Following a consumer complaint, Willow Tree Poultry Farm is recalling more than 52,000 pounds of chicken salads and dips because of potential contamination with foreign materials. Specifically, the products may contain pieces of hard white plastic, according to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The 26 tons of chicken products were produced on…
Inspectors are looking for specific sources of two new Salmonella outbreaks that have been associated with Italian-style meats. Three dozen people from 17 states have been confirmed infected so far. A third of the patients have been so sick they had to be admitted to hospitals, according to an outbreak announcement today from the Centers…
It’s a little twisted how breaking up with your therapist is one of those things it would be really nice to process with…a therapist. Most of us don’t like to hurt other people’s feelings, and having to break up with a therapist might make you worry you’re doing just that. Think of it this way:…
There’s no use, really, in detailing here the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has affected our collective mental well-being. The reality of what we’ve experienced and continue to experience is something we all need no reminder about—the isolation, tragedy, exhaustion, and despair of these past 18 months has affected each and every one of…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced that it will stop the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos on all food for the protection of human health, particularly that of children and farmworkers. EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan said chlorpyrifos’s removal from the marketplace is “an overdue step to protect public health. Ending the use of…
The number of food and feed risk notices reported by EU countries to the European Commission fell by more than 6 percent in 2020, according to an annual report. In 2020, there were 3,862 original notifications sent through the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) compared to 4,118 in 2019. The number of alert…
Essential elements of a processing environment monitoring program have been identified by an expert group of the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Europe. The aim is to help industry and regulators with targeted environmental monitoring by covering information on outbreaks, pathogens in low moisture foods, and knowledge on indicators. Past outbreaks have shown the role…
Table manners are dead – or so says a recent study. More than half of British children do not eat with a knife and fork, reveals a survey from doddl. Struggles to use cutlery mean that 60% of kids abandon their tools and eat dinners with their hands, while 55% constantly pick at food with…
Winter is approaching again, which means people in many parts of the country will be spending more time indoors. While many in the U.S. hoped for a carefree summer thanks to COVID-19 vaccines and fresh outdoor air, that didn’t quite turn out. In August alone, more than 26,000 people in the U.S. died from COVID-19,…
This week, the Biden administration reversed a Trump-era rule that significantly limited abortion access in the U.S. The domestic gag rule on abortion, reenacted in 2019, barred clinics that receive federal funding under the Title X family planning program from offering abortions or even providing patients with referrals for abortions. The U.S. Department of Health…