E. coli bacteria in food — commonly linked to food poisoning and the stomach pain and diarrhea that result — might also be the cause of some urinary tract infections. Researchers have found the same strains of the bacteria in chicken from stores and restaurants and in women with the infections. There’s no evidence that
Canadian vaccine to combat E. coli and non-E. coli STECs that cause “hamburger disease”
Anne-Marie Hickey of the University of Saskatchewan’s research communications office wrote an interesting article on the work of David Asper, a graduate student at the University of Saskatchewan.
The veterinary microbiology student’s work, soon to be published, is premised on the idea that humans can be protected from harmful bacteria by vaccinating cattle that are
Lack of Internalization of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) after Leaf Surface and Soil Inoculation
Authors: Zhang, Guodong1; Ma, Li2; Beuchat, Larry R.2; Erickson, Marilyn C.2; Phelan, Vanessa H.2; Doyle, Michael P.2
Source: Journal of Food Protection®, Volume 72, Number 10, October 2009 , pp. 2028-2037(10)
Publisher: International Association for Food Protection
Abstract:
Survival and internalization characteristics of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in iceberg, romaine, and leaf lettuce after inoculation of
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Wants To Control E. coli 0157:H7 At The Feedlot
Big Red is out to find a diet that limits E. coli 0157:H7 at the feedlot. Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are studying how nutrition of ruminants affects the colonization and growth of E coli 0157:H7.
Nebraska’s Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources is focusing on how nutrition affects microbiology. It has focused on E. coli
Food Borne Illness Attorney William Marler Says When Its Comes To E. coli Outbreak, Remember What You Ate
The following was an editorial by Youngstown, Ohio television station WYTV-33:
Summertime means firing-up the grill or heading to the county fair, but it also means e-coli dangers.
The US Department of Agriculture says at least three people in Ohio are sick with e-coli after eating meat from Valley Meats in Illinois. The company is
USDA Policies Questioned By Attorney Denis W. Stearns
Guest Blog by Denis W. Stearns:
On October 3, 2002 I submitted a petition to the USDA in which I asked the agency to explicitly clarify whether a USDA policy that appeared to allow the deadly pathogen E. coli O157:H7 on so-called “intact meat” applied to meat sold to retail outlets like grocery stores
USDA Knows Best Cuts of Beef Being Sold With E. coli
If it is the weekend, there is almost always something to read by Phil Brasher in the Des Moines Register. In “Many beef cuts are never tested for E. coli,” Brasher reports that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is about to close the door on the sale of E. coli-tainted cuts of beef.
Brasher writes:
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This project is being conducted by researchers and epidemiologists at the National Food Safety & Toxicology Center at Michigan State University. The Developmental Steering Committee had scientists from the Michigan Department of Community Health, Michigan Department of Agriculture, University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Mid-Michigan District Health Department, Barry-Eaton District