Del Monte Fresh Produce, a company that recalled its cantaloupes in March after health investigators in several states linked them to a Salmonella Panama outbreak, said yesterday that is plans to sue Oregon Health Authority and, Dr William Keene, one of the nation's most well-known disease outbreak investigators (right, exactly as shown), claiming that the company's products were wrongly single

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has published guidelines for the safe production of sprouted seeds to be consumed raw, following the recent outbreaks of E. coli O104:H4 in Germany and France linked to the consumption of these seeds.

To the Editor: Re “School Districts Rediscover Value of Fresh Cooking” (news article, Aug. 17): Congratulations to the Greeley, Colo., school district for training its kitchen staff in “scratch cooking.” All kids, especially those in need, deserve healthful, tasty food at school.

MUMBAI -- The next time you visit your favourite chai, pani puri or bhel puri stall, or any other small-time food seller, don't be surprised to see the vendors sport aprons and hand gloves. For, according to the new Food Safety Act, hawkers, food vendors and temporary stall owners must follow minimum standards of food safety or pay a maximum fine of Rs 1 lakh.

Supermarket chain ICA is withdrawing some of its hot dogs, since listeria bacteria has been found in the products. The hot dogs concerned are ICA's 630 and 900 gram packages with the best-before dates September 14 and 16, and Euroshopper's 900 gram packages with the best-before date September 16.

COPENHAGEN -- Milestone Systems, the open platform company in IP video management software, is integrated with MobiDEOS mobile client access at the Akron Zoo in Ohio, who has opted for video surveillance as a cost-effective and practical means to monitor animal health and behavior.

Montreal, Quebec -- On July 12, 2011, at the St-Joseph-de-Beauce Courthouse, Clément Nadeau, a driver employed by Transport Eugène Nadeau Inc., located in Sainte-Marguerite, was convicted before the Court of Quebec on one count of violating subsection 35(1) of the Health of Animals Act.

DEAR ABBY: I was at a party where guests were exposed to salmonella that was on one of the vegetables served as an appetizer. At least 11 people were affected by it. The hosts talked to only one or two of the people who were affected. Some of us were concerned that the hosts didn’t contact everyone and warn them of what had happened.

School lunches are on the buffet of N.Y. Times stories and columnist Jane E. Brody comes in with some somewhat contradictory advice. Brody correctly notes that chances are you worry more about whether your children will eat the food in their lunch boxes than about whether that food will be safe to eat after spending hours unrefrigerated.