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Fecal Bacteria Found in Nearly Half of Fast Food Soda Fountains

Posted by: Dr. Mercola January 30 2010  A recent study has revealed that a full 48 percent of soda fountains at fast food restaurants contain coliform bacteria --

Salmonella Questions and Answers

"Salmonella" bacteria are the most frequently reported cause of foodborne illness. In order to reduce salmonellosis, a comprehensive farm-to-table approach to food safety is necessary. ...
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Soda fountains dispersing gastric distress

By Sheilah Downey and David Liu Soda fountain machines are found to be dishing out not just a bubbly beverage, but a cup full of microbes ...
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Understand e coli

National Steak and Poultry, a meat processor based out of Owasso, Okla. is recalling about 248,000 pounds of beef due to potential contamination with E. coli O157:H7, the federal government announced on Dec 21. The recall came after the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and state health agencies found an association between non-intact steaks and e. coli outbreaks in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, South Dakota and Washington. The following are some basics about e coli cited from http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/topics/ecoli/ ...
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New Vaccines May Help Thwart E. coli O157:H7

ARS News ServiceAgricultural Research Service, USDAMarcia Wood, (301) 504-1662, marcia.wood@ars.usda.govDecember 17, 2009--View this report online, plus photos and related stories, at www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr--Follow us on Twitter ...
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Foodborne Staph Toxin Pinpointed by New Assay

ARS News ServiceAgricultural Research Service, USDAMarcia Wood, (301) 504-1662, marcia.wood@ars.usda.govDecember 14, 2009--View this report online, plus photos and related stories, at www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr--Follow us on Twitter ...
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Salmonella spp

USA Today reported today that "Beef Packers Inc., owned by Cargill, announced the recall Friday. It covers 22,723 pounds of ground beef products that were sent to stores in Arizona and New Mexico." To help readers understand some basics about Salmonella, we re-publish here an article on the pathogen by the Food Administration....
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Two-Thirds of Broiler Chickens Contaminated: Group

November 30, 2009 Watchdog Group Finds Bacteria in 2/3 of Broiler Chickens By Rachel Stockton  According to research done by the watchdog group Consumers Union, 2/3 of ...
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Portland Water Bureau warns of E coli contamination in tap water - update

Updated: Later yesterday Nov 29, 2009 Portland Water Bureau posted a notice to announce that "water delivered to all taps has tested safe to drink." "Residents ...
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Water from Tualatin Valley Water District is free of E coli

By David Liu Tualatin Valley Water District posted a short notice on its website saying that residents covered by TVWD are NOT affected by the city ...
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