Salmonella

When it comes to food, there’s no end to this debate. Does it go in the fridge or on the counter?

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Eggs: On the counter or in the fridge? How about butter? Or ketchup? It depends on who you ask. And while you might think it’s gross, the risks, in many cases, are actually quite small.Eggs: On the counter or in the fridge? How about butter? Or ketchup? It depends on who you ask. And while you might think it’s gross, the risks, in many cases, are actually quite small.

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Senate passes food safety overhaul

Conflict & Justice

Salmonella outbreak leads to largest meat recall in U.S. history.

Health & Medicine

Cargill Recalls 36 Million Pounds of Ground Turkey

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Facing the Facts On What We Eat

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Salmonella Songbirds

If you’re a bird lover and have feeders in your yard, you may have noticed some sick or sluggish birds on the perch. Over the past several months, the bacterial infection salmonella, the same disease sometimes found in poultry, has afflicted many flocks of songbirds across New England and parts of the Midwest. As Vermont […]

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More eggs recalled due to salmonella

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Marion Nestle is an acclaimed nutritionist from New York University. She says that this isn’t the first time the Wright County Egg company has found trouble with the FDA, and that salmonella should not be difficult to prevent.

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Salmonella outbreak reveals a broken food safety system

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Joining us to discuss the break down in America’s food safety infrastructure is Benjamin England. England, is a 17-year FDA veteran and co-founder of FDA Imports.com.

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How to make our food safety system stronger

Global Politics

Salmonella-tainted peanut butter has sickened close to five hundred people in 43 states, and killed six. Bill Marler, a Seattle lawyer, explains why it takes so long to trace foodbourne illnesses and how the system could be improved.