Burch Farms finished its cantaloupe season July 27 after the Food and Drug Administration posted a recall notice after random testing detected the listeria in the cantaloupe; the FDA later found listeria at the company’s facilities.

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With at least two people dead and 178 sick from Salmonella linked to cantaloupe in 21 states, Jim Howell of the Indiana Department of Health told growers improper food handling procedures may be to blame for a good portion of the illnesses.

Poop samples are not easy to collect for testing, especially if you’ve got some foodborne-inspired runs.

Collecting vomit samples could be viewed by many as just gross.

Canadian government types remain hopeless about talking about food safety basics.

There’s been a few stories of late asserting that the U.S. feds' delay in passing some new food safety rules is somehow making food more dangerous.

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