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USDA to ban six non-O157 E coli strains in ground beef

(CIDRAP News) – The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has decided to ban six non-O157 strains of Escherichia coli in ground beef starting next March, according to unofficial reports, a move that pleases food safety groups but frustrates some in the meat industry.

Robert Roos and Lisa Schnirring
 

Norovirus, Salmonella hold lead roles in US foodborne outbreaks

(CIDRAP News) – In its annual report on foodborne disease outbreaks, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today that in 2008, norovirus was the most common confirmed cause and that poultry topped the list of implicated food commodities.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: E coli probe of Egyptian seeds, Czech mumps outbreak

Aug 23, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: Ground beef E coli recall, Haiti cholera update, resistant malaria mosquitoes

Aug 19, 2011

 

FOOD SAFETY NEWS SCAN: E coli outbreak linked to deer, more Salmonella cases, peanut butter Salmonella review

Aug 18, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: E coli update, norovirus on a plane, new food-safety tool, global flu, chikungunya vaccine

Aug 12, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: E coli in Michigan, malaria in US military members, polio rise in Pakistan, post-polio syndrome in UK

Aug 10, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: EU boosts pathogen research, Haiti travel alert, antibiotics in livestock, anthrax in Vietnam, sperm-free mosquitoes, polio in India

Aug 9, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: Strawberry E coli outbreak, beef grinding and Salmonella, mass anthrax prophylaxis, measles hits refugees

Aug 8, 2011

 

Reports profile secondary E coli cases in German epidemic

(CIDRAP News) – Two Eurosurveillance reports yesterday shed new light on secondary infections in Europe's Escherichia coli O104:H4 outbreak, suggesting that the pathogen isn't more transmissible than other similar strains and that it can lose its extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) resistance.

Lisa Schnirring
 

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