OPINION — By Sarah Sorscher

“Last week, some of the biggest players in Big Food, including household names like Nestlé, Coca-Cola, General Mills, Hormel and PepsiCo, teamed up to launch a lobbying coalition to permanently undermine food safety in the United States.”

The Food and Drug Administration has advanced an investigation into one Salmonella outbreak and declared another one over.

For an outbreak of Salmonella Richmond that has sickened 11 people the FDA has begun an onsite inspection and sample testing but is not releasing information about what location is being inspected or what is being sampled.

Before “ultra-processed foods” can be restricted or eliminated, there’s going to have to be a definition for “ultra-processed foods.”

Sounds simple enough. California and one or two other states have already put limits on “ultra-processed foods” (UPFs). But it’s complicated enough that, in July, the federal government began asking for help drafting a definition.

Almost 20 confirmed cases of food poisoning have been linked to food served at a restaurant in Wales.

Results show that 19 people tested positive for Clostridium perfringens after eating at The Cwrt Henllys Bar and Restaurant in early October. Earlier media reports put the number of people sick at 52.

Scientists have been awarded funding to explore how some healthy people are naturally protected from being infected by Salmonella Typhimurium.

The five-year project will receive more than £4.5 million ($6 million) in Wellcome Discovery funding. Wellcome is a charitable foundation that supports scientific research.