Researchers have developed a quantitative real-time PCR-based detection method for the emerging zoonotic organism Escherichia albertii. They found that E. albertii survives in the human intestinal ...

A color enhanced transmission electron micrograph shows a listeria bacterium in tissue. This pathogen is the third-leading cause of death from foodborne illness in the United States. Infections are ...

U.S. health officials have issued a public health warning amid a fatal outbreak of listeria food poisoning that has been linked to sliced deli meats. Two people have died and 28 hospitalized across 12 ...

If you recall, two weeks ago, I launched my column, “The Litigated Dish,” with the goal of addressing the Internet’s most frequently asked food safety questions. I kind of veered off topic last week ...

Food poisoning, also known as foodborne illness, is caused by the contamination of food by disease-causing agents (pathogens) such as bacteria, viruses, parasites, and natural toxins from molds and ...

UD’s Cooperative Extension Health and Well-being team brings you food safety information to help protect against foodborne illness all year long. Foodborne illness occurs when food is contaminated ...

The McDonald’s E. coli outbreak — which has now sickened more than 100 people, per reports — has spotlighted the risk of foodborne illnesses. The E. coli infections were linked to contaminated onions ...

An expert has urged vigilance to keep ever-changing and emerging viruses out of food. Jeffrey LeJeune said it is not possible to predict the type, timing or location of the emergence of the next ...

A multistate outbreak of salmonella infections is likely linked to raw oysters, according to the CDC. Dr. Leana Wen explains ...

Osaka Metropolitan University-led researchers used a real-time PCR method to effectively detect the emerging zoonotic organism Escherichia albertii. In the hopes of establishing a diagnostic method, a ...