Salmonella

(CIDRAP News) – An annual update today viewed as the nation's report card on food safety showed that Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections continue to decline, but measures to cut Salmonella infections haven't made any headway.

(CIDRAP News) – German officials today announced that they have tentatively linked bean sprouts grown in the northern part of the country to a massive Escherichia coli outbreak, a development that US experts say could help explain some of the outbreak's puzzling elements.

(CIDRAP News) – Federal officials and state public health partners are investigating a multistate Salmonella outbreak that has sickened at least 25 people and is linked to contact with live chicks and ducklings sold by a national farm store chain.

(CIDRAP News) – Reported severe illnesses caused by Escherichia coli in Germany and neighboring countries continued to pile up in recent days, while mysteries about the source of the infection, why it's so severe, and why it seems to strike mainly women remained unresolved.

(CIDRAP News) – A food safety watchdog group yesterday filed a regulatory petition asking the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to declare four antibiotic-resistant Salmonella strains as adulterants in ground meat and poultry.

May 13, 2011

May 11, 2011