In June 1997, at least seven people who attended the Glastonbury Music Festival in the U.K. were infected with Escherichia coli O157. A cow belonging to a herd that had previously grazed the site tested positive for the same strain, leading researchers to conclude the most likely vehicle of infection was mud contaminated with Escherichia coli O157 from infected cattle.

A mum from Ellesmere Port was among holidaymakers struck by a norovirus outbreak at Butlin’s. Kathleen Gilmovitch, 43, of Princes Road, was three days into a week-long family holiday when she fell ill. About 200 holidaymakers were struck down with the highly contagious stomach bug at the holiday camp in Bognor Regis, West Sussex.

MANHATTAN, Kan. — Meat processors seeking to forge a better relationship with food shoppers should examine the information and marketing messages they’re using and see how they might rewrite them in 'the language of the consumer,' advises Tracy Chapman, principal in New York-based marketing research firm Just Ask a Woman.

FoodScience Ltd, the Ayrshire‐based manufacturer of food processing aids, anticipates a rapid growth in its UK market share in the wake of food safety concerns following the E‐coli outbreak in Germany.

Hong Kong -- The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (June 22) lifted the closure order imposed earlier on a restaurant in Central. A department spokesman said, "Hei Yuet Restaurant, located at 162 Queen's Road Central, was closed on June 17 following detection of Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor serotype Ogawa in a water sample collected from its fish tank.

So that’s why the U.S. Food and Drug Administration made a big deal about their new import monitoring program yesterday: because today, government auditors say FDA is often sloppy and inattentive in their efforts to ensure that contaminated foods from abroad are withdrawn promptly and completely from the nation’s food supply.

According to the cookbook, Grillin’ with Gas by Hank Hill Fred Thompson, and reproduced on Culinate: “Judging the doneness of steak is not as much science as it is technique and feel. “Poke your index finger into your cheek at mouth level. Then press your finger into the steak. If they feel very similar, that’s an indication of a rare steak.

Lay off that whiskey, and let that cocaine be. That’s how the 1927 song made famous by Johnny Cash goes, but maybe add the line, if you’re going to do cocaine, try not to do it with animal drugs. KTLA in Los Angeles reports doctors are warning cocaine users about product cut with levamisole, used for deworming livestock.

A new Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) survey has shown no human health implications from antimicrobial resistance in New Zealand food-producing animals and fresh produce.