Food Poisoning News

As you grapple with whether to take that second plateful of food at dinner today, just know that you might be shopping for bigger pants on Black Friday.

QUITO: A total of 213 children and five teachers of a school in the southeast Ecuadorian province of Morona Santiago were sickened after dining in the school canteen, the health authorities said on Wednesday.

Main Category: Nutrition / Diet Also Included In: Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals Article Date: 25 Nov 2009 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is seeking a permanent injunction against Sharkco Seafood International Inc., located in Venice, La.

With the nation's biggest food holiday fast approaching, public health officials have some tips for avoiding food poisoning.

Dr. Michael Roizen, right, and Dr. Mehmet Oz. Previous columns Question: How can you tell whether you have a stomach virus or food poisoning, and what do you do for each? Answer: A stomach virus and food poisoning are tougher to tell apart than twin tigers two miles down the road.

An overview of botulism was given at the 2009 WEVA Congress by Nathan M. Slovis DVM, Dipl.

Make sure your Thanksgiving dinner is food-poisoning free. Content Courtesy of the American Association of Poison Control Centers November 23, 2009 You've spent hours on the turkey, just barely avoided botching the gravy and successfully kept the pie crust from burning.

Viruses are nasty, yet surprisingly simple organisms. Most human flu viruses have 11 genes at most, compared to the more than 20,000 genes found in humans.

Food poisoning is the result of eating organisms or toxins in contaminated food.

NaturallySavvy.com No one wants to talk about them, no one wants to think about them, and we certainly don't want to be reminded that they're inside all of us, but the truth is we all have parasites to some degree.

Many sought medical help in Bulgaria's Pazardzhik Friday evening over suffering food poisoning after dining at a restaurant.

Thanksgiving is an opportunity to share a meal with loved ones, but it is also a time when small mistakes in the kitchen can lead to foodborne illness.

Anton McNulty A CLARE Island man who died in an Achill nursing home a few hours after an outbreak of the winter vomiting bug also had pneumonia which was the primary cause of his death.

I keep reminding myself that in spite of the abundant holiday decorations, we still haven't celebrated Thanksgiving.

A new report that reviews previous data has found that five common foodborne pathogens may increase the risk of serious complications, according to lead author Tanya Roberts, of the Center for Foodborne Illness in Grove City, Pa.

USDA's first "Turkey Tweets" campaign started this week to give consumers tips for preparing a successful and safe Thanksgiving day meal.

There may be several known causes of seizures and also a variety of effects that can surprise sometimes.

There are new and growing concerns of the safety of our food. Medical Reporter Stephanie Stahl reports children are hit especially hard by foodborne illnesses, according to a new report.

As we have long and repeatedly been writing, this country has been hammered in recent months over a wide array of food borne contaminations that have sickened many and led to a number of fatalities.

Got food poisoning? The cause might be bacterial spores, en extremely hardy survival form of bacteria, a nightmare for health care and the food industry and an enigma for scientists.