E. coli outbreak: CDC warn about romaine lettuce from Salinas, CA
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued a food safety alert about romaine lettuce that may be contaminated with E. coli.
November 27, 2019 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: centers, diet, disease, disease-control, food-safety, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, prevention, public-health, romaine-lettuce
Safety last? Consumers’ response to food safety risks are altered due to prior commitment and preference
With the globalization of our food supply, food safety issues are a major concern for both public health and for the food industry.
November 25, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: food, food-safety, globalization, major-concern, nutrition, oncalldiets, our-food, public-health, the-food, the-globalization
Study finds guidance improves food safety practices at school, community gardens
School and community gardens have become increasingly popular in recent years, but the people managing and working in these gardens are often unfamiliar with food safety practices that reduce the…
May 5, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, food-safety, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, people, people-managing, recent-years, these-gardens
CDC data show limited progress in reducing foodborne infections in 2013
The nation’s food safety grades are out and the results are mixed. CDC’s annual report card shows that foodborne infections continue to be an important public health problem in the United States.
April 21, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: annual-report, card-shows, cdc, food-safety, health-problem, important-public, infections-continue, nutritional counseling, results, united
Foodborne Illness – FDA Releases Safety Booklets
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) have partnered in creating six food safety booklets for different groups that are most susceptible to food borne illness…
August 3, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: agriculture, creating-six, different-groups, food-safety, fsis, most-susceptible, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, safety
Does Grilling Kill E. Coli O157:H7?
Top sirloin steaks have been getting a grilling in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) food safety studies. USDA microbiologist John B
June 29, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: colleagues, diet, escherichia, food-safety, help-make, its-pathogenic, nutrition / diet, on call diets, oncalldiets, pleasure
The School Food Revolution: School Nutrition Professionals – The Miracle Workers Running School Cafeterias
Balancing tight budgets, complex nutrition regulations and strict food safety requirements, school nutrition professionals have their plates full, yet every school day they provide healthy meals to more than 32 million children across the country…
May 5, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: across-the-country, complex-nutrition, country, food-safety, healthy-meals, million-children, nutrition, nutrition / diet, oncalldiets, plates, plates-full, school-day, school-nutrition, tight-budgets, yet-every
Ensuring That Oysters, Clams And Mussels Are Safe To Eat
Eating raw or undercooked mollusks may pose a safety hazard if they are harvested from waters polluted with pathogenic microbes, so U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are studying ways to enhance the food safety of these popular shellfish.
April 20, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: david, diet, enhance-the-food, food, food-safety, molecular-biologist, these-popular, usda, waters-polluted
Food Safety In Canada Is Lax And Needs Better Oversight, Says CMAJ
Canada needs better regulation and oversight of food safety to protect Canadians as the current system is lax, states an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) “Canada’s public and private sectors are not doing enough to prevent food-borne illnesses,” writes Dr. Paul Hébert, Editor-in-Chief with coauthors…
April 13, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: cmaj, current, doing-enough, food-safety, journal, medical, needs-better, nutrition / diet, oncalldiets, prevent-food-borne, private-sectors, the-current
Food Safety Researchers Target Lesser-Known E. coli Types
Almost everyone knows about Escherichia coli O157:H7, the culprit behind many headline-making outbreaks of foodborne illness in the United States. But the lesser-known relatives of this pathogenic microbe are increasingly of concern to food safety scientists.
April 13, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: escherichia, everyone-knows, food-safety, foodborne-illness, lesser, nutrition, oncalldietitian.com, pathogenic, the-lesser-known, united, usda