Fresh tomato supply chain leaders are – in 2012? -- sharpening food safety programs and auditing protocols with a goal of cutting foodborne illnesses linked to their product. So says The Packer, but shouldn’t that have been done about 15 years ago as evidence accumulated that tomatoes were a frequent culprit in outbreaks of foodborne illness?

On Dec. 8, 2011, a biz in Las Vegas had a catered lunch. Less than a day later, a bunch of them were barfing. The Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) began an investigation the next day after receiving numerous reports of barfing among attendees.; excerpts from their report are below. Approximately 150 people work at Business A. Of the 63 employees who replied

The first of two Princess Cruise Lines ships sailing with scores of passengers suffering from the fast-spreading norovirus have returned to Fort Lauderdale, U.S. More than 150 passengers and crew members on board the Crown Princess were infected with the gastrointestinal illness during its seven-day cruise to the southern Caribbean, WFOR-TVreported.

ALBANY — Six cases of Legionnaire's disease have been linked to the Best Western Sovereign Hotel at 1228 Western Ave., the state Department of Health said Thursday. The guests who became ill stayed at the hotel between September and December, according to Peter Constantakes, a health department spokesman.

OTTAWA, February 4, 2012 - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Livno Meats are warning the public not to consume the Dry Sausage described below because the product may be contaminated with Salmonella. The affected product, Livno Meats Dry Sausage, was sold only from the Livno Meats retail store in Hornby, Ontario. It was sold in two formats as follows:

There are more than 6,000 restaurants in San Diego County from drive-through to casual dining to the finest gourmet meals. The foods differ but they all have one thing in common: regular inspections, by San Diego County's Environmental Health Department. A food safety expert arrives unannounced, two or three times a year, at every licensed restaurant.

Steve Brown remembers what he calls the fateful day more than three years ago when he had "the fateful sandwich." Initially, he was OK — and then the headaches started.

Three British holidaymakers have died in an outbreak of legionnaires disease at a hotel in the Spanish resort of Calpe. The three unnamed Britons, aged between 73 and 78, were among more than 20 people to have contracted the disease at the Diamante Beach hotel.

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