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Foodborne illness or food poisoning is caused by consuming food contaminated with pathogenic bacteria, toxins, viruses, prions or parasites. Such contamination usually arises from improper handling, preparation or storage of food. Foodborne illness can also be caused by adding pesticides or medicines to food, or by accidentally consuming naturally poisonous substances like poisonous mushrooms or reef fish. ...
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Gastritis
... Gastritis is not a single disease, but means inflammation of the stomach lining. Gastritis can be caused by drinking too much alcohol, prolonged use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), o...
Source: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
FDA Issues Advisory on Star Anise "Teas" ... The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today is advising consumers not to consume "teas" brewed from star anise. It has come to FDA’s attention that brewed "teas" containing star anise have been assoc...
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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Food Safety Articles
- Bacteria and Foodborne Illness
... Foodborne illness results from eating food contaminated with bacteria (or their toxins) or other pathogens such as parasites or viruses. The illnesses range from upset stomach to more serious symptoms... - Cooking Up the New Food Label
... by Judith E. Foulke Reading the new food labels required on almost all foods will make planning healthy diets easier for consumers. Writing the regulations that spell out what should be on those label... - FDA Introduces New Technology to Improve Food Security:
Electronic Food Facility Registration Goes "Live,"
Allowing More Than 400,000 Facilities to Register in
Minutes; FDA Reports on Progress in Developing
Rapid Tests of Food Contamination
... The Food and Drug Administration today announced further steps to use modern technology to provide new protections for America’s food supply. First, FDA announced that its new electronic registr... - FDA Issues Advisory on Star Anise "Teas"
... The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today is advising consumers not to consume "teas" brewed from star anise. It has come to FDA’s attention that brewed "teas" containing star anise have been assoc... - FDA Issues Final Two Proposed Food Safety Regulations
... FDA today announced publication of the final two food safety proposed regulations required by the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 ("The Act"), w... - FDA Statement on New Measures Against
BSE
... The Food and Drug Administration fully supports the safety policies announced yesterday the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which build on the principles and procedures that FDA and USDA have develope... - FDA Statement on Reported Health Problems With Remedia-Brand Kosher Soy-Based Infant Formula
... FDA is aware of reports by Israeli health officials that infants may have been injured by the use of Remedia soy-based infant formula -- a product reportedly made in Germany and exported to Israel. Th... - FDA Warns Milk Producers to Remove
"Hormone Free" Claims From the Labeling of Dairy Products
... The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued Warning Letters to four manufacturers of whole milk, reduced fat milk and ice cream, informing them that their products are misbranded because the l... - Food Freshness and 'Smart' Packaging
... by Carol Lewis JEFFERSON, Ark. -- What could a roll of new carpeting possibly have in common with a slab of smelly, old salmon? They both emit chemically similar vapors--the carpet, as it's being ... - Gastritis
... Gastritis is not a single disease, but means inflammation of the stomach lining. Gastritis can be caused by drinking too much alcohol, prolonged use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), o...
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