Food Safety (Page 2)

The latest news and insights on food contamination, pathogens, and what it's safe to eat.

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a scalloped hammerhead shark swimming in the pacific

Endangered shark meat keeps ending up on store shelves

By Laura Baisas

Cooked shrimp on plate with fork and cilantro

Walmart’s ‘radioactive shrimp’ recall isn’t a reason to fear irradiated food

By Andrew Paul, Laura Baisas

Spilled salt shaker on table

Man develops psychosis following ChatGPT’s salt-free diet

Wild pig walking in grass

Wild pigs’ guts are turning blue in California

A vintage photo collage shows a man in a suit and glasses looking at a scientific apparatus, with old newspaper clippings in the background discussing "experiments" and "vegetable material" and the possibility of creating food.

100 years ago, scientists thought we’d be eating food made from air

By Bill Gourgey

eggs arrange on refrigerator shelf

Should you keep eggs in the fridge? Short answer: Yes.

By Clarissa Brincat

Lab grown salmon on sushi rice on a plate

FDA approves lab-grown salmon

Close up of hand slicing onion with knife on cutting board

How to avoid crying while cutting onions, according to physics

A milkman having his float inspected, circa 1935.

What was food like before the FDA?

By Lauren Leffer

We're Safety Now Haven't We album art featuring animals in photoshopped helmets and on smoke detectors

PSA: US government’s dance album about helmets and smoke alarms is a banger

An illustration showing how the brain and gut are connected.

The brain remembers what gave you food poisoning

By Laura Baisas

African Woman Blowing Bubble Gum Playful Portrait

Chewing gum can shed hundreds of microplastics into your mouth

black rat sits on cage

Patient’s tingling feet turns out to be a rat-borne brain parasite

Red tomatoes with googly eyes on yellow background

Scientists finally figured out why tomatoes don’t kill you

Empty drink glasses hanging from bar rack

US may finally require Nutrition Facts labeling for alcohol

Ring-Pop on hand

FDA bans Red No. 3 dye found in many of your favorite snacks

Close up of white wine bottle pouring into wine glass

Bacteria-powered artificial tongue can taste-test alcohol for additives

a slice of jelly toast faced down on the floor

Is the five-second rule true? Don’t push your luck.

By Clarissa Brincat

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says the first illness linked to the contaminated Quarter Pounders was reported in September.

Why McDonald’s E. coli outbreak could be a sign of more to come

By Mack DeGeurin

Fresh Fruit and Vegetables being shot as they submerged under water. So fresh and delicious. This idea can also be use to show washing food before being process further.

How to properly wash fruits and vegetables

By Debbie Wolfe

white cow's milk on a grocery store shelf

Bird flu virus traces detected in 1 in 5 pasteurized cow milk samples

By Laura Baisas

shelled and unshelled peanuts on a table

After 100 years, new guidelines propose rules for common food allergy treatment

By Laura Baisas

Pigs in sty at factory farm

Gene-edited pigs immune to deadly virus could arrive on farms by next year

Morel mushrooms growing in a greenhouse in central China's Hubei Province. The mushrooms have long brown caps and white stems.

Mysterious morel mushrooms at center of food poisoning outbreak

By Keely Larson / KFF Health News

Hot dogs at the grocery store without meat warning labels

Graphic warning labels might convince people to eat less meat

Some popular Halloween candies will have to change their recipes soon

Some popular Halloween candies will have to change their recipes soon

By Annie Sciacca / KFF Health News

A woman holds a red smoothie in a glass with a handle on it and a stainless steel straw sticking out. A group of ‘forever chemicals’ commonly called PFAS were not detected on the stainless steel straws in this study, but were on 18 out of 20 brands of paper straws.

‘Forever chemicals’ detected in paper and plastic straws

By Laura Baisas

turmeric at spice market

For decades, turmeric’s ultra-golden glow had a deadly secret

By Wudan Yan/Undark

Multiple boxes of Diet Coke on a store shelf.

WHO categorizes aspartame as a possible carcinogen—but don’t panic

By Laura Baisas

A white cooler sitting in the sun on a concrete sidewalk by a large body of water.

