A review has looked into different types of food contaminants and the drivers behind food safety risks to help with their detection and control. The study focused on current types of food contaminants ...

The stomach cramps started innocently enough after dinner, dismissed as typical indigestion from eating too quickly. Within hours, what seemed like minor discomfort escalated into violent illness that ...

These ingredients were part of many people's daily diets in the 1940s and 1950s, but have since been restricted over safety concerns ...

Globally, one in ten people are affected by food-borne diseases each year. [iStockphotos] Unsafe foods, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), contribute to poor health, including impaired ...

Salmonella and campylobacter – these are just two types of food poisoning you can get from chicken that is improperly handled or undercooked. September is National Food Safety Month, and Roberta ...

Doctors warn that improperly stored cooked rice can cause food poisoning due to the bacteria Bacillus cereus. If rice is left ...

You probably think tossing groceries anywhere in your kitchen is fine, right? Think again. Where you stash your food matters ...

Qin Rao, MD, is a board-certified physician based in New York City. He currently works as a gastroenterologist and hepatologist at Manhattan Gastroenterology. Reheated rice syndrome usually resolves ...

It’s not always easy to distinguish norovirus from food poisoning. The two share many of the same symptoms, and when cases of the winter vomiting bug are unusually high – currently more than 45% above ...