Jul 30, 2010
(CIDRAP News) A recent study of a modest sample of US retail beef products found little difference between the levels of bacteria in grass-fed and conventionally raised beef, despite marketing claims that grass-fed beef is safer.
(CIDRAP News) A cluster of Escherichia coli infections prompted a Colorado company on Jul 2 to recall its ground and tenderized steak bison products, the US Department of Agriculture announced.
Jun 11, 2010
(CIDRAP News) State and county health officials in Illinois are investigating an outbreak involving a rare Salmonella subtype that has sickened 34 people who reportedly developed symptoms after eating at Subway restaurants.
(CIDRAP News) The number of people sickened in a 10-state Salmonella Newport outbreak linked to alfalfa sprouts has risen to 28, and officials are continuing their probe at a California processor identified earlier in the traceback investigation, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said yesterday.
May 27, 2010
May 25, 2010