Foodborne illness kills hundreds of Americans a year, sickens tens of millions annually, and costs billions in medical care, lost productivity and premature deaths, federal researchers said in a report. Roughly 10 million cases of foodborne illness each year in the U.S. are caused by six pathogens — salmonella, listeria monocytogenes, campylobacter, clostridium perfringens, shiga…
Eggs: They’re one of the most common ingredients out there, and one of the riskiest too. When you handle, prepare, and store eggs correctly, they’re completely safe — and the vast majority of the eggs in our grocery stores can be consumed without any fears. Unfortunately, though, there have been multiple occasions when that hasn’t…
Six people have fallen ill with food poisoning after consuming tiramisu at Italian restaurant Pirata in Wan Chai, Hong Kong health authorities have said. The Centre for Health Protection said on Tuesday that two groups of customers, comprising four women and two men, had lunch at the restaurant last Friday and developed symptoms of abdominal…