Washington, D.C. -- An effort to improve the safety of fruits, vegetables and processed foods is running into objections from a broad collection of farm interests, including livestock producers, organic farmers and small-scale growers.

Oceana, an international marine conservation organisation, presented a report drafted by the Ministry of the Economy that indicates the national salmon farming industry used 325.6 tonnes of antibiotics over the past year, and 385.6 tonnes in 2007.

http://barfblog.foodsafety.ksu.edu/2009/07/articles/culture-of-food-safety/multiple-little-failures-add-up-and-cause-outbreaks/ When food-safety inspectors called on Panera Bread Co.'s Chicago dough plant earlier this year, they found a host of manufacturing deficiencies.

Trinity Medical Center delayed getting information about a hepatitis A case to the Rock Island County Health Department, a Trinity official said Friday.

Jaisalmer -- Thirty girls of a Madarsa in Sardasingh-ki-Dhai here were hospitalised today after they complained of food poisoning, sources said. The minor girls complained of pain in abdomen and vomiting in the wee hours today following which they were rushed to a nearby hospital in Pokran sub-division, they said.

Keehn writes that about a year ago I took my 11-year-old daughter to the emergency room with what turned out to be salmonella poisoning. My first thought when I heard the diagnosis: Did she pick up the infection from our flock of chickens? But the public-health outreach worker at the local department of health said that was unlikely.

The American Medical Association is, according to this story, studying a proposal made at its annual meeting in June that doctors hang up their lab coats — for good. The group’s Council on Science and Public Health is looking at the role clothing plays in transmitting bacteria and other microbes and is expected to announce its findings next year.

Claire Munoz, 36, was enjoying a meal out with her boyfriend and his mother when she suddenly began to feel strange. What happened next was extraordinary, terrifying and very nearly fatal. Here, Claire, an assistant producer for children's television, who lives with her dog, Nellie, in Glasgow, reveals what happened…

North Korea is promoting the virtue of dog meat as a way to beat the summer heat and says customers are packing Pyongyang restaurants which serve the traditional dish. The North has been hosting dog meat food contests to help develop the traditional cuisine, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said on Saturday.