Since February, the Health Department has recorded 207 food poisoning cases affecting children, resulting in 10 deaths. The Department is particularly concerned about the rise in cases within townships, informal settlements, and hostel communities. In the latest incident, two siblings, aged four and six, died from a suspected foodborne illness after sharing a meal at … Read more
Three people have now died in a listeria food poisoning outbreak linked to Boar’s Head deli meats, U.S. federal food safety officials announced Thursday, and the overall number of people sickened rose to 43. The additional death happened in Virginia, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a news release Thursday. The other … Read more
new york — As U.S. health officials investigate a fatal outbreak of listeria food poisoning, they’re advising people who are pregnant, elderly or have compromised immune systems to avoid eating sliced deli meat unless it’s recooked at home to be steaming hot. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention didn’t mandate a food recall … Read more
