Following a major cream cheese recall, learn about Listeria monocytogenes: what it is, the symptoms of listeriosis, who is ...

Who of you readers would swing wide your front door for a stranger lurking in the shadows, waiting to cause you harm? Of course you wouldn't. Yet, many of us unknowingly do something surprisingly ...

It's easy to understand the importance of washing fresh produce and following standard kitchen safety rules when cooking with raw meat, but we don't typically think of frozen foods as hotbeds for ...

Baylor University researchers have developed a novel approach to fight colorectal cancer, using modified bacteria as a ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a Class I recall this week for frozen blueberries. Cases were sent to ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Listeria has been making headlines in Hawaiʻi this week with at least one person dead after coming into contact with it. But what is it? Listeria is a kind of germ (bacteria) that ...

Six people have died and 25 have been hospitalized across 18 states from illness caused by food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes since an outbreak linked to precooked meals was first reported ...

Two new deaths and seven more illnesses have been reported in an expanding outbreak of listeria food poisoning tied to recalled pasta meals sold at grocery stores including Walmart and Trader Joe's in ...

The Listeria lifecycle after it infects a mammalian host. Counterclockwise from upper left, the bacteria are quickly ingested by an immune system cell called a macrophage, where they end up in an ...

Class I recall is issued when 'there is a high risk that consuming the food may lead to serious health problems or death' ...

New Zealand Food Safety (NZFS) is supporting Goodfood Group Limited in its recall of a specific batch of Emborg Emmentaler cheese (200g) due to the possible presence of Listeria. “The concern with ...