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Synthetic Cannabis and the Deadly Bleeding Outbreak
Food Safety,Our Blog,Science | January 27, 2019
After the Ebola epidemic swept through West Africa, many travelers were afraid of traveling to that region. The main symptom was excessive bleeding. And now with synthetic cannabis claiming lives with similar symptoms, U.S residents have grown fearful. The new… read more
Food Safety,Our Blog,Salmonella | January 23, 2019
Salmonella is one of the leading causes of food poisoning in the United States. This is, in part, because of its ubiquity. The microbe can slip past your immune defenses by piggybacking on or in all sorts of foods. Some… read more
Food Safety,Our Blog | January 23, 2019
January 23, 2019 marks the annual celebration of National Pie Day. Its origin dates back to January 23, 1975 when a die-hard pie lover of pies named Charlie Papazian decided that his birthday of the same date would always be… read more
Why is Everyone Freaking Out Over Washing Avocados?
Listeria,Our Blog,Salmonella | January 22, 2019
The FDA issued a report earlier this month warning consumers to wash the avocado properly before eating it after they found Listeria and Salmonella on the samples of avocado taken between 2014 – 2016. If you cut the avocado before… read more
Food Safety,Our Blog,Outbreaks & Recalls | January 20, 2019
Things are off to a rough start in 2019. This is the second recall this month, but I am hopeful things will turn around. It is important that we get this information to you as soon as we can in… read more
The Egg that Beat Kylie Jenner
Food Safety,Our Blog | January 20, 2019
“A box without hinges, key or lid, Yet golden treasure inside is hid.” Bilbo Baggins presented this riddle to Gollum in The Hobbit, and Gollum easily guessed the correct answer. Yup, eggs. Boil them. Fry them. Scramble them. Poach them…. read more
Lettuce Industry Wants Answers, Calls for FDA to Get Back to Work
E. coli,Food Safety,Our Blog,Outbreaks & Recalls | January 18, 2019
The lettuce industry, still licking its wounds from the effects of a series of high-profile outbreaks linked to their products, did not take the recent shutdown of the federal government lightly. The lettuce industry is eager for the FDA to… read more
Cargill to Expand Turkey-Tracing Program
Campylobacter,Food Policy,Food Safety,Our Blog,Salmonella | January 16, 2019
Cargill Meats is planning to expand the turkey-tracing program that they debuted last year. The initiative was piloted in Texas, where Thanksgiving celebrants could check out the provenance of their bird using the power of the blockchain, which was then… read more
I’ll Have the 10 Piece Bone-In Wings – Hold the Hepatitis A Please
Food Safety,Hep A,Our Blog | January 12, 2019
Sometimes your dish comes with ingredients not explicitly mentioned on the menu. Onions or mushrooms sometimes don’t always make the dish description. On some occasions you might end up with more than you bargained for. Oftentimes it is Salmonella, E…. read more
Food Safety,Our Blog | January 11, 2019
I know what you’re thinking: “No, my nonstick pans from Ikea are safe!” Well, I have some bad news for you, and you might not like it. The truth is, even though nonstick pans might be safer today then they… read more
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