food poisoning

This coating for surfaces could prevent food poisoning - Futurity A coating made from titanium dioxide can eliminate foodborne germs like Salmonella and E. coli from surfaces, report researchers. In the future, a durable coating could help keep food-contact surfaces clean in the food...

How to Report Food Poisoning - Consumer Reports You can help stop an outbreak by letting health officials know when you may have become sick from something you ate If you’re suffering through a bout of foodborne illness, it can be hard to think about anything other than the quickest path to...

How Long Does It Actually Take to Get Food Poisoning From a Sketchy Meal? - Men's Health You can't always blame last night's dinner. When food poisoning hits, you basically need to camp out by the toilet. Stray too far, and, well, you might be sorry. Food poisoning occurs when you eat...

How to Avoid Food Poisoning This Summer - Consumer Reports A CR food-safety expert offers tips on how to stay safe when the temperatures rise Best practices for food safety, such as washing your hands and not defrosting meat on the counter, apply year-round. But they’re even more important...

Food Poisoning Remains Persistent Problem, US Report Finds - US News U.S. food poisoning outbreaks don't appear to be going away anytime soon, as shown by recent illnesses tied to raw turkey, ground beef, cut melon and romaine lettuce. As recent illnesses tied to raw turkey , ground beef , cut...

Leftover Rice Could Make You Very Sick If You Don't Store It Properly - Delish Here's what you need to know. If rice is part of your meal prep routine, or if you just always find yourself with leftovers, you'll want to follow these food safety guidelines to avoid getting sick. Eating reheated...

'Tis the season for food poisoning - Radio NZ Christmas is a time for giving, but a public health expert says people aren't just receiving presents at this time of year. Professor Michael Baker from Otago University's Department of Public Health said Christmas dinner could be making a second...

Is It Food Poisoning—or Stomach Flu? Here's How to Tell - Health You're racked by nausea, your stomach is doing flip-flops, and your toilet has become your new best friend. As you make yet another dash to the bathroom and anxiously ponder what the hell is going on, two possibilities pop into...

8 Tips To Help Prevent Food Poisoning - Geico Every year, more than one out of every seven Americans—48 million—gets sick after eating contaminated food, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Most of the symptoms are fairly mild (nausea, vomiting and stomach cramps) and pass...

The Rise In Food Safety Recalls Actually Means Our Food Is Getting Safer - Food Beast 2018 has definitely been a whirlwind year in the world of food safety news, as it appears that new food poisoning outbreaks have been making headlines almost every other week. It's caused some concern that...

Lettuce is the Most Common Food Linked with Food Poisoning. How Can You Lower Your Risk? - Cathe Lettuce is a basic ingredient of a salad and you have so many varieties to choose from! Once you’ve made your selection, add an array of fruits and vegetables, toss them in dressing, and get your...

Thousands of food poisoning cases believed to be caused by fish are actually caused by environmental pollution - Medicine News People are fond of seafood. In the U.S., this means that a person, on average, will consume more than 47 pounds (around 21.51 kg) of fish and seafood in a year...

7 Food Safety Mistakes You Must Avoid Now - Consumer Reports Protect yourself against a surprise case of food poisoning You know you shouldn’t chop your veggies on the same cutting board you used to slice raw chicken, and that using a meat thermometer is the only reliable way to tell that your...

Brits travelling to Mexico warned to take care after dozens of holidaymakers are stuck down with food poisoning - Evening Standard Holidaymakers travelling to Mexico have been warned to take care after dozens of Brits have been stuck down with food poisoning. Around 49 of the 63...

Chicken Is the Number One Cause of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks. Here's How to Stay Safe - Health More than 9.4 million people get sick every year from eating contaminated food, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 100,000 people were sickened by food-related illness...

Healthy mum died age 37 after eating one mouthful of uncooked chicken - Scotsman The fit and healthy triathlete died after blood clots formed all over her body and blocked the vessels. Husband Stewart Rawnsley said that his wife lay bleeding from every orifice in a hospital bed in Corfu as his...

FDA and CDC Warn People to Stay Away from Imported Crab Meat - Cooking Light Though there are no official recalls, the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are warning Americans to stay away from imported crab, especially from the country of Venezuela...

Sticking to the rules can lessen chances of food poisoning - Times Herald You don't want to follow your Fourth of July picnic or barbecue with a trip to the emergency room. Adhering to a few food handling rules can lessen the likelihood of food poisoning, according to Lisa Hauser, a health...

To Rinse Or Not To Rinse: How Washing Some Foods Can Help You Avoid Illness - NPR This spring, millions of Americans worried that salad was no longer safe to eat: The U.S. was hit by the largest E. coli outbreak in a decade, with 172 people in 32 states sickened by contaminated romaine lettuce...