What to know: The Food and Drug Administration is investigating a new outbreak of hepatitis A infections, but has not yet determined the source of the pathogen.

As of the posting of the outbreak announcement, there were five confirmed patients. The FDA has not reported where the patients live or how old they are. The agency has begun traceback efforts but has not revealed what foods are being traced.

Researchers have highlighted the significant burden of foodborne infections in Central America and the Caribbean and called for more attention on the issue in the region.

A review focused on bacterial foodborne diseases in Central America and the Caribbean (CAC) from 2000 to 2024.

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The CDC is investigating an outbreak of Salmonella Mbandaka infections that are linked to contact with backyard poultry.

Information from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention says at least seven people across six states have been infected. In previous years, outbreaks that have begun in the spring have grown to include hundreds of patients.

A former Walt Disney World employee who hacked the company’s digital menu system and tampered with allergen information — falsely labeling peanut-containing items as safe — was sentenced to prison on April 24.

The tampering posed potentially life-threatening risks to allergy sufferers and exposed significant vulnerabilities in food safety cybersecurity.