The FDA is investigating a new outbreak of E. coli O26:H11 infections.
So far there are nine confirmed patients, but the Food and Drug Administration has not reported how old they are or where they live. The agency has not yet determined the source of the pathogen.
The investigation is
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Scientists from a university in Singapore have found strains of foodborne E. coli have different tolerances towards acidic conditions.
E. coli O157:H7 is widely recognized due to the severity of illnesses it causes. There are another six serogroups identified by the United States Food and Drug Administration as emerging pathogens
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Researchers in Scotland have increased knowledge of non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) in the country as part of work on severity of illness caused by these strains.
Food Standards Scotland commissioned a study to improve understanding of non-O157 STEC. It provides a resource for surveillance and during future outbreaks
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Only two of more than 300 samples of beef and minced meat were positive for Shiga toxin-producing E. coli in Norway, according to a survey.
The analysis of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) in 308 ground meat products was done by the Veterinary Institute on behalf of the Norwegian Food
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Raw cow’s milk cheese distributed to at least five European countries has been recalled due to possible E. coli and Listeria contamination.
A warning was issued by German authorities about E. coli O26:H11 and Listeria monocytogenes in the raw cow’s milk Bethmale cheese from France. There have been no illnesses
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A child in the United States is thought to be part of an E. coli outbreak linked to a farm in Iceland that has affected 21 people.
A spokeswoman from Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) told Food Safety News it was aware of one case that is
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Ice cream production and contact with calves has been stopped while investigations continue into an E. coli outbreak in Iceland, according to one of the owners of the farm.
A cluster of Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) O26:H11 infections have been traced to the tourist attraction Efstidalur II farm
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At least three children have developed kidney failure after being diagnosed with E. coli infections that are linked to eating ice cream from a farm.
A cluster of infections due to Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) O26:H11 has been traced to the tourist attraction Efstidalur II farm in Blaskogabyggd
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E. coli has prompted two different recalls of cheese and there has been one due to Salmonella in France in the past few weeks.
Recalls have been due to E. coli O26, E. coli O157 and Salmonella Montevideo but no illnesses have been reported.
Fromagère du Moulin de Carel recalled
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Danish officials have ended an investigation into an outbreak of E. coli that affected almost 40 people, but they are continuing to look at a Salmonella monophasic Typhimurium outbreak that has sickened almost 50 people.
For the E. coli outbreak, it was not possible to find the source of infection,
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