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Common Garden Microbe Combats E. coli

Geneticist Michael B. Cooley of the ARS Western Regional Research Center in Albany, Calif. has found that the common garden microbe Enterobacter asburiae significantly reduced the quantity of both E. coli O157:H7 and Salmonella enterica. Hale seeds were incubated with E. asburiae and both of the pathogenic microbes.
In a similar test using lettuce leaves, [...]

Microbial Products Reduce E. coli Content in Cattle Feces

Researchers from the College of Agriculture at North Dakota State University have found that when cattle are fed with Direct Fed Microbial (DFM) products, the amount of E. coli in the feces of feedlot cows is reduced. Cattle feces are a major source of E. coli related outbreaks and recalls, so reducing the E. [...]

Antimicrobial Tomato Films

Research chemist Mendel Friedman, a member of the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has been testing natural antimicrobials for years. He has found that oil extracts of various spices such as oregano, thyme, cinnamon and cloves have the ability to fight foodborne microbes such as E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella, Listeria [...]

MLVA, a New Method to Trace E. coli Outbreaks

Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) has been the standard way E. coli outbreaks are identified and traced to determine the source of outbreaks. Although PFGE tests can help investigators find the source of an E. coli outbreak, individual tests are time consuming and can only be performed by specially trained researchers. Also, PFGE [...]

Recent

Ground Beef Recall in Vermont Prompted by E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak

October 17, 2008
by: Pritzker Ruohonen • E. coli Outbreak

Vermont E. coli Outbreak Associated with Ground Beef

October 16, 2008
by: Pritzker Ruohonen • E. coli Outbreak

Lettuce E. coli Outbreak Associated with Aunt Mid’s Produce Company Iceberg Lettuce

October 6, 2008
by: admin • E. coli Outbreak

Michigan E. coli: Aunt Mid’s Lettuce

September 30, 2008
by: Pritzker Ruohonen • E. coli Outbreak

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Recalls

Ground Beef Linked to Virgina Boy Scout Camp Outbreak Recalled

August 8, 2008
by: Pritzker Ruohonen • E. coli Recall

Dorothy Lane Market Recall and Outbreak

July 31, 2008
by: Pritzker Ruohonen • E. coli Outbreak, E. coli Recall

Beef Packers Beef Cheek Recall

July 24, 2008
by: Pritzker Ruohonen • E. coli Recall

Nebraska Beef Recall

July 10, 2008
by: Pritzker Ruohonen • E. coli Outbreak, E. coli Recall