News tagged with 'E. Coli'

Food-borne infections can have long-lasting health effects that can be as serious as kidney failure, paralysis, hearing or visual impairments, according to a recent study by the Center for Food-borne Illness Research and Prevention.

Eight states are recalling 546,000 pounds of ground beef after E. coli contamination was detected. One person in New Hampshire has died and two others are sickened from what is suspected to be the same contaminated meat.

The Top Ten contaminated foods list is compiled by the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Modern agriculture, contaminated waste water, and dirty handling is blamed for many of the cases of bacterial contamination, and proposed improvements are pending in Congress.

Manufacturers that process or hold food are now required to report any contamination within 24 hours under new FDA regulations, all in an effort to keep food-borne illness away from the public.

Linda Rivera has been hospitalized since last May from eating raw cookie dough contaminated with E. coli 0157. With her condition worsening, her chance for recovery looks slim. 80 others suffered some form of sickness from the contaminated dough.

A new vaccine given to cattle, may keep E. coli from shedding from the animal into our food supply. But getting to the root of the problem - the new documentary, "Food Inc." explores how agribusiness and factory farming methods have increased E. coli contamination and foodborne illnesses in the first place.  

It is still a mystery how E. coli 0157 made it into cookie dough found in the Nestle Toll House plant in Virginia- but federal microbiologists have identified it there.  That section of the plant has been closed displacing 250 workers. 

E. coli contamination of beef has led to a recall of more than 400,000 pounds with 24 people recording diarrhea, cramps, and vomiting from the bacterium. 

How did the potentially deadly E. coli 0157 bacteria get into raw cookie dough? Federal microbiologists are probing the Virginia plant that makes Nestle Toll House cookies to solve the mystery. Meanwhile, with 70 sickened, the first lawsuit has been filed.

The FDA is warning the public not consume Toll House Cookie products because of the risk of E. coli poisoning which has so far sickened 66 people in 28 states.  

 Eating ground beef packaged from Valley Meats LLC during March is very likely to make your sick, reports the USDA which has initiated a recall of nearly 96,000 pounds of ground beef.   Look for various brand names the meat was distributed under. 

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released details about the progress of its Food Protection Plan, which was launched last year to protect domestic and imported food from accidental and intentional contamination.

There are very few surfaces that are truly germ free. We have a list of germy surfaces your cleaning supplies will be happy to get acquainted with. Some, you may never have realized as the worst germ offenders, while others may seem obvious.

The inner workings and failings of the Food and Drug Administration are being revealed in a draft report obtained by the AP by  the Government Accountability Office.  The report reveals a regulatory agency with too few inspectors for the  billions in produce we import each year.

The FDA has approved the use of ionizing radiation for fresh spinach and iceberg lettuce, saying the technique can help control harmful bacteria and other pathogens such as E. coli and salmonella.