Food Safety

Recall: Blue Plastic Found in Lean Cuisine Chicken Dinners

Nestle is recalling several hundred thousand pounds of Lean Cuisine after reports that they contained pieces of blue plastic.

Do the Barcodes on Products Reveal the Country of Origin?

An e-mail circulating on the Internet claims that one can tell where a product is from if you look at the first three numbers of the barcode. Is this claim true or false? Find out here.

Meat Recall Reveals Sickness in Meat Industry

The meat recall has exposed a sickness in the meat industry, that of severe cruelty to animals and a total disregard for humane slaughter practices.

Hotel Room Glasses - A Horror Story

An investigation reveals the shocking truth about how glasses in hotel room are cleaned (or not cleaned.)

Some Ice Cubes Have More Bacteria than Toilet Water

A test of Chicago area restaurants found that toilet water is often cleaner than the ice cubes served in drinks.

Soda May Cause DNA Damage, Cirrhosis, and Parkinson's Disease

An alarming new report says that an ingredient in many sodas, sodium benzoate, may cause DNA damage, cirrhosis of the liver, Parkinson's disease, and other degenerative diseases.

Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Chains Woman to Toilet

There is some concern that Reese's Peanut Butter Cups may be tainted with Salmonellasal as part of the contaminated peanut butter fiasco.

Cilantro Protects Against Salmonella

Coriander seeds and cilantro leaves contain an antibacterial chemical called dodecenal that kicks some serious Salmonella butt.

Peter Pan Peanut Butter Recall

I know the contaminated peanut butter situation is very serious. Two people have died and many people have gotten sick. However, I can't help but be a bit obnoxious and declare that

Consumers Still Afraid of Green Leafy Vegetables

It's been five months since the Great Spinach Scare of 2006, but consumers are still wary of leafy green vegetables, according to survey.

E. Coli Found Near California Spinach Farms

Investigators have found E. coli in eight fecal samples taken near two of the farms that are believed to have been possible sources of the recent spinach contamination.

Concern About Vegetable Consumption After Spinach Scare

Are people going to stop eating vegetables because of the spinach scare?

Fresh Spinach Is Safe to Eat, Says FDA

The FDA announced that fresh spinach is safe to eat and that all E. coli tainted spinach had been recalled.

Consumer Reports Safety Blog

Consumer Reports has a new blog called "Consumer Reports on Safety." They'll be reporting on consumer safety hazards, including food hazards.

2 More Spinach Related Deaths

Two more deaths related to tainted spinach have officials worried.

All Fresh Spinach to Be Avoided

The FDA previously stated that bagged spinach should be avoided but has now widened its advisory to include all fresh spinach because of the E. coli outbreak.

Carbon Monoxide Used in Red Meat Packaging

Think your meat is safe because it looks fresh and pink? Shoppers who judge the freshness of meat by its pink color may be deceived by a relatively new industry practice of treating meat with carbon monoxide, critics say. The...