http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday proposed the most sweeping food safety rules in decades, requiring farmers and food companies to be more vigilant in the wake of deadly outbreaks in peanuts, cantaloupe and leafy greens. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-fda-issues-food-safety.html Health Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:46:42 EST news276521867 (AP)—A federal inspector found two strains of salmonella and unclean conditions at an Indiana cantaloupe farm's fruit-packing plant during visits following a deadly outbreak linked to its melons. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-fda-farm-tied-salmonella-outbreak.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 03 Oct 2012 12:34:22 EST news268486455 (AP)—An Indiana farm linked to a salmonella outbreak from cantaloupe that killed two people has now pulled its watermelons from the market. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-ind-farm-linked-salmonella-watermelons.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:33:41 EST news266675609 (AP)—The Food and Drug Administration says salmonella found at a cantaloupe farm in southwestern Indiana matches the "DNA fingerprint" of the salmonella responsible for a deadly outbreak that sickened people in 21 states. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-salmonella-ind-farm-outbreak-strain.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:30:16 EST news265397411 (AP) -- If the mad cow found in California has you wondering about food safety, well, there are plenty of problems that pose serious risks to the food supply. But mad cow disease shouldn't be high on the worry list. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-food-mad-cow-high.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:51:42 EST news254634690 (AP) -- U.S. health authorities say the final death toll from an outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe is 30. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-toll-melon-listeria-outbreak-dead.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:59:56 EST news242621984 The death toll in an outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe has reached 29 after federal health authorities say an eighth person has died in Colorado. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-29th-person-dies-cantaloupe-listeria.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 03 Nov 2011 05:42:28 EST news239517741 A dirty packing facility at a Colorado farm was the likely source of an outbreak of listeria in cantaloupes that killed 25 people in the US since August, health authorities said Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-killer-cantaloupes-infected.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:47:47 EST news238247259 (AP) -- Bill Marler updates his many blogs each day about the latest foodborne illness outbreak and travels the world delivering speeches, imploring the food industry to improve its safety measures. All this while working the phones to get money for the victims. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-listeria-outbreak-seattle-lawyer.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 08 Oct 2011 16:47:27 EST news237311237 (AP) -- Federal health authorities say a nationwide outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe is now responsible for 21 deaths and the number may continue to grow. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-deaths-linked-listeria-cantaloupe.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:25:44 EST news237223534 Eighteen people have died and 100 people have fallen ill since late July in the United States from eating cantaloupes infected with listeria, health authorities said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-infected-cantaloupes.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:30:30 EST news236968219 (AP) -- The recent listeria outbreak from cantaloupe shows that large-scale occurrences of serious illnesses linked to tainted food have grown more common over the years, partly because much of what we eat takes a long and winding road from farm to fork. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-road-farm-fork-worsens-food.html Health Sun, 02 Oct 2011 12:39:10 EST news236777914 (AP) -- Avoid foreign produce. Wash and peel your fruit. Keep it refrigerated. None of these common tips would have guaranteed your safety from the deadliest food outbreak in a decade, the one involving cantaloupes from Colorado. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-killer-cantaloupe-scary-.html Health Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:28:19 EST news236539310