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E coli outbreak strain found in hazelnut sample

(CIDRAP News) – Lab tests have shown that Escherichia coli O157:H7 coli found in hazelnuts from the home of one of three Minnesotans sickened in a three-state E coli outbreak matches the outbreak strain, Minnesota officials said today.

Lisa Schnirring
 

FOOD SAFETY NEWS SCAN: Pet treat and food recalls, profile of milk-borne outbreaks

Mar 9, 2011

 

Suspected pathogens spark peanut butter, hazelnut recalls

(CIDRAP News) – The maker of Skippy peanut butter on Mar 4 recalled two types of its reduced-fat products distributed in 16 states after routine tests suggested they may contain Salmonella, the same day a California company recalled in-shell hazelnuts as part of an Escherichia coli illness investigation.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: Declining ear infections, dengue in Croatia, H5N1 in birds, flu in Europe, FMD in North Korea, E coli in hazelnuts

Mar 4, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: Fate of smallpox stocks, USDA E coli sampling, H1N1 mutation, pandemic rationing, dengue in Miami

Mar 3, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: HUS treatment patented; cholera in Haiti; bloodstream infections; polio in Pakistan, DR-Congo; hand washing in schools

Feb 28, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in Japan, H1N1 prison outbreak, vaccine-autism poll, cholera levels off, E coli in ground beef, polio in Pakistan

Jan 24, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: Food safety bill, E coli O145 in meat, UK flu absences, plant-derived flu vaccine, chicken pox vaccine

 

NEWS SCAN: Panama braces for cholera, E coli cheese recall, TB in prisons, farm antibiotics

 

NEWS SCAN: Cheese recall over E coli, H5N1 in Egypt, adjuvanted flu vaccine, UK flu worries, lab biosecurity in India

Dec 17, 2010

 

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