It’s Friday, August 15, 2025. Don’t miss these important food safety stories.
What to know: Public health officials in a Spanish region have linked tomatoes to an outbreak which affected at least 500 people. Fourteen patients required hospitalization. One child and three adults are still being treated in hospital.
You can’t see it. You can’t smell it. You can’t taste it. But it can kill you. I first learned that lesson not in terms of food safety, but hundreds of feet below the ocean’s surface aboard a nuclear submarine, says Darin Detwiler.
Police in Hong Kong have arrested a man suspected of contaminating drinks at various supermarkets. Local media reported the alleged contaminant was urine.
Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts cover shrimp, apple juice, and dried peppers.
More than 60 cases of a serious condition that can develop after an E. coli infection were reported over a 12-month period.
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