PIERRE — The South Dakota Department of Health is investigating a suspected foodborne illness outbreak linked to a Tuesday evening boys’ basketball game in Pierre between Pierre and Mitchell. Approximately 50 people have been reported ill with a diarrhea illness, according to the Department of Health. The illness appears to be of short duration.

Diners in Kanawha County, West Virginia will soon be able to check their mobile phones for restaurant inspections. Dr. Rahul Gupta, executive director of the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department, told The Charleston Gazette he is developing a mobile application featuring inspections for all restaurants in the county.

http://bites.ksu.edu/sites/default/files/foodsafetyinfosheet-2-1-12-fr.pdf Le département de la santé de Caroline du Nord a signalé une éclosion à norovirus ces dernières semaines, permettant aux responsables de la santé de l’État d’émettre une alerte.

Food producers, dealers, traders and merchants joined hands to stage demonstrations simultaneously at 32 places across Tamil Nadu on Thursday demanding that the Central Government must postpone the implementation of the Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act 2006, which was notified and implemented from August 5, 2011.

The Maryland health department has found bacteria in two bottles of raw milk produced by Pennsylvania’s Family Cow as the number of people sickened in the campylobacter outbreak on Thursday grew to 35 in three states -- 28 confirmed cases in Pennsylvania, four in Maryland and one in New Jersey.

JANESVILLE — Nobody wants to know how the sausage is made. We just want it to arrive on our plates, well-cooked and accompanied by pancakes and two sunny-side-up eggs. Now, consumers have a chance to peek into the kitchens where their food is prepared.

A new study by food safety researchers at Drexel University demonstrates that plasma can be an effective method for killing pathogens on uncooked poultry. The proof-of-concept study was published in the January issue of the Journal of Food Protection.

The UK Health Protection Agency (HPA) is investigating an outbreak of a strain of Salmonella Newport infection among 30 people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland since the beginning of December 2011. Cases of illness caused by the same strain have been confirmed in Scotland, Ireland and Germany.

Carteret County is now reporting an outbreak of norovirus following a similar outbreak of the stomach bug in Pitt County last week. The Carteret County Health Department is working with an un-named long term care facility that reported more than twenty patients are ill and several have been hospitalized over the last few days with symptoms of norovirus.