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Delta passenger who found dog feces on his seat claims he was given two paper...

Delta, the airline, sucks. That’s my experience. Others too. Last Thursday, a passenger onboard a Delta Airlines flight from Atlanta to Miami stepped in poop while boarding the aircraft. Stacey Leasca...

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No they don’t: Netherlands study says consumers read food hygiene warning...

Tony McDougal of Poultry World reports that researchers wanted to see how the label impacted consumer perceptions on risk and food-handling behaviour in the light that poultry meat is an important...

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Did health-types get it wrong or a Canberra court: Ricardo’s Café cleared of...

The owner of a popular Canberra cafe has had charges against him dropped, relating to a salmonella outbreak that saw more than 100 people fall ill in 2017, and has also escaped conviction on an...

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Tennessee restaurant leaves raw frog legs above banana pudding

WATE reports a customer complaint sent a health inspector back to a Morristown restaurant six weeks after a routine inspection. Golden Dragon, 3325 Andrew Johnson Highway, Morristown – Grade: 70 The...

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Don’t eat dead snakes or food in containers that held dead snakes

The Hindustan Times reports at least 50 people from Odisha’s coastal Kendrapara district, most of them women and children, were taken ill after they consumed food from a container that had a dead snake...

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154 humans sickened from cross-contamination: FDA, CDC say US pig ear pet...

This is old, but I’m playing catch-up after my medical adventures. Being married to a veterinarian first time around, I hung out with lots of vets, who would tell me pig ear treats were potato chips...

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Animals and produce-related risk: Australia New Zealand version

The Fresh Produce Safety Centre of Australia and New Zealand came out with an 8-page fact sheet on the risks of animals to fresh produce that was seven pages too long. Chapman used to write wonderful...

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Salmonella in cucumbers and cross-contamination during waxing

Cucumbers found in retail markets are often waxed to improve visual appeal and retard moisture loss. This waxing may affect bacterial survival and the waxing process may facilitate cross-contamination...

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There has to be a snappier word than cross-contamination: But it’s real, so...

Cross-contamination of raw food to other surfaces, hands, and foods is a serious issue in foodservice.  With individuals eating more meals away from home, contracting a foodborne illness from a food...

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Humans and animals both at risk from contaminated pet food

Some time about 2009, I was walking the dogs on a Sunday morning on the Kansas State University campus with a Canadian graduate student who was getting her MS degree at K-State, and we ran into...

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