Volkan Demiryürek’s Knusper Bistro in Hamburg, the hardest-hit area in the world’s deadliest outbreak of E. coli, has lost 50 percent of its trade since diners started shunning vegetables linked to the bacteria.

TORONTO -- The idea of irradiating more of Canada's food supply in light of the deadly E. coli crisis in Europe was raised with federal agriculture officials Thursday during a round-table discussion on food safety.

The NSW Food Authority advises: Parmalat Food Products Pty Ltd is recalling a batch of their Pura Milk sold in NSW in IGAs, Foodworks and service stations, such as Caltex and Mobil, hospitals and corner stores. The product is being recalled because of the possible presence of a small amount of food grade sanitiser, causing a metalic aftertaste.

The recent press coverage regarding the unfortunate incidents at several pre-schools. is of great concern to the public but should be viewed with a balanced perspective.

The newest food safety infosheet, a graphical one-page food safety-related story directed at food businesses, is now available at www.foodsafetyinfosheets.com Food Safety Infosheet Highlights: - Authorities in Germany recommend to avoid eating sprouts, raw lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers in that country.

On June 8, 2011, Georgian TV channel Rustavi2 reported that a woman who returned to Tbilisi after a brief stay in London died in a metropolitan hospital from an intestinal infection.

On 9 June 2011, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published a report on the public health risk of STEC in fresh vegetables [1]. It aims to provide a fast-tracked risk assessment of the exposure of the consumer to Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) through eating raw vegetables.

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration says some chicken meat may contain small amounts of arsenic, though the agency is stressing that the amount is too tiny to be dangerous to people who eat it.

While restaurants quickly work to comply with the nutritional menu labeling laws passed last year, they now also have to focus on changes that need to be made according to the FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).