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Meat industry urges delay of ban on non-O157 E coli

(CIDRAP News) – Beef industry organizations and some US trading partners today urged the US government to delay its planned ban on non-O157 strains of pathogenic Escherichia coli in beef, saying the need is unclear and tests aren't ready, while consumer groups urged the government to forge ahead with the program.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: H1N1 vaccine effectiveness and uptake, public input on non-O157 E coli testing, varicella vaccination benefits, TB roadmap

Nov 30, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: FDA funding boost signed, cholera efforts, raw milk shutdown, flu vaccine effectiveness, anti-malarial shelved

Nov 21, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: Comments on E coli testing, E coli outbreak investigations, H1N1 and social distancing, flu vaccine and fevers

Nov 18, 2011

 

EU calls on sprouts producers to increase safety steps

(CIDRAP News) – Producers of sprouts should add more food safety steps throughout the production chain to lower the risk of the kind of contamination that triggered a widespread Escherichia coli outbreak in Europe earlier this year, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) said in a report released yesterday.

Robert Roos
 

FOOD SAFETY NEWS SCAN: Salmonella in chicken livers, North Carolina finds E coli outbreak source, tomato Salmonella contamination

 

FOOD SAFETY NEWS SCAN: Pine nut Salmonella update, E coli outbreaks

Nov 4, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: E coli and UTIs, NBA norovirus outbreak, flu in Europe, evidence-based vaccine recommendations

 

NEWS SCAN: More Listeria cases, bunyavirus cluster, E coli outbreak profile

Oct 26, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: Listeria death toll at 23, non-O157 E coli request, H1N1 vaccine events, resistant hospital infections, global TB drop

Oct 12, 2011

 

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