food poisoning
Here's How Long You Have to Eat All Your Leftovers, According to Food Safety Experts
Respect the "two hour rule," or face the potential consequences.
I Had Lunch at Whole Foods and Now I Need to Get Tested for Hepatitis
The Detroit Health Department recently announced it’s investigating a Whole Foods location over two cases of hepatitis linked its prepared food department.
Chipotle Is Trying to Buy Your Friendship with Free Food Deals
The deals are clearly aimed to get the youth back on the burrito bandwagon, since their parents are probably still pretty upset about the whole "pooping blood" thing.
Is the Five-Second Rule Legit?
An investigation into one of the most hotly contested rules in history.
Food Safety Experts Say Raw Cookie Dough Might Not Kill Us After All
A new report from the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food states that pregnant women, the elderly, and very young should no longer be advised against eating raw or lightly cooked eggs.
Fun-Hating FDA Says We Can Never, Ever Eat Raw Cookie Dough Again
Now, the US Food and Drug Administration wants you to wipe that cookie-batter-smeared grin off your face. In a new announcement, the agency warns that raw dough of all kinds can give you a big-league intestinal baddie.
The FDA Is Being Sued for Not Protecting Us from Bad Oysters
Incidences of illness from Vibrio vulnificus bacteria, commonly contracted from raw oysters, have been at an all-time high over the past few years.
America Is Finally Getting Food Expiration Labels That Will Make Sense
If you still rely on the smell test—because arbitrary "best by" dates still leave you wondering whether you'll die from eating that three-week-old sour cream—you’re not alone.
Australian Grocery Stores Are Arguing on Twitter About Whether or Not to Refrigerate Eggs
While one of Australia's biggest grocery chains has vowed to keep all of its eggs refrigerated from now on, others are defending themselves to consumers via social media.
Chipotle's Food Safety Nightmare Has Led It to Drop Locally Sourced Produce
Amidst food safety scandals that have resulted in E. coli, salmonella, and norovirus outbreaks across America, shuttering dozens of stores, what’s a quesarito lover to do?
How Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Are Riskier to Eat Than Raw Fish
The Center for Science in the Public Interest released a report last week, stating that it is in fact fresh produce that is the predominant cause of foodborne illnesses in America.
Caramel Apples Are Poison on a Stick
Turns out it’s not jagged razors in apples that kids have to watch out for this Halloween. It’s caramel apples—and the dangerous part is the stick.