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Officials admit failures in German Listeria outbreak

By News Desk on April 25, 2022

Officials in a German district have apologized for mistakes made as part of an investigation into a Listeria outbreak in which one person died.

Four people were infected between October 2021 and January this year…
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Study finds pathogen issues with ready-to-eat salad and sprouts

By News Desk on June 19, 2019

A study by German researchers has raised concerns on the microbiological quality of ready-to-eat salad mixes and fresh sprouts.

The three-year research project by the Max Rubner Institute also found the microbiological quality of cucumbers,…
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FDA Lifts Ban on Mexican Cucumbers Linked to 2013 Salmonella Outbreak

By Gretchen Goetz on July 24, 2013

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will no longer detain cucumbers from the Mexican growers whose products were linked to an outbreak of Salmonella earlier this year. The agency removed the two cucumber suppliers from…
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Update: 81 Ill in Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Imported Cucumbers

By News Desk on May 8, 2013

An outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul linked to imported cucumbers has sickened at least 81 people in 18 states, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s up from the 78 illnesses CDC…
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Publisher’s Platform: Cucumbers, Salmonella and Budget Cuts

By Bill Marler on April 26, 2013

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Thursday that a multi-state Salmonella outbreak was likely caused by the consumption of cucumbers imported from Mexico.  The announcement came one day after USA Today reporter…
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Potluck: Two-Fisted Labor Day Picnic Choices

By Dan Flynn on September 5, 2011

Labor Day is a holiday best known for its parades and picnics.  

The role of unions in the United States was very much unsettled in 1894 when Labor Day became a federal holiday.  The…

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Two Clues in Germany E. coli Puzzle

By Gretchen Goetz on June 9, 2011

German officials Wednesday expressed some optimism that Europe’s E. coli outbreak is finally ebbing. But they also acknowledged two more food poisoning deaths, and warned that more deaths are likely.

As of Thursday, the grim…
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Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Lettuce Still Prime Suspects

By Mary Rothschild on June 4, 2011

German health authorities Friday continued to advise against eating raw tomatoes, cucumbers and lettuce from Northern Germany, and provided more details about their efforts to find the source of the country’s massive outbreak of E.
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Source of European E. coli Remains a Mystery

By Gretchen Goetz on June 1, 2011

HAMBURG, Germany — To those hoping to know the cause of Europe’s mysterious E. coli epidemic, Tuesday brought only baffling news as German health officials announced that Spanish cucumbers were not the source of the…
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Hamburg Grapples with Lethal E. coli Outbreak

By Gretchen Goetz on May 31, 2011

HAMBURG, Germany — Here at the epicenter of an E. coli earthquake that has sent tremors through this country, as well as the rest of Europe, confusion is rampant as locals struggle to understand the…
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