Cardiac Disease Risk Increased By Heart-Targeting Listeria

Certain strains of the food pathogen Listeria are uniquely adapted to infect heart tissues and may put people at a higher risk from serious cardiac disease, according to a new study published in the Journal of Medical Microbiology. Developing new diagnostic tests to identify these potentially fatal strains could protect those most at risk, such as those with heart valve replacements…

Young American Families Demand Fresh, Affordable, Healthy Food Options

Recent research finds that the next generation of the American family is more ethnically diverse, cash-strapped, cuisine-savvy, and health-concerned than ever before.

USDA Revises Corn, Soybean Crop Estimates Driving Up Prices

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Wednesday “reported that last year’s corn and soybean crop was smaller than its earlier estimates,” Minnesota Public Radio reports.

Population-wide Reduction In Salt Consumption Recommended

The American Heart Association issued a call to action for the public, health professionals, the food industry and the government to intensify efforts to reduce the amount of sodium (salt) Americans consume daily…

Food Bioterrorism Examined For Dissertation By K-State Doctoral Graduate

According to recent news reports, the next venue for a terror threat may involve the use of bio-agents to contaminate the food supplies of U.S. hotels and restaurants. Dave Olds, a December 2010 doctoral graduate in hotel, restaurant, institution management and dietetics from Kansas State University, conducted his dissertation on food security and bioterrorism…

President To Sign Historic Public Health Legislation Protecting U.S. Families From Foodborne Illness

President Obama is expected to sign the food safety bill into law tomorrow that will finally begin to address the dangerous gaps in our nation’s woefully outdated food safety system. The bipartisan FDA Food Modernization Act (S. 510) for the first time grants the Food and Drug Administration greater regulatory authority to inspect food processing plants and recall contaminated food…

Three-Day African Food Security Forum Opens In Accra

The 26th Annual Meeting of the Food Crisis Prevention Network, “which serves as the platform for deliberation on food production and food security in Africa,” opened on Tuesday in Accra, Ghana, the Ghana News Agency reports…

FAO Report Highlights ‘Alarmingly’ High Food Price Increases, Forecasts Food Import Bills Could Exceed $1T In 2010

International food import bills could exceed $1 trillion in 2010, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Wednesday in its Food Outlook report (.pdf), which found that wheat and other food staple prices have increased “alarmingly” over the past year, the Associated Press reports (11/17)…

Listeria Found In Texas Processed Celery Plant, FDA Confirms

Listeria monocytogenes, a bacterium capable of causing illness, sometimes severe and even fatal, was found in processed celery and in several locations at the SanGar Fresh Cut Produce plant, San Antonio, Texas, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced…

Listeria Found In Texas Processed Celery Plant, FDA Confirms

Listeria monocytogenes, a bacterium capable of causing illness, sometimes severe and even fatal, was found in processed celery and in several locations at the SanGar Fresh Cut Produce plant, San Antonio, Texas, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced…

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