Authorities are once again warning against keeping small turtles as pets in households with small children, after a four-week old baby died earlier this year in the U.S.

The baby was rushed to a Florida emergency room suffering from septic shock and fever. She died on March 1 despite being treated with antibiotics. Tests later showed that the salmonella had ultimately killed her matched the same strain found on a turtle given to her by a family friend

Health Canada issued two warnings to Canadians not to buy counterfeit Colgate toothpaste from China, which they claim contains a either a poisonous chemical or a dangerous bacteria.

Earlier warnings for the U.S. found that the fake toothpaste contained an active ingredient found in anti-freeze

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers against the consumption of Veggie Booty snack food due to possible contamination with Salmonella Wandsworth bacteria that cause gastrointestinal illness.

Marketed by Robert's American Gourmet in Sea Cliff, New York, and sold nationwide, the snack has reportedly caused 51 cases of possible salmonella poisoning. The company says the FDA contacted them about the illnesses in 17 states and they are now recalling the snack

Sales of five species of imported Chinese farm raised seafood will be delayed from now on until the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) can test each shipment for safety. The agency made the decision to institute broader import controls on all farm-raised catfish, basa, shrimp, dace (related to carp), and eel from China after those foods repeatedly were found to contain harmful substances, FDA officials said Thursday.

Those products will be detained at the border "until the shipments are proven to be free of residues from drugs that are not approved in the United States for use in farm-raised aquatic animals," the FDA said

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has reportedly issued warning against the consumption of sesame seeds packed by Les Aliments G. Dion for fear that they could be contaminated with salmonella.

The warning has been issued to the public in Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia though no case of illnesses associated with the consumption of these products has been reported