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Jul 28, 2017 By Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Oysters and Vibriosis Raw oysters can ruin your summer....

  En Español Since March 2016, CDC has been collaborating with the USDA, FDA, and public health officials in several...

Home Canning and Botulism Home canning is an excellent way to preserve garden produce and share it with family and...

Eating Outdoors, Handling Food Safely Imprimir y compartir En Español (Spanish) (PDF) 640KB Picnic and barbecue season offers lots of...

Jul 05, 2017 By: Lisa Barton and Julie Schwartz, Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA It’s officially wedding season, and...

Once again, bird flu is back in the U.S. From 2014 through mid-2015 48 million chickens and turkeys were killed...

Fresh eggs, even those with clean, uncracked shells, may contain bacteria called Salmonella that can cause foodborne illness, often called...

Live poultry, such as chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys, often cause infections like Salmonella infection. After you touch a bird, or...

Bacteria and Viruses are the most commonly seen pathogens in foods that cause food poisoning Bacteria and viruses are the...

Editor's comment:   It's certainly risky to drink raw milk or unpasteurized milk because it is very likely that cow milk...