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Egg Recall

A dozen brown eggs sit in a cardboard container.

As a Salmonella outbreak linked to eggs sickens people nationwide, the CDC issues warnings for nine states, including Illinois Before you reach for another egg to scramble up for breakfast or mix into a batch of cookies, check the package. Illinois is one of nine states where the August Egg Company has issued a recall […]

Stopping foodborne illness means faster testing, vigilance at home

Fresh raw minced beef in a bowl

By Heidi Godman, Harvard Health Blog The steady stream of reports about foodborne illness is making me think twice about what’s on my dinner plate. This year alone, we’ve seen dozens of food recalls, including one involving frozen tuna that was linked to 62 cases of Salmonella infection, and another that implicated ice cream in 10 […]