http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—Despite the availability of new and preventive methods against foodborne diseases, their uptake throughout the entire chain of food production appears to be slow. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-headway-food-safety.html Health Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:40:01 EST news279887016 (HealthDay)—Food poisoning sickens millions of Americans each year, and most outbreaks are caused by salmonella-tainted foods or norovirus, federal health officials report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-cdc-salmonella-foodborne-illness-outbreaks.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:50:01 EST news278272699 Gastroenteritis from food borne illness is a major public health concern both in Australia and overseas, and Swinburne University of Technology researchers are working on the early detection of bacteria that significantly contributes to it. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-combating-gastroenteritis.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 11 Dec 2012 08:00:01 EST news274434632 (Medical Xpress)—When it comes to your Thanksgiving turkey, a Kansas State University food safety expert has two tips that could help keep your holiday meal safer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-turkey-thermometer-recipe-food-poisoning.html Health Mon, 19 Nov 2012 07:25:27 EST news272532313 Bacteria that cause the main food-borne infections among people in the European Union commonly show resistance to widely-used antibiotics and antimicrobials, an EU report showed Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-resistant-food-bacteria-strains-common.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:00:55 EST news250945242 University of Aberdeen scientists bought raw chicken livers from a typical range of supermarkets and butchers over a two-year period and, after testing in the lab, discovered the bug Campylobacter in 81% of them. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-chicken-liver-pate-potential-source.html Health Thu, 08 Mar 2012 08:24:12 EST news250417434 It seems that hardly a week goes by without another reported case of some food being blamed for causing people to get sick. Most recently, a national restaurant chain's clover sprouts were linked to a Midwestern outbreak of pathogenic E. coli, and dozens of cases of Campylobacter in four states have been linked to the consumption of raw milk from a Pennsylvania dairy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-high-risk-foods-food-safety-expert.html Health Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:30:53 EST news249651040 (Medical Xpress) -- Will a fresh glass of "raw" milk nourish or poison you? Pasteurization almost always provides protection from contamination. Unpasteurized "raw" milk, on the other hand, provides a potential breeding ground for disease-causing bacteria such as E. coli, Listeria, Campylobacter and Salmonella, all of which have caused outbreaks spread by raw milk in the past year, said Ynte Schukken, professor of epidemiology and herd health at Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-raw-poses-groups.html Health Wed, 09 Nov 2011 07:24:56 EST news240045889