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- E. Coli in Nestle Cookie Dough: More Proof System is Broken
- Here we go again. People get sick, the company whose product is responsible gets criticized for its food safety protocols, and the company defends itself by saying everything it did is entirely lawful. Not only is it lawful, in fact, but it "isn't out of line with the rest of...
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- Food Roundup: Wal-Mart Sustainability Index, E. Coli Mystery and More
- Wal-Mart to measure sustainability of all products -- Wal-Mart has been developing a "sustainability index" to measure the environmental impact of every product it sells. The company isn't set to announce the project until Thursday, according to Marc Gunther of The Big Money, but he spoke with faculty at the...
- Blog posts 2009-07-14
- Meat Industry Gets Word In On Food Safety
- Patrick Boyle, who heads the American Meat Institute, was part of a Larry King Live segment entitled, "Beef: Safe or Scary?" He got the chance to point out that "Americans consume a billion meals a day -- the vast, vast, vast majority of them safely and enjoyably," though he was...
- Blog posts 2009-10-13
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- USDA Extends E. Coli Testing; Issues "Rules Of Practice".(Brief Article)
- Building on the 1996 HACCP [Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point ] rule, USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service is extending testing requirements for e. coli [Escherichia coli] to establishments that primarily slaughter sheep, goats, equine Building on the 1996 HACCP [Hazard Analysis and Critical...
- Research articles 1999-12-06
- Meridian Bioscience Receives FDA Clearance for New E. coli Test
- CINCINNATI -- Meridian Bioscience, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio (NASDAQ:VIVO) today announced that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration FDA to market ImmunoCard STAT![R] EHEC, a revolutionary new test for the diagnosis of E. coli infection. The new product detects all Shiga-toxin producing E. coli and is...
- Research articles 2007-02-20
- USDA to step up E. coli-tests
- USDA to step up E. coli-tests: USDA said it will begin testing more domestic and imported meat used to make ground beef for E. coli contamination, following an increase in recalls for the potentially deadly bacteria. Bloomberg News reports that Agriculture Under Secretary Richard Raymond last week announced the plan...
- Research articles 2007-10-29
- More than 100 affected by British E.coli outbreak
- LONDON AFP — More than 100 people have been affected by the dangerous E.coli food poisoning bug in Britain after an outbreak linked to suspect meat products. Since the illness struck a school in south Wales a week ago, 115 cases have been confirmed as having caught the highly-contagious...
- Research articles 2005-09-26
- New E. coli fears as California grower recalls lettuce
- LOS ANGELES AFP — Fears of a new E. coli outbreak prompted a California lettuce grower to recall its products, the company confirmed, as the region struggled to recover from a crisis over contaminated spinach. Salinas-based Nunes Company Inc. said it had initiated a voluntary recall of green-leaf lettuce sold...
- Research articles 2006-10-09
- U.S. ARS: New simple, inexpensive test accurately detects E. Coli 0157
- M2 PRESSWIRE-17 July 1998-U.S. ARS: New simple, inexpensive test accurately detects E. Coli 0157 C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:160798 Using technology developed by a private company, a USDA biochemist has developed a rapid, easy-to-use test that detects E. coli in food products. The test uses...
- Research articles 1998-07-17
- Bigger, riskier plants to get more frequent E. coli checks
- Federal regulators said Tuesday they'll inspect meat from bigger and riskier plants more often to try to reverse rising E. coli outbreaks in hamburger. The U.S. Department of Agriculture also reiterated new plans to check that plants have good E. coli controls and to call for...
- Research articles 2007-10-24
- E. coli O157:H7 strain in Odwalla matches current outbreak
- OLYMPIA, Wash.--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 5, 1996--Lab tests conducted by the University of Washington have found isolates of E. coli O157:H7 taken from Odwalla apple juice to be indistinguishable from lab samples taken from the 19 confirmed E. Coli O157:H7 cases in Washington. "This is further evidence that our...
- Research articles 1996-11-05
- Lightening Does Strike Twice for KFC and E. coli
- SEATTLE--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 16, 1999-- William Marler, a Seattle attorney who represents children throughout the United States poisoned by E. coli, speaks out on Ohio and Kentucky E. coli cases tied to Kentucky Fried Chicken Coleslaw. "Nearly everyday I hear about another case of E. coli,...
- Research articles 1999-08-17
- E. Coli Infects More Cattle than Previously Believed
- About half the cattle at the nation's feed lots carry the deadly E. coli bacteria during the summer -- making it at least 10 times more common than previously thought, USDA says in a recent study. The findings do not mean that E. coli O157:H7 is any more likely to...
- Research articles 2000-03-06
- Law Offices of Brodsky & Smith, LLC Announces Investigation of E.coli Outbreak Following the Temporary Closure of a Taco Bell Outlet
- Law offices of Brodsky & Smith, LLC announces that the firm is investigating an E.coli outbreak following the temporary closure of one of Taco Bell's fast-food outlets. Health officials have reported that 39 people have been confirmed as victims of this E.coli outbreak. Six people remained hospitalized and...
- Research articles 2006-12-05
- E. Coli and Listeria Directives to Be Released By USDA Soon
- USDA is poised to release a new policy directive on Escherichia coli 0157:H7 and soon after that a new Listeria policy. "A Federal Register notice will discuss the agency's current E. coli policy and the directive to its inspectors who test for the pathogen in ground beef," said Margaret Glavin,...
- Research articles 2001-01-15
- Norway finds source of killer E.coli bacteria
- OSLO AFP — The Norwegian Food Safety Authority said it found what it believes to be the source of E.coli bacteria that infected 14 young children and killed a four-year-old boy. The boy died on March 10 of kidney failure. Escherichia coli is a bacterium found in cows'...
- Research articles 2006-03-20
- Using computers, scientists successfully predict evolution of E. coli bacteria.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-14 November 2002-US NSF: Using computers, scientists successfully predict evolution of E. coli bacteria C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11142002 For more than a decade, researchers have been trying to create accurate computer models of Escherichia coli (E. coli), a...
- Research articles 2002-11-14
- Earthworms and E. coli
- A perilous combination for drain flow water quality Researchers at Oklahoma State University OSU, Iowa State University ISU, and the USDA-ARS National Soil Tilth Laboratory NSTL have formed a unique research team to solve an important water quality problem. This team is addressing the transport of pathogens (specifically,...
- Research articles 2008-09-01
- USDA to support E. Coli research
- USDA announced they will support new research on keeping fresh produce safe from deadly bacteria. The department will contribute $5.5 million for collaborative research in California into the origins of E. Coli 0157:H7, a bacterium that can cause diarrhea, kidney failure and even death, and to vulnerabilities in produce agriculture...
- Research articles 2007-08-27
- FDA urges consumers not to eat bagged, fresh spinach after E. coli outbreak.(VENDING MARKET WATCH)
- The Food and Drug Administration FDA issued an alert to consumers in mid September about an outbreak of E. coli in multiple states. The FDA advised consumers not to eat bagged fresh spinach. To date, 109 cases of illness have been reported to the C The...
- Research articles 2006-10-01
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