FOOD SAFETY NEWS – Western United Fish Company dba Annasea Foods Group of Kent, WA, is recalling 3,314 pounds of Kirkland Signature brand Ahi Tuna Wasabi Poke because it may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The implicated product has the Costco item number of 17193, and a sell by date of 9/22/2025.
“This recall was initiated after being notified by our green onion supplier of a Listeria monocytogenes positive test result in the green onions which...
CBS News – Infection rates from drug-resistant "nightmare bacteria" rose almost 70% between 2019 and 2023, according to a new report from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientists.
Bacteria that are difficult to treat due to the so-called NDM gene primarily drove the increase, CDC researchers wrote in an article published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Only two antibiotics work against those infections, and the drugs are expensive and must be administered...
Spanish researchers say Maria Branyas Morera won a genetic lottery. But experts caution that healthy genes and microbiomes don’t explain longevity on their own.
Adding Sliced Fruit or Veggies
It may make your water tastier and more refreshing. But if you’re not careful, it can also fill it with foodborne illness like salmonella and E.coli. That’s because when the rind isn’t clean, slicing into it moves bacteria to the flesh.
Fruit and veggies sliced on the same board used to cut raw meat can also lead to foodborne illness. So can items not stored at the right temperature. Be sure...
America should reward innovation that comes from integration—not punish it
In the American economy, scale is often misunderstood. When businesses grow more efficient, more agile, and more aligned across operations, critics call it consolidation. When those efficiencies lower costs, improve service, and boost innovation, critics still cry foul.
But the truth is this: vertical integration isn’t a threat to competition—it’s the engine of American competitiveness.
Vertical integration is the natural result of companies solving inefficiencies in...
Three separate police investigations were opened, according to police and court records, as well as family members. Two of the inquiries ended, while it’s unclear what happened in the third.
KFF Health News – Medical device manufacturer Exactech has agreed to pay $8 million to settle allegations that it concealed defects in a popular line of artificial knee implants, which have been blamed for thousands of patient injuries in lawsuits.
The settlement resolves two whistleblower lawsuits alleging the Florida company violated the federal False Claims Act by billing government health care programs such as Medicare for knee replacement parts it knew were defective.
“Patients who need...
Plaque from heart disease patients and autopsies of people who died form heart attacks were examined for bacteria, and uncovered some interesting findings.
On Friday, the president announced another American attack on a boat in the Caribbean Sea that he said was “trafficking illicit narcotics.” He also posted a one-minute surveillance video showing a speedboat being blown up.