TOKYO -- Health officials say six people have died and at least 100 others have been sickened by pickles contaminated with E. coli bacteria in norther...
ST. LOUIS -- Missouri health officials say they're testing specimens and trying to determine the cause of an E. coli outbreak that sickened nearly two...
ST. LOUIS -- Health officials are working to determine the source of a St. Louis-area E. coli outbreak that has now sickened at least 22 people.
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On Tuesday, more than 375,000 pounds of ground beef was recalled at a Los Angeles company, Commercial Meat Co., due to possible E. coli contamination....
The USDA will ban the sale of any ground beef tainted with the notorious "Big Six" strains of E. coli starting this March, the New York Times reports....
One strange facet of discussion of this summer's unprecedented series of E. coli outbreaks has concerned the U.S. government's byzantine web of regula...
This summer's rash of E. coli outbreaks have not come at an opportune time for prevention. Mandatory future cuts in federal spending threaten to slash...
Health officials say one person has died and at least nine others were made sick from an E. coli outbreak traced to fresh strawberries picked at a far...
Governments from China to New York have recently instituted more stringent food safety laws and guidelines, amidst growing fears over bacterial food c...
BERLIN -- German authorities say a farm involved in a deadly E. coli outbreak is being cleared to reopen following thorough testing and the removal of...
ATLANTA -- Health officials have confirmed the first American death tied to the food-poisoning outbreak in Europe.
The Centers for Disease Control an...
Congress has passed a bill that would cut all funding from the Microbiological Data Program, which food safety experts call the United States' most im...
E. coli is resistant to several classes of important antibiotics. And the consensus is that one of the most likely reasons for the development of this multiple-resistant strain is the misuse of antibiotics in intensive livestock farming systems.
NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday Moscow will be ready to resume vegetable imports from the European Union once...
BERLIN (AP) -- German vegetable sprouts caused the E. coli outbreak that has killed 31 people and sickened nearly 3,100, investigators announced Frida...
NEW YORK -- After a few people turned up dead, officials sprang into action -- interviewing the next of kin, identifying suspects and pursuing leads. ...
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