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When Good Cultures Go Bad. Is Yogurt Safe When Left Out?
Food Safety,Our Blog,Outbreaks & Recalls | February 21, 2019
Yogurt. Mmmm… That tangy, sour, versatile treat. Have it as a snack paired with fruit, jelly, nuts, honey, candy, or anything your heart desires. I fall somewhere between healthy honey drizzled Greek yogurt and what we fondly call “dirt pudding”… read more
Wormwood Tea the Cure for Parasites?
Food Safety,Our Blog,Pathogens,Science | February 20, 2019
Snail fever. Bilharzia. Schistosomiasis. In 2016, some 200 million people were afflicted; of those, less than half received treatment. Swollen, distended bellies are the telltale sign; the disease, which is caused by parasitic flatworms, still ravages children in the global… read more
Don’t Listen to Pete Hegseth About Handwashing
Food Policy,Food Safety,Our Blog | February 20, 2019
We’ve seen all kinds of crazy over here at Make Food Safe, but this one is new: Pete Hegseth, a regular contributor to Fox News and op-ed writer for various conservative publications, hasn’t washed his hands in a decade. To… read more
Zombie Deer Disease? Is it Real? Is it Contagious to Humans?
Food Safety,Our Blog,Outbreaks & Recalls | February 20, 2019
Zombie deer? Zombie Deer Disease? Is that really a thing? Sounds like something from the latest M. Night Shyamalan movie. Sadly, no. This is real problem for wild life. And it isn’t just limited to deer. Moose and elk can… read more
First Lawsuit Filed in Washington Heights Legionnaires’ Outbreak
Legionella,Legionnaire's disease,Our Blog,Outbreaks & Recalls | February 19, 2019
Last Summer may be full of fun memories, vacations, and time spent with family for many people. But not everyone. For those who suffered from Legionnaires’ disease as a result of infection related to the Washington Heights Legionnaires’ outbreak, memories… read more
Georgia College Shuts Down Dining Facilities Following Reported Illnesses
Food Safety,Norovirus,Our Blog,Outbreaks & Recalls | February 18, 2019
Food poisoning isn’t exactly the kind of thing the average college student has time to worry about. In the midst of flu season, tests, papers, and projects, Middle Georgia health officials issued an investigation after several students at Georgia College… read more
FDA Announces Tougher Regs on Dietary Supplements
Food Policy,Food Safety,Our Blog | February 16, 2019
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced that it will begin procedures to enforce tougher regs on dietary supplements. The FDA does not regulate such supplements in the same manner that it does for medications. The FDA… read more
Food Safety,Our Blog,Science | February 15, 2019
Can you trust that your sushi is what it says it is? There’s quite a bit of fish out there posed as something else. A new article from a team of scientists at UCLA published on their seafood study in the… read more
An Unfortunate Day at the Spa: Crookston Legionnaires Outbreak
Legionella,Legionnaire's disease,Our Blog,Outbreaks & Recalls | February 15, 2019
A disease is the last thing anyone wants to get at the spa. That may be what some unfortunate souls got during the recent Crookston Legionnaires Outbreak. This past January, that’s exactly what happened to four people who visited Crookston Inn… read more
The American Home and Food Waste
Food Insecurity,Food Policy,Food Safety | February 15, 2019
According to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Americans individually discard more than 400 pounds of food each and every year. In 2017, more than 78 million tons (yes, millions) of food was thrown away nationwide. No one truly likes… read more