Food safety

Germany awaiting test results on sprouts in E. coli outbreak

Official test results Monday are likely to show that sprouts from an organic farm in northern Germany caused the E. coli outbreak that has killed 22 people, sickened more than 2,200 and left Europeans across... more »

Three Years After E. Coli Outbreak, is Spinach Safer?

Nov. 10, 2009 - Three years after an E. coli outbreak, thought to be linked to spinach, took three lives and left 205 people sick, "Good Morning America" discovered that while the industry instituted new... more »

Calgary Doctor on Trail of Resistant E. Coli

Oct. 27, 2009 - A doctor is trying to find out why so many people in Calgary have a strain of E. coli with the potential to create difficult-to-treat infections.CBC NewsClick hereto read the rest... more »

Cattle Vaccine Reduces E. coli O157, Approved in Canada

Bioniche Life Sciences Inc., a Canadian biopharmaceutical company, announced Oct. 27 that Econiche, the world's first vaccine designed to reduce the shedding by cattle of Escherichia coli O157:H7, has received full licensing approval from the... more »

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