Entries tagged with “e-coli-o157h7-outbreak/”

13 Confirmed E. coli Infections from Water at Cowans Gap; 8 With Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

According to the most recent updates from Pennsylvania news sources, the Pennsylvania Department of Health has received reports of at least 13 people infected with...

FSIS recommendations on tenderized beef . . . from 1999

In 1999, the USDA-FSIS asked the National Advisory Comittee for Microbiological for Foods whether tenderized beef presented increased risks of contamination by E. coli O157:H7. ...

The Problem with Tenderized Beef

Injury issues aside (see John Mcdonalds HUS story), the problem with tenderized beef is that it internalizes bacteria from the surface of intact cuts of beef,...

NSP E. coli O157:H7 outbreak: How Many Ill?

Certain circumstances surrounding the National Steak and Poultry E. coli O157:H7 outbreak have me worried.  The pathogen is incredibly dangerous; the vehicle (non-ground beef products)...

National Steak and Poultry E coli Outbreak

E. coli O157:H7 strikes again, this time stealing some of Santa's thunder and delivering a pile of bad news (for the meat industry, the consumer,...

Updated list of retail stores who received E. coli O157:H7 contaminated ground beef

 The CDC did not provide any updated statistics today about the number of people sickened in the ongoing E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks linked to ground...

Revised CDC statistics on ground beef E. coli O157:H7 outbreak

 The CDC reports today that there are currently only 26 illnesses in 11 states that are linked to the Fairbank Farms E. coli O157:H7 ground...

Ground beef E. coli outbreak stretches from coast to coast

Earlier today, the CDC posted the following update on the E. coli O157:H7 ground beef outbreak and recall on its website: Several state health departments,...

E. coli and Food Recalls: Progress, Really?

The Wisconsin State Journal recently published an excerpt from an interview on the increased number of food recalls we have seen in the last few...
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