Listeria-tainted cantaloupe from Colorado have killed at least 28 people. Given unanswered questions and the need to avoid future outbreaks, officials in Washington and Colorado are right to scrutinize the episode.

During Dr. Harlan Stueven's almost 30 years as an emergency room physician, he saw a number of patients suffer and die of food poisoning. Now in semi-retirement, he hopes not only to improve awareness of food-borne illness, but ultimately help prevent it.

The state's Department of Agriculture conducts yearly inspections of food-serving establishments to ensure public safety and safe food-handling practices. Schools are inspected twice per year, according to the Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratories.

An elderly woman has died as a result of botulism poisoning, produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, after eating some Italian olives that contained the toxin. According to the Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District, she succumbed to the illness on Thursday. Another adult member of the same family remains in hospital.

Walmart, an American supermarket chain, has been having a tough time recently in China, one of its fastest growing markets. On October 25th it reopened 13 stores in the south-western region of Chongqing which were closed for two weeks as punishment for mislabelling a pork product.

Fast Facts • The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers not to eat Turkish pine nuts purchased from unlabeled plastic bulk containers at Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. or any food items they may have prepared using the bulk Turkish pine nuts, such as pesto, salads, or baked goods.

A number of Ryan Foods ready-to-eat products have been produced in unapproved premises under unsatisfactory hygiene conditions and distributed in the Glasgow area. Glasgow City Council has recalled the products, but it is not possible to recall them all. If you have bought any of the affected products, do not eat them. The Agency has issued a Food Alert for Action. Product details

More residents are expected to be infected with E. coli bacteria in an outbreak that has already sickened at least 23 people across the St. Louis region and may be linked to produce at area groceries.

Translated by Albert Amgar Des serveurs, qui ne sont pas habituellement des manipulateurs d’aliments, utilisent participent souvent à la préparation des boissons glacées et des salades Environ 7 700 dîneurs ont pu être exposés au virus de l’hépatite A au Texas