http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—Leafy green vegetables are responsible for more foodborne illnesses than any other food, according to a new government report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-cdc-foods-americans-sick.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:20:01 EST news278763105 (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 Farmworkers are at potential risk from food and waterborne illnesses because of the condition of cooking and eating facilities available to them, according to a new study from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-inadequate-food-facilities-nc-migrant.html Health Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:00:03 EST news277653633 Poor hand hygiene is often thought to be the main cause of outbreaks of foodborne illnesses. Although it is well recognized that utensils used for food preparation can harbor bacteria, a new study by Qing Wang and her colleagues from the Center for Food Safety at the University of Georgia, USA, is the first to find that viruses can just as easily be spread by cross-contamination from utensils such as knives and graters. Their study is published in the Springer journal Food and Environmental Virology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-highlights-danger-cross-contamination-viruses-kitchen.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:09:24 EST news274014552 (Medical Xpress)—There may be a disconnect between what consumers think food auditors are doing to ensure a safe food supply and what they actually are doing, according to Doug Powell, a Kansas State University food safety expert. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-expert-food-safety-procedures.html Health Tue, 18 Sep 2012 08:08:09 EST news267174481 (Medical Xpress) -- Shoppers will continue to see the Fresh Local Produce sign in supermarkets, but stores will increasingly require growers to show proof of good agricultural practices, according to Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-safety-future-focus-supermarkets-farmers.html Health Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:53:49 EST news251459610 (AP) -- Shoppers nervous about foodborne illnesses may turn to foods produced at smaller farms or labeled "local," "organic" or "natural" in the hopes that such products are safer. But a small outbreak of salmonella in organic eggs from Minnesota shows that no food is immune to contamination. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-local-foods-safer.html Health Wed, 26 Oct 2011 03:41:34 EST news238819158