Federal officials have declared that an outbreak of infections from Listeria monocytogenes in prepared pasta meals is over. The outbreak sickened 27 people across 18 states. Of patients with the information available, 25 required hospitalization and six died, according to the Food and Drug Administration. One pregnancy-associated illness resulted in a fetal loss.    Sick people’s...

Based on the findings, the European Commission may propose changes to legislation Published: January 29, 2026, 12:04 am A risk assessment including several scenarios has compared bacterial growth using different meat storage and defrosting conditions. The assessment covered how bacteria grow in meat from cattle, sheep and pigs during chilling, storage and defrosting. It compared...

The supplement industry is not regulated and involves more than $50 billion in sales annually in the United States Published: January 29, 2026, 12:06 am U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin has reintroduced the Dietary Supplement Listing Act, legislation to require dietary supplement manufacturers to register their products with the FDA.   Consideration of the bill comes...

Of all the travel recommendations out there, the most convincing ones read more like personal stories than notches on a checklist. When a friend nostalgically raves about the guava dishes in their Mexican hometown, waxes poetic about late-night trays of masala aloo buns at an Indian bakery, or emphatically declares their lakeside Michigan community to...

Gerber Products Company is recalling several batches of Gerber Arrowroot Biscuits because of the potential presence of soft plastic and/or paper pieces that should not be consumed.  The material comes from an arrowroot flour supplier who initiated a recall. Gerber reports that it is no longer working with the flour supplier. This recall is isolated...

After a decade in the restaurant industry, teaching myself how to make Taiwanese food and cooking in the pressure cooker that is New York City, I’ve learned that the most powerful ingredient in many recipes is nostalgia. It often makes you assume the food you were raised on is the best way to eat —...

Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. With the U.S. drinking rate continuing to drop as young consumers increasingly abstain from alcohol, marketers in the category have had to rethink their approach. For several, that means prioritizing low-alcohol products, a strategy that comes as...

The capital of my home country, and the location of my new restaurant, Marcus Addis Restaurant & Sky Bar, is both the center of Ethiopia and a core component of our nation’s culture. Restaurants and artistic institutions go hand and hand in Addis. Here, galleries, museums, and markets come together to create a steady, electric...

Listen to the article 6 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Once catering to a niche set of consumers, health and wellness claims are now a mainstay in food and beverage innovation as shoppers demand more out of what they eat and drink. Health-focused social media influencers, evolving...

We both came to France in our 20s, one of us (John) for work at Activision and the other (Mashama) for a cooking school, and we both fell in love with Paris in our own ways. After we got the Grey in Savannah off the ground, we talked about opening a restaurant in Paris. We...