At least five people in British Columbia have been confirmed with E. coli infections linked to unpasteurized cheese, prompting a recall and a public warning from health officials.
The British Columbia Centre for Disease Control
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Reality of our world: Money trumps altruism in the quest for safer poultry
Opinion
Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part opinion piece. To read part one, please click here.
In the previous article, I wrote about the decades-old public health problem of poultry-borne salmonellosis.
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Researchers find antibiotic resistance genes on leafy greens
Researchers from a German institute have expanded knowledge about produce harboring antibiotic resistance genes that often escape traditional molecular detection methods.
These antibiotic resistance genes might evade cultivation-independent detection, but could still be transferred to
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Risk of E. coli, Listeria spurs warning about Polonia Sausage House products
Inspectors from Vancouver Coastal Health have discovered a local family-owned business did not use proper processing in the production of meat products including sausages and salami, which could allow for growth of potentially deadly bacteria.
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E. coli sickens 26 in Denmark; no cases in other countries as yet
Danish officials are investigating an E. coli outbreak that has 26 cases with three out of four being children.
Statens Serum Institut (SSI), the agency responsible for the preparedness against infectious diseases in Denmark, said
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Penn State researchers find farmers markets’ food safety inadequate; E. coli and Listeria abound
Contributed
Many vendors at farmers markets take inadequate precautions to prevent the spread of foodborne illness, and they should be trained to reduce food-safety risks, according to Penn State researchers who completed the final phase
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Study identifies rate of outbreaks linked to produce in Brazil
Almost 3,000 people fell ill and nearly 350 were hospitalized in 30 produce-related outbreaks over a six-year period in Brazil, according to researchers.
The study published in Food Quality and Safety identified foodborne outbreaks associated
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A dozen cases and two dead in Listeria outbreak; Swiss officials suspect food
Authorities in Switzerland are investigating to find the source of a suspected foodborne outbreak of Listeria with 12 cases and two deaths.
The Federal Office of Public Health (BAG) said since June this year it
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County links E. coli outbreak to ham products from local meat market
A county health department in Missouri has linked four confirmed cases of E. coli O157:H7 infection to ham sold by a local meat market. The business is recalling some of its products.
Williams Brothers Meat
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E. coli levels in private water supplies in Scotland deemed ‘unacceptable’
Findings of E. coli in more than one in 10 tests on private water supplies in Scotland is “unacceptable,” according to the body that regulates water quality.
A report from Scotland’s Drinking Water Quality Regulator
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Mauna Loa recalls some cookies, 20 macadamia products for E. coli risk
Hawaii officials are investigating E. coli contamination in well water that has prompted the Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut company to recall more than 20 products.
“There is clear evidence that food produced at the Kea‘au
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