For the first time, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a directive for its inspectors on testing and recalling beef contaminated with E. coli O26.
The hemolytic uremic syndrome rate seen in two years ago in Oklahoma’s outbreak of E. coli O111:NM was comparable to that typically seen in E. coli O157:H7-related
Less than a week after being confirmed as Under Secretary for Food Safety at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Dr. Elisabeth Hagen met yesterday with food safety leaders in
Somebody may need to send a memo to J. Patrick Boyle at the American Meat Institute. That rapid analytical test for non-O157: H7 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) that AMI
ANAHEIM–A truly international panel of experts on “the significance and detection of STEC or Non-O157:H7 Escherichia coli” did not even get around to expressing opinions on whether any
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), a longtime advocate for more stringent food safety laws, introduced a bill yesterday with the “goal of completely eradicating the dangerous Shiga toxin-producing E. coli bacteria.
The American Meat Institute (AMI) pushed back against a bill introduced by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) last week that would require the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to regulate
Retail giant Walmart announced yesterday it will require additional food safety measures from its beef suppliers, including specialized testing for dangerous pathogens like E. coli O157:57 and Salmonella–as
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), who is quickly becoming a leading food safety advocate in the Senate, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom
Before the 1993 Jack in the Box outbreak, little was known about pathogenic E. coli. Since that time, however, E. coli has become nearly universally recognized as a deadly bacterium
Prior to 1993, little was known about pathogenic E. coli. Although scientists identified the first harmful foodborne strain in 1982 (O157:H7), it took a deadly E. coli O157:H7