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Romaine Lettuce Outbreak Highlights Safety Measures in Produce Industry

After repeated food poisoning outbreaks linked to romaine lettuce, the produce industry is confronting the failure of its own safety measures in preventing contaminations. The E. coli outbreak announced just before Thanksgiving follows one in the spring that sickened more …

Computer Model Identifies Risky Restaurants in Near Real Time

A new computer model is proving significantly more accurate in identifying potentially unsafe restaurants when compared with existing methods of consumer complaints and routine inspections. The model uses machine learning and de-identified and aggregated search and location data from logged-in …

Nearly 3.5 Tons of Chicken Salad Recalled by Houston Company

A Houston company has recalled nearly 3.5 tons (2.72 metric tons) of ready-to-eat chicken salad that regulators say may be contaminated with listeria. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Nov. 14 announced the recall by Ron’s Home Style Foods. The …

China’s Swine Fever Outbreaks Blamed on Feeding Kitchen Waste to Pigs

China’s agriculture ministry said on Wednesday it would ban the feeding of kitchen waste to pigs after linking the practice to the majority of the early cases of African swine fever. The statement from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural …

U.S. Hog Farmers on Alert Over African Swine Fever Disease

U.S. hog farmers are ramping up safety procedures and leaving animal-feed ingredients imported from China in storage in an attempt to keep out a highly contagious swine disease that is sweeping through Asia and Europe. U.S. government officials said in …

Lawsuit Alleges Salmonella from Ground Beef; FDA Reports Cases in 16 States

A Kentucky woman is suing the U.S. arm of Brazil’s JBS SA, alleging she was hospitalized after consuming ground beef produced by the company that was tainted with Salmonella, according to a lawsuit filed on Friday in Arizona state court. …

Hy-Vee Sued by Minnesota Family Sickened by Tainted Pasta Salad

A Minnesota family sickened by eating pasta salad contaminated with salmonella is suing the Iowa-based grocery store chain that distributed the food. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday against Hy-Vee Inc. The suit alleges a woman, her daughter and her grandson …

Ohio Chipotle Restaurant Reopens Following Customer Illnesses

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. reopened a restaurant in Ohio on Tuesday that was temporarily closed after customers reported getting sick. The restaurant, located in the city of Powell, was voluntarily closed for cleaning on Monday after local health officials and …

Ohio Chipotle Restaurant Closed After Reports of Illness

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. has shut a restaurant in Ohio following reports of customers falling sick after eating there, the burrito chain said on Monday. At least two customers wrote on food safety website iwaspoisoned.com that they suffered nausea and …

Restaurants, and Diners, Pay High Price for Food-Related Illnesses

A single foodborne illness outbreak could cost a restaurant millions of dollars in lost revenue, fines, lawsuits, legal fees, insurance premium increases, inspection costs and staff retraining, a new study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public …