The coffee

Sweden has recorded a recent increase in the number of people infected with Campylobacter.

The Public Health Agency of Sweden (Folkhälsomyndigheten) said the rise in infections was expected and is at similar levels to the previous year.

From the end of May, the number of domestically infected patients

As part of its enforcement activities, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners generally have 15 working days to respond to FDA warning letters.

Several children have needed hospital treatment in Israel after consuming contaminated fruit puree.

According to the Ministry of Health’s epidemiological investigation, children were hospitalized after having "Prinok" baby fruit puree purchased at Zol U'Begadol stores. At least four children are affected but they have

The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below. 

World Food Safety Day was held on June 7. In this article, Food Safety News looks at some of the ways different regions and stakeholders marked the occasion.

On June 8, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) held a hybrid event on how Codex texts can help tackle foodborne

Fry Pie Factory has issued a recall of its 5-ounce pepperoni rolls because of misbranding involving undeclared milk, a known allergen, and a process deviation related to refrigeration.

The company said the Pepperoni Rolls were not stored, distributed or sold at appropriate temperatures, which may allow pathogenic growth and

Power Plate Meals LLC a West Fargo, ND, Cooperative Interstate Shipping establishment, is recalling 5,795 pounds of frozen meatloaf with garlic mashed potatoes because of misbranding and an undeclared allergen, the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. 

The product contains soy, a known

Seven people have fallen ill in Slovakia after eating cheese from an unregistered operation.

Sick people were infected with Salmonella Schleissheim and several of them were hospitalized.

The Regional Veterinary and Food Administration (RVPS) of Liptovský Mikuláš received a complaint from the Regional Public Health Authority (R&

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In food safety litigation, one of the most consequential, and often most contested, questions is not whether a product was contaminated, or even whether someone was harmed. It is whether the court has the power to hold the right defendants accountable in the first place. That question, always important,

Dietary exposure to inorganic arsenic represents a major problem, according to an analysis of foodborne chemicals.

In 2021, nine foodborne chemicals caused 6.26 million cases and 1.12 million deaths. These substances are inorganic arsenic, lead, aflatoxin B1 and M1, methylmercury, cadmium, dioxin, peanut allergy, and cassava cyanide.