food poisoning

Chipotle To Retrain Employees After Latest Outbreak Of Food Poisoning

10:22am August 17, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The announcement comes after health officials said an outbreak last month that sickened nearly 650 customers in Ohio was caused by a type of bacteria that thrives in food kept warm for long periods.

Patrick Quade launched iwaspoisoned.com after he visited a deli and later became ill. Today, his site contains more than 75,000 food-borne sickness reports from 90 countries and 46 U.S. states.

National

'I Was Poisoned': Can Crowdsourcing Food Illnesses Help Stop Outbreaks?

7:00am November 30, 2017

by Jill Neimark

People can use the website to report restaurants, symptoms and whether they notified health department officials. But there are potential downsides — like mistaken culprits and malicious accusations.

A depiction of Clostridium botulinum, the bacteria that create a deadly toxin. The preformed toxin can be found in home-canned foods and some retail products, such as canned cheese, chili sauces and oil infused with garlic.

Nacho Cheese Sauce Tainted With Botulism Kills California Man

2:26am May 23, 2017

by Michaeleen Doucleff

An outbreak of botulism caused by nacho cheese sauce from a gas station has hospitalized nine people and killed one man in northern California.

A slew of Yelp reviewers said they got sick after eating at Mariscos San Juan #3 restaurant in San Jose, Calif. The county health department quickly closed the restaurant and identified an outbreak involving more than 80 cases of food poisoning.

Yelp Reviews Can Take Food Poisoning Viral

2:20pm October 23, 2015

by Barbara Feder Ostrov

Some public health researchers say consumer review sites like Yelp might just help them identify and investigate food poisoning outbreaks. But is the information reliable?

Barracuda are one kind of fish that has been implicated in poisoning with ciguatera toxin.

Health & Safety

When The Fish You Eat Have Eaten Something Toxic

10:12am July 06, 2015

by Jessie Rack

Toxins produced by algae that live in warm ocean waters can pass up the fish food chain. The toxins can sicken humans who eat large fish. A Florida study finds cases are underreported.

A health inspection grade is posted outside a Manhattan eatery. In several cities, Yelp users can now find out how a restaurant scored on its health inspection well before they walk through the door.

Did That Restaurant Pass Its Health Inspection? Now Yelp Will Tell You

6:00pm March 27, 2015

by Poncie Rutsch

You might not see health inspection information until you're opening a restaurant's door. But if you're in San Francisco and some other cities, you'll see it when you check out an eatery's Yelp page.

How Can Vultures Eat Rotten Roadkill And Survive?

3:31pm November 26, 2014

by Richard Harris

Vultures consume toxic bacteria that would sicken or kill humans. Stouter immune systems, colonies of helpful microbes and potent stomach acid may help the carrion eaters gorge with abandon.

Queue Listen Now

You've got a trillion friends in low places: Bacteria in the gut may protect against viruses by signaling their presence to your immune system.

How Bacteria In The Gut Help Fight Off Viruses

7:56pm November 14, 2014

by Michaeleen Doucleff

Rotavirus kills more than a half-million kids around the world each year. Now scientists have evidence that the secret to stopping it is hiding in the trillions of bacteria of our microbiome.