Foodborne illness typically traces back to contaminated meat or greens, but intentional contamination has a grim legacy that stretches across human history — from ancient poisonings to modern malice.

When families have been seriously affected by foodborne illness, they may need to consult public health officials, doctors, and, in severe cases, an E coli lawyer, to understand their situation. Legal ...

Humans have been getting food poisoning practically ever since we started eating food. Still, while the first food safety law in the U.S. was established in 1785, the first major food recall wasn't ...

Ms. Blum is the author of “The Poison Squad,” a history of food safety in the United States. In the late 19th century, the government chemist Harvey Washington Wiley proved several shocking suspicions ...

Based on the 1967 Food Safety Law, each food factory must be approved by the Food Safety Department as to good manufacturing practices (GMPs), good laboratory practices, and generalized system of ...