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Study finds no clear safety advantage for grass-fed beef

(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.

Robert Roos
 

ICEID NEWS SCAN: School closures, pneumonia and flu deaths, raw milk demand, sprout outbreaks

– ATLANTA

 

ICEID NEWS SCAN: Salsa and sickness, hand-hygiene gap, West Nile antibodies, 1918 pandemic

– ATLANTA

 

Rules to limit Salmonella in eggs take effect

(CIDRAP News) – New federal rules designed to reduce Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) contamination in eggs from large-scale producers take effect today, with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) predicting that they will prevent up to 79,000 illnesses per year.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: H1N1 in transplant patients, raw-milk outbreak, flu antibody, free flu shots in Nova Scotia

 

USDA stiffens standards for ground beef sent to schools

(CIDRAP News) – The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has formally adopted tougher safety standards for ground beef used in the National School Lunch program, a move that was first proposed in May and was originally spurred by a newspaper investigative report last December.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: Sprouts-linked Salmonella , contaminated flavor enhancer, infection risk for veterans, new plague test

 

NEWS SCAN: Copper oxide and N-95s, vaccine-linked febrile seizures, Salmonella update, chikungunya

Jun 28, 2010

 

NEWS SCAN: Early disease detection, pigeon-produced pathogens, malaria diagnostics

Jun 22, 2010

 

NEWS SCAN: Subway workers tested, malaria drug resistance, community groups and emergency response

Jun 21, 2010

 

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