A Dublin restaurant has been told by the Health Service Executive (HSE) to stop serving burgers cooked rare and medium-rare or face legal action.

Or it makes Larry Hicks of Pennsylvania’s York Dispatch gag.

On January 4, President Barack Obama signed the Food Safety Modernization Act into law. The bill has been called a "sweeping overhaul" of the Food and Drug Administration, the first major update to the FDA's powers since 1932.

SALT LAKE CITY -- An Orem woman who nearly died after eating spinach tainted with E. coli has settled a multimillion-dollar lawsuit with the companies responsible for the contaminated greens.

SALINAS, CA -- California and Arizona, the two largest lettuce-producing states, account for more than 95% of the lettuce grown in the United States. Since the early 1990s, the states' lettuce crops have been subject to "dieback", a disease indicated by symptoms including mottling, yellowing, and death of older leaves, and stunting and eventual death of lettuce plants.

The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health is investigating two suspected food poisoning cases involving 22 people, and reminds people to maintain good personal, food and environmental hygiene to prevent food-borne diseases.

A group of Ohio hospitals say they saved $13 million from an 18-month effort to prevent infections and errors. The 17 Central Ohio hospitals, including all those in Columbus and surrounding counties from Circleville to Marion, released their Solutions for Patient Safety report Tuesday (PDF here).

The Victoria City-County Health Department and its sister organization, the Crossroads Public Health District, inspect places where food is served in Victoria, DeWitt, Jackson and Calhoun counties.