The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has released a report on outbreaks it investigated during fiscal year 2025, showing that Listeria monocytogenes was the most frequent cause of outbreaks. The agency defines an outbreak as an incidence when two or more people experience similar illnesses after eating a common food and epidemiologic analysis implicates…
The NHS in England is to offer more than 1 million people weight-loss drugs to reduce their risk of heart attacks and strokes. Semaglutide (Wegovy) is already available on the health service for some people living with obesity, and also offered under the brand name Ozempic to treat type 2 diabetes. Now people who are…
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Gear Isle is voluntarily recalling chocolate products because they have been found to contain undeclared active pharmaceutical ingredients, sildenafil and tadalafil. The recalled products are: Gold Lion Aphrodisiac Chocolate Sachet, UPC 795847916279, LOT# no lot number, Expires: 06/2027; and ilum Sex Chocolate, UPC 1002448578911, LOT# no lot number, Expires: 12/25/2027. Use of products with undeclared…
Schreiber Foods Inc. of Green Bay, WI, is recalling 144 Cases of Honey Almond Cream Cheese Spread, because it may contain undeclared almonds. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to almonds run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume this product. The cream cheese was distributed to store locations…
Almost half of primary school teachers are seeing pupils with eating disorders “at least occasionally”, rising to four in five at secondary level, according to a survey by the UK’s largest education union. The findings emerged in a poll of 10,000 teachers in English state schools about pupils’ mental health, which also revealed “overwhelming” exam…
A group that sued the company behind David protein bars in January, alleging that the products’ labels misrepresented calorie and fat content, has dropped the case. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The lawsuit alleged that independent lab tests had revealed the bars — a viral…
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Hospitals that accept Medicare and Medicaid are obligated to meet their patients’ nutritional needs and limit their serving of ultraprocessed foods and sugary beverages to chronically ill patients, CMS said Monday in a special alert. “It makes no sense that 90% of pediatric wards in America, which are treating children with prediabetes and obesity, have…
