From time to time, we browse recently released Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports and highlight those with potential interest to our readers. This week’s release was so extensive we’ve organized documents into broad categories.

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The recent outbreak of salmonella in the United States has cost the Food industry over 250 million dollars. It now turns out that cost may have been entirely their own fault.
The Food and Drug Administration first thought that the salmonella bacteria was being spread by tomatoes and it took them four months of intensive investigation [...]

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How clean is your kitchen? Not very according to a recent study. Chances are that your bathroom maybe the cleanest room in your house.
Our kitchens are the center of our all home activity, the room we prepare food in, socialize in and eat in. And it maybe the most dangerous room in the house.

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Six new cases linked to salmonella tainted tomatoes were discovered today in New York City bringing the total of reported cases to 383 since the outbreak started on April 10.
There are now thirty states that have experienced salmonella outbreaks. New Hampshire and Pennsylvania reported their first cases this week.

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The latest scare of the salmonella infestation in our tomatoes has prompted renewed discussion about the food we choose to eat.
Mad Cow disease, e-coli sprouts, tainted spinach, suspicious chickens and more, have us all guessing about our family menu choices.

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A plastic used in baby bottles, water bottles and as a liner in tin cans could be leaching cancer causing agents into the food supply, the United States government has announced.
The chemical known as BPA (Bisphenol A) has caused concern for neural and behavioural effects in fetuses, infants and children at certain levels of exposures.

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Doctors in both Canada and the United States have both, coincidently, issued warnings that Global climate change could have serious health effects.
“When we think about climate change, we typically think about how it will affect our environment, but we need to start thinking about how it affects our health too,” Ontario College of Family Physicians [...]

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