How to keep your kitchen safe

Your kitchen harbors more bacteria than any other room in your house. While the lion’s share are harmless, some can cause nasty (and even long-lasting) effects. Here’s how to keep your kitchen safe.

Congress is taking action to allow for better understanding of dangerous foodborne microbes on farms

Food poisoning is all too common. Here’s how to avoid it at home

'Poisoned' documentary shines a light on opportunities for much-needed food safety reforms

Congress introduces bill to help solve foodborne outbreaks from concentrated animal feeding operations

How does flour cause a Salmonella outbreak?

On May 1, the FDA and CDC announced that an investigation is underway to find the source of an outbreak of Salmonella Infantis infections linked to raw Gold Medal flour. On April 28, General Mills recalled the flour products linked to the outbreak.

6 food safety bloopers to avoid this holiday season

Whichever holidays you’re celebrating this season, don’t let food poisoning spoil them. Here are 6 lesser-known mistakes to avoid, especially if you’re at high risk—that is, over 65 or under 5, pregnant, or have a weakened immune system.

USDA poised to ban the riskiest Salmonella contamination from raw poultry, following more than a decade of advocacy by CSPI

Peter’s Memo: Why foodborne illness is still a threat

Salmonella in peanut butter, hepatitis A in strawberries, norovirus in raw oysters. Those are just a few recent food poisoning outbreaks.

CSPI Comment to USDA FSIS re: Proposed Performance Standards for Salmonella in Pork

The Center for Science in the Public Interest is urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to create Salmonella performance standards for pork processors.These standards would be the first limiting pathogens in pork since the USDA stopped testing under earlier standards in 2011.