Research
Ohio State Researchers Connect E. coli to Swimmers
By Fred Pritzker on 18, August 2010
New research released by The Ohio State University reported that there is a direct link with high E.coli levels and swimmers becoming ill. The report also states that testing for E.coli can take up to 18 hours and…
CDC E. coli Outbreak Surveillance Report for 2007
By Kathy Will on 15, August 2010
E. coli 0157:H7 and other foodborne agents cause an estimated 76 million illnesses annually in the United States.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has published its latest set of data on foodborne disease outbreaks submitted from all…
E. coli Prevention Research Focuses on Scottish Farmers
By Marni Ginther on 10, August 2010
Certain farmers in the Grampain region in the north of Scotland are, to some degree, immune to the deadly bacteria Escherichia coli O157:H7, the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) reports. Researchers at Bangor…
E. coli in Flour and Cookie Dough Addressed at Food Protection Conference
By Fred Pritzker on 3, August 2010
At this year’s annual meeting of the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) in Anaheim, California, several presentations address the issue of E. coli contamination in refrigerated cookie dough and the flour used to make it.
One presentation, “Flour…
Better Non-0157:H7 E. coli Test is in the Works
By Kathy Will on 2, August 2010
USDA is collaborating with DuPont Qualicon to develop a more effective test for the six most common non-0157:H7 shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC)
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that non-O157 STEC bacteria are…
Drug-Resistant E. coli Strain Emerging, Research Shows
By Marni Ginther on 2, August 2010
A new strain of drug-resistant E. coli poses an emerging health concern, according to a study to be published this week in the journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases, led by Dr. James Johnson of the Minneapolis VA Medical Center. Cases…
E. coli, Shigella and Salmonella Infections: How They Spread
By Marni Ginther on 27, July 2010
The strains of E. coli, Shigella and Salmonella that cause illness in humans are what are called enteropathogenic bacteria. Pathogenic meaning they cause harmful infectious diseases and enteric refers to the fact that the infections they cause are in the…
Salsa and Guacamole Can Be Safe Reports CDC Epidemiologist
By Kathy Will on 26, July 2010
A couple of weeks ago Magdalena Kendall, an epidemiologist with the CDC, and her colleagues presented research on foodborne outbreaks linked to salsa and guacamole. The researchers found that between 1998 and 2008, nearly 1 of every 25 outbreaks associated…
E. coli is Among the Threats in Salsa, Guacamole
By Kathy Will on 24, July 2010
Recent advice from a noted epidemiologist to be wary of food poisoning in salsa and guacamole seems acutely profound in the wake of news in Iowa that an outbreak of Salmonella is tied to salsa, guacamole and tamales made by…
