ANN ARBOR, Mich. and WASHINGTON -- Consumer concern about food safety has declined over the past year even as the number of people experiencing serious food-borne illnesses nearly doubled, according to the Thomson Reuters-NPR Health Poll.

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OTTAWA, September 12, 2011 - The public warning issued on September 9, 2011 has been expanded to include additional walnuts and walnut products. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public not to consume certain walnuts and walnut products described below because these products may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.

No known illnesses associated with positive match to impacted product; approximately 185,000 pounds of ground turkey affected

Tia Keenan We are the well-heeled and we are PISSED that the Health Dept. is disturbing our dinner at Brushstroke. Tsk tsk. Not everyone responds well to an inspection by health types. Eater NY documents the live tweets of cheese guru Tia Keenen who had her meal at upscale David Bouley restaurant Brushstroke interrupted by a DOH inspection. Excerpts include:

In the wake of recent food-borne E. coli outbreak in Germany and elsewhere in Europe, researchers at Sultan Qaboos University have embarked on a research project to investigate E. coli contamination carry-over mechanism in cucumber.

John Felton of Billings president and CEO of RiverStone Health, the city-county health department, writes that as your county health officer, I am proud to say that RiverStone Health, and the public health community, has also learned from the experiences of 9/11.

A group of artisan foodmakers are at odds with the government’s food safety body over plans to ban the sale of unpasteurised ‘raw’ milk – rejecting claims that the ban is a logical move to reduce health risks.

Heading out to the farmer’s market Saturday morning for some tasty wares? King County health officials (that’s the Seattle area) have found so many hazardous food practices at farmers markets this year, ranging from poor hand-washing to unsafe food temperatures, that they're proposing a five-fold increase in permitting fees.