The United States and Canada are part of an outbreak affecting Europe because of Salmonella in tahini and halva from Syria. The United States has reported six Salmonella Mbandaka cases, one in 2020 and the rest this year. Interviews were conducted with two people: both report shopping at international markets that stock mostly Arabic and…
Childhood trauma isn’t something that simply goes away. For actor Andie MacDowell, her experiences in childhood led to anxiety and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that still affect her now. “My mother had demons and issues,” MacDowell, 63, told The Zoe Report in a new interview. She explained that her mother was diagnosed with bipolar…
In one of the shortest but perhaps most powerful speeches of the night, Michaela Coel took the stage to accept her history-making Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. In the speech, she gave the audience a dare.“Write the tale that scares you, that makes you feel uncertain, that isn’t…
It’s been almost three years since Shalane Flanagan competed in her last race as a professional runner. Her third-place finish at the 2018 New York City Marathon was the 16-time national champion’s swan song, a year after she became the first American woman to win the event in 40 years. Now Flanagan, who retired in…
The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed. Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below. Click here to go to the FDA page with links for specific details…
The Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC) has released its findings for 2019 for the sources of Salmonella, Escherichia coli O157, Listeria monocytogenes, and Campylobacter in 1,532 foodborne disease outbreaks. IFSAC’s newest annual report, “Foodborne illness source attribution estimates for 2019 for Salmonella, Escherichia coli O157, Listeria monocytogenes, and Campylobacter using multi-year outbreak surveillance data, United States” is now available. The IFSAC is…
Poland has been given the green light to export poultry products to the United States. The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has reviewed Poland’s poultry laws, regulations, and inspection system, and judged they are equivalent to the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA), and the United States food safety inspection system. Products from poultry…
As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are not issued until a company…
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There can be a lot of stigma with hidradenitis suppurativa. Some people mistakenly believe the sores are contagious or that the disease is caused by poor hygiene.6 These misconceptions are all untrue and only further contribute to harmful misconceptions about the disease.How do you get a hidradenitis suppurativa diagnosis?Hidradenitis suppurativa can be mistaken for other…
