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Officials release food safety plan, egg safety rules

(CIDRAP News) – As President Obama's Food Safety Working Group announced its key steps today, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) unveiled sweeping new egg safety rules designed to reduce the burden of Salmonella illnesses in humans.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 infections in Egypt, E coli turns up in ground beef samples, more food contamination updates

Jul 1, 2009

 

FOOD SAFETY NEWS SCAN: Dough sample positive for E coli , beef recall after illnesses, dairy ingredients and Salmonella

 

NEWS SCAN: No answers in E coli probe, NIH biodefense grant

 

Cases in cookie dough E coli outbreak grow to 70

(CIDRAP News) – The number of patients sickened in a multistate Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to prepackaged Nestle cookie dough has grown to 70 from 30 states, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said yesterday.

Lisa Schnirring
 

Federal officials link E coli outbreak to raw cookie dough

(CIDRAP News) –The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned consumers today not to eatNestle Toll House refrigerated raw cookie dough, as state and federal officialsinvestigate 66 Escherichia coliO157:H7 illnesses, many of them children, across 28 states that they suspectare linked to the product.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in Egypt and Mongolia, conflict threatens polio efforts, E coli in bottled water, yellow fever vaccines dwindle

May 27, 2009

 

NEWS SCAN: E coli outbreak, viable frozen flu viruses, progress on virus-sharing

 

NEWS SCAN: Avian flu happenings, PCA plant fined, E coli outbreak mystery, NY pistachio plant cleared

Apr 10, 2009

 

CDC says foodborne disease rates held steady in 2008

(CIDRAP News) – Foodborne disease rates in 2008 stayed about the same as in the previous 3 years, underlining the need for renewed efforts to improve food safety, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported today.

Robert Roos
 

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