e coli

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government will allow food producers to start zapping fresh spinach and iceberg lettuce with just enough radiation to kill E. coli and other dangerous germs, a key safety move amid increasing outbreaks from raw produce....

A California company is voluntarily recalling 153,630 pounds of frozen ground beef, some of which has been linked to an outbreak of E. coli bacteria that shut down a Boy Scout camp in Goshen, Va., this week, federal officials said.

(Society of Chemical Industry) A new study in SCI's Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture shows that konjac gum and sesame seed extract may offer protection against different strains of E. coli and Salmonella bacteria.

Health officials said yesterday that they had not identified what made people sick at a Scout camp in Goshen, Va., last week, but that the number of people who contracted the E. coli infection has grown to at least 18, with two boys in the most serious condition.

Stomach bugs picked up during foreign travel may be prevented by wearing an E. coli toxin-impregnated patch.

Investigators found E. coli in cattle feces near Salinas Valley spinach fields that matches the strain of the bacteria that sickened 200 people and killed at least three -- a major discovery in the nearly two-month search for the cause of the outbreak.