A 30-year-old man and his three-year-old niece were diagnosed with salmonella on a family farm in Kildare last year, the Health Protection Surveillance Centre has revealed in a report. They both drank unpasteurised -- or raw -- milk produced by cows on the farm before contracting salmonella.

Germany's disease control centre says 40 people have now died in the European E. coli outbreak, but the number of new cases being reported has remained at a low level for more than 10 days. The Robert Koch Institute said today that 3494 people in Germany have been reported ill, including 810 suffering from a serious complication that can lead to kidney failure.

MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Many of the millions of people who turned to gardening to save money during the recession appear to be sticking with it during the recovery as food prices remain high and interest in safe, fresh and local food grows nationwide.

SHARJAH -- The Sharjah Municipality took action including fine, warning and closure against 1,120 food outlets and companies for violations during the first quarter of the year. As part of ensuring food safety and public health during the summer, the municipality has increased its inspections to monitor food market round the clock.

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration commissioner, Dr. Margaret Hamburg, has repeatedly expressed alarm about the waves of imported food and drugs overwhelming her organization’s ability to monitor them, but through the first two years of her leadership she had not provided a strategy to deal comprehensively with this problem — until now.

ObjectiveThis research mainly aimed at establishing and evaluating a set of methods for detecting Norovirus of several foods with high risks and water.

I do not like guacamole. It can be traced back to a hangover this girl had 25 years ago, and she threw up green chunky stuff. Sorenne had a cupcake with bright green icing yesterday and had a bright green poop this morning. In April 2011, at least 11 people became sick after eating at a local restaurant and doctors confirmed five were positive for E. coli O157:H7.

LYNNWOOD, Wash. -- It's a Saturday afternoon, and 2 year old Kapio is all smiles. It's a different story from two weeks ago, when Kapio's parents rushed him to the hospital because he was vomiting nonstop. His parents didn't know it then, but Kapio had e-coli poisoning. The city of Everett says it's likely he and three others caught it at the city's Animal Farm.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Farmers markets, fairs, and festivals, it's the time of the year when food booths pop up, along with home grown produce, across Utah. How do you know the summer delicacies you are buying are safe to eat?