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(Inderscience Publishers) A short burst of low voltage alternating current can effectively eradicate E. coli bacteria growing on the surface of even heavily contaminated beef, according to a study published in the International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health.

The technique offers an inexpensive and easy to implement approach to reducing the risk of food poisoning, which can occur despite handlers complying with hygiene standards.

(American Society for Microbiology) These news tips come from the current issue, Vol. 2, No. 6: "Unique E. coli Protein May Be Not After All"; "Promiscuity of Resistance Plasmid Unprecedented "; and "The Private Nuclear Rooms of Herpesviruses."

The FDA has issued two new rules to make U.S. beef safer: Zero tolerance for toxic strains of E. coli, and a "test and hold" rule that prevents release of beef lots selected for testing until test results are in.

Don't eat raw cookie dough, whether it's homemade or store-bought, no matter how much you'd like to.

That's one of the CDC's top lessons from the 2009 E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in refrigerated Nestle Toll House cookie dough products.

(MedPage Today) -- The large outbreak of Escherichia coli-associated foodborne illness in Germany this past spring -- ultimately traced to raw sprouts -- was caused by an unusual strain of the pathogen, and resulted in a unique pattern of clinical disease, according to public health investigations.

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Leeks and potatoes may have been the source of an E. coli outbreak in the UK earlier this year, according to the Health Protection Agency (HPA).

A potential E. coli 0157:H7 contamination has spurred the recall of over 130,000 pounds of ground beef products.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- For years government officials have tested meat for only one strain of E. coli. Now they will test for seven, a move that will hasten recalls of infected meat....

(MedPage Today) -- Early plasma exchange appears to be useful in dealing with diarrhea-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), researchers reported.