Salmonella retrouvé dans de la pâte précuite et des torchons ont été contrôlés positifs 75 personnes ont été atteintes de salmonellose après avoir mangé au Tenth Hole Tea Rooms à Southsea (Royaume-Uni)

The lobby of New York City’s famed Algonquin Hotel has been surrounded with an invisible electric fence in hopes it will keep the health department happy. The New York Times reports an electric fence was installed in late summer after someone called 311 and the health department threatened the hotel with action: keep Matilda the cat away from food service and dining areas.

DUBAI -- Thousands of food outlets that have yet to send a member of staff for municipal training may be fined up to Dh2,000 from next month. The municipality yesterday warned that all restaurants, supermarkets, caterers and anyone else serving food to the public must have a certified "Person In Charge" (Pic) by January 1 or risk penalties.

The Department of Agriculture said Wednesday the agency has not changed its position on the use of antibiotics after public health advocates latched onto comments from Secretary Tom Vilsack as signaling a tougher stance. "Secretary Vilsack’s comments do not reflect a change in policy for the Department," said USDA Spokeswoman Courtney Rowe.

Three months after she was born, Kendall Paciorek is finally home, just in time for Christmas. The premature girl from Fishers, Ind., is one of the tiniest victims of last summer’s deadly listeria outbreak in cantaloupe, which sickened 146 people, including 30 who died.

With the Colorado-based cantaloupe listeria debacle in the news, growers at the Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association convention listened intently to Jim Gorny, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s senior advisor for food safety.

On 9 December 2011, the Legislative and Governance Forum on Food Regulation (which has replaced the former Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council) announced that it had agreed to put in place a new food safety management Policy Guideline for the retail and food service sectors.

Washington, D.C. -- The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) commends Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for drawing attention to strained resources by releasing the ninth annual Ready or Not? report.

The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation is alerting restaurant owners about an ongoing scam. The Florida Department of Health has told DBPR that several restaurant managers and owners have contacted them about a caller who claims to be an inspector from the Dept. of Health in Tallahassee.