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CDC cites romaine lettuce in 10-state E coli outbreak

(CIDRAP News) – Federal health officials today cited romaine lettuce from grocery-store salad bars as the apparent cause of an Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreak involving 60 cases in 10 states, with most of the cases in Missouri.

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NEWS SCAN: Early E coli prevention, EU measles tally, rotavirus vaccination, TB vaccine trial

 

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.

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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.

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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

 

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