WARNING TO AMERICAN CONSUMERS OF PEANUT BUTTER

American peanut butter consumers have been warned to avoid the food until a source is properly identified for a recent salmonella scare, reports Just Food. Recalls have also taken place in the UK as a result, as recently announced by the FSA.

HAWAIIAN MENINGITIS SCARE CAUSED BY SLUGS ON PRODUCE

Residents of Hawaii have been advised to wash fruit and vegetables thoroughly after several people contracted a rare form of meningitis caused by a parasite spread by snails and slugs, reports the Honolulu Advertiser.

MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE POISONED BY CONTAMINATED THAI SILKWORMS

Fried silkworm contaminated with histamine is alleged to be the cause of 118 poisoning cases in Thailand, reports The Nation.

LIZARD FOUND IN SUPERMARKET BROCCOLI, ADOPTED AS PET

A Shrewsbury family have adopted an unusual new pet after finding it in supermarket broccoli!
See full story at BBC News.

ZIMBABWE CHOLERA EPIDEMIC CONTINUES TO CLAIM LIVES

More than 60,000 people in Zimbabwe have been infected by cholera, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), with the disease now spreading to rural areas and across the country’s borders. To read WHO’s press release appealing for global support to fight the crisis, click here.

BANANAS WITH A STING IN THE TAIL

A Colchester greengrocer got a nasty shock after being stung by a scorpion in a box of bananas, reports The Telegraph.

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