What to know: The CDC has issued a food safety alert regarding a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to Metabolic Meals home delivery service.

As of Aug. 5, there were 16 confirmed patients across 10 states. Seven of the patients have required hospitalization, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Federal public health officials are investigating a new outbreak of infections from Listeria monocytogenes.

As of the posting of the outbreak, officials had confirmed 25 patients. The Food and Drug Administration has not released the patients’ ages or where they live.

German officials have revealed a rare type of E. coli is responsible for a serious outbreak in the country.

The National Reference Center (NRZ) for Salmonella and other bacterial enteritis pathogens at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said identification of the outbreak strain enables better evaluations of survey results and a precise attribution of cases.

When a young girl developed a severe case of hemolytic uremic syndrome this past year, health officials traced the E. coli O157:H7 infection back to her family’s raw pet food. The case underscores that contaminated pet food isn’t just dangerous for animals, it can also put people at risk.

A survey in Germany has revealed most people are familiar with raw milk but hardly any are concerned about associated health risks.

Two-thirds of consumers have heard of it but only 10 percent expressed concern — making raw milk the topic of least concern among the risks surveyed.