Now that the New Zealand Food Safety Authority has been gutted absorbed into the Ministry of Agriculture, former head honcho and veterinarian Andrew McKenzie has been awarded the Queen's Service Order in the New Year's honor for services to the state. Dr McKenzie worked as chief executive of NZFSA from 2007 to 2010 and moved from Wellington this year to retire in Greytown.

Seventy-one Smith's stores throughout five Western states were told Thursday afternoon to remove and destroy hundreds of heads of iceberg lettuce after the company received an urgent recall notice due to possible salmonella contamination.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Two federal agencies say there is no evidence that four cases of a rare bacterial infection in babies are related, and there is no need to recall infant formula.

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Anyone can clean up for a day. I’m proof. But the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service is warning meat and poultry processing plants to cut it out: how else will the government-types know what goes on – listeria-wise -- the rest of the year, or every four years?

Roaches and rats, mealy bugs and indoor sewage: It's been a lively year for state restaurant inspectors, and their reports about South Florida dining spots have enthralled Sun Sentinel readers. And for good reason. Such sanitary problems can make restaurant patrons sick, sometimes extremely so.

The MA Department of Public Health (MDPH) is issuing a warning to consumers to avoid consumption of certain cheese and milk products because the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes). The presence of L. monocytogenes in foods such as cheese and milk products represents a significant danger to public health.

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