The scientifically best way to pack a cooler

By John Kennedy

Close up of GOOD Meat lab-grown chicken on table

Lab-grown chicken is now USDA approved—if you can afford it

A spoon of creamy peanut butter over a slice of bread and surrounded by peanuts, shelled and unshelled.

A peanut allergy patch is making headway in trials with toddlers

By Laura Baisas

Bowl of oatmeal with milk on a white background. Are the oats gluten-free?

How to tell if your oats really are gluten-free

By Sara Chodosh

Dough being rolled out with flour sprinkled around it.

Check your pantry for two kinds of potentially contaminated flour

By Laura Baisas

A woman just waking up in bed turns off an analog alarm clock.

That melatonin gummy might be stronger than you need

By Laura Baisas

Cannabis plant under purple weed grow light

On 420, learn more about weed with these carefully cultivated science stories

By Jamie Helmick

A wooden serving tray with a variety of dehydrated fruit and herbs on it, along with fresh fruit and herbs.

Dehydrating food can save you money and reduce waste

By Bridget Reed Morawski

Woolly mammoth meatball on stone plate atop smoky table

Scientists made a woolly mammoth meatball, but don’t grab your fork yet

Strawberry frosting being deposited onto a layer of graham cracker paste as part of a seven-ingredient printed dessert

Scientists cooked up a 3D printed cheesecake

Why German scientists got cows stoned

Why German scientists got cows stoned

By Sara Kiley Watson

Lab grown chicken

FDA says this lab-grown chicken is safe for human consumption

By Laura Baisas

a baby feeds on a bottle

The FDA investigated the ongoing baby formula shortage. Here’s what it found.

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

illustration of pufferfish on a fork

Deadly and delicious: These 6 foods can actually kill you

By Charlotte Hu

Macaron cookies with bright food dyes like orange, light blue, and pastel yellow

We don’t know if artificial food dyes cause health risks

By Lorne J. Hofseth/The Conversation

Red and yellow onions

A salmonella outbreak has hit 37 states, and onions are to blame

By Elana Spivack

a turkey dinner on a plate

How to cook and eat a turkey without dying

By Rachel Feltman

Peanut butter on toast on a white speckled plate

How to check for and possibly prevent allergies in children

By Sara Chodosh

Shovel digging into soil.

Compost can help protect us from food poisoning

By Shaena Montanari

Everything you need to know about deadly listeria outbreaks

By Sara Chodosh

A box of yellow and red onions

The onions in your kitchen could give you food poisoning

By Purbita Saha

four champagne glasses full of colorful liquid

Teen bootleggers are making dangerous booze on TikTok

Close up of fresh organic super food salad in white bowl with fork on side and olive oil, red wine vinegar and lemons

Why romaine lettuce keeps getting recalled

Eating less gluten could lower a child’s risk of celiac, but at what cost?

Eating less gluten could lower a child’s risk of celiac, but at what cost?

By Sara Chodosh

Tricks to avoid eating leftovers that will make you sick

Tricks to avoid eating leftovers that will make you sick

The FDA knows expiration dates are confusing, so they’re changing them

The FDA knows expiration dates are confusing, so they’re changing them

By Sara Chodosh

Unscrambling the health effects of eggs

Unscrambling the health effects of eggs

By Tom Sanders/The Conversation

a young boy drinks juice and eats cookies

Fruit juices have potentially dangerous levels of lead and arsenic

Instant soup sends a shocking number of kids to the hospital

Instant soup sends a shocking number of kids to the hospital

By Sara Chodosh

New tech could soon let you test whether your lettuce carries E. coli

New tech could soon let you test whether your lettuce carries E. coli

By Dana G. Smith

Restaurants could save a lot of dough by letting sick employees stay home

Restaurants could save a lot of dough by letting sick employees stay home

Blue basin full of fruits and vegetables with tap water in the kitchen sink. Disinfecting fruits and vegetables to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

How to actually remove pesticides from your fruit

By Sara Chodosh

Don’t worry about eggs—these other foods are way more likely to give you Salmonella

Don’t worry about eggs—these other foods are way more likely to give you Salmonella

By Sara Chodosh

onion garlic peppers tomato

Why I can never eat onions or garlic again

By Eleanor Cummins

Chipotle: Our Food Is So Fresh, It Could Make You Sick

Chipotle: Our Food Is So Fresh, It Could Make You Sick