The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday gave the all-clear to jalapeno and serrano peppers grown in the United States, revoking its warning issued just two days before that consumers completely avoid the chiles. A grueling investigation i...
A proposed ban on helium-filled foil balloons has withered in the California Legislature in the face of vehement protests from manufacturers, decorators and florists. Its backer, Sen. Jack Scott, initially argued that such balloons caused more th...
Charging that helium-filled foil balloons caused more than 800 power outages in California last year, a state legislator is pushing a bill to ban them. Once aloft, the balloons can hit and then short-circuit power lines.
The measure cleared the ...
After nearly three months and close to 1,000 cases of foodborne illness in the U.S. and Canada, U.S. officials are beginning to look at jalapeno peppers as the culprits rather than fresh tomatoes.
Although a huge outbreak of salmonellosis--the l...
Are fresh tomatoes to blame for sickening nearly 870 people in 36 states and the District of Columbia, or is it something else?
Although a huge outbreak of salmonellosis--the largest ever linked to fresh produce in the U.S.--has dominated the fo...