The Calgary Police Service is investigating three incidents of food tampering at Sobeys locations in the south end of the city.

Vibrio vulnificus is a gram-negative bacterium that causes a fatal septicemia. One of its virulence factors is a membrane-bound lipoprotein, IlpA, which can induce cytokine production in human immune cells. In the present study, the role of IlpA as an adhesion molecule was investigated. An ilpA-deleted V.

This paper reports on several simultaneous outbreaks of norovirus infection linked to the consumption of raw oysters. Since January 2010, 334 cases in 65 clusters were reported from five European countries:  the United Kingdom, Norway, France, Sweden and Denmark. The article describes the available epidemiological and microbiological evidence of these outbreaks. Background

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) today announced that it is seeking comment on proposed measures to enhance food safety. The proposed rule would implement a provision of the 2008 Farm Bill and is a priority for the Food Safety Working Group (FSWG).

Risk comparisons can be risky: they usually offend the target audience and make the author sound like a jack-ass. James Wesson, oyster scientist with the Virginia Marine Resource Commission, told the Daily Press that the overwhelming majority of oysters sold in the United States are not contaminated, adding,

The Birmingham Post reports that a Chinese restaurant in the U.K.’s Black Country – and I know what that means having now been there -- is being forced to pay out almost £65,000 after nearly 50 of its diners went down with food poisoning.

SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois Department of Public Health is warning Illinoisans about the potential of illness associated with raw milk.  The Michigan Department of Community Health and the U.S.

Washington, D.C. -- Producing meat that is as safe as we can make it is the industry’s number one priority. Federal inspectors are present in our plants every day to ensure that we are operating in compliance with federal rules and that the technologies we use to destroy bacteria are working to ensure that only safe and wholesome products enter the marketplace.

New York Chinatown legend, Great NY Noodletown, was forced to close on Friday night. A February inspection turned up evidence of insects, roaches and mice in the Noodletown's food and/or non-food areas, and, according to Eater NY, pinged the restaurant for its storage of delicious meats that hang behind the counter.