Flour is a natural product and a valuable foodstuff. However, Shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) were detected in multiple flour samples (wheat, spelt and rye) during routine food monitoring in Germany in 2018.
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Officials in Korea are investigating an E. coli outbreak that has affected 100 people while more than 3,000 students and teachers recently got food poisoning in Japan, according to media reports.
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (
The Shiga toxin-producing E. coli infection rate in Europe jumped by 40 percent in 2018 compared to the previous year, based on data from ECDC’s annual surveillance report.
After a stable period from 2014 to 2017, the rate increased by 41 percent in
Scientists from a university in Singapore have found strains of foodborne E. coli have different tolerances towards acidic conditions.
E. coli O157:H7 is widely recognized due to the severity of illnesses it causes. There are another six serogroups i
Researchers have shed more light on the first recorded enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC) outbreak in Sweden.
The outbreak in the county of Halland in 2017 had 83 self-reported infections and one secondary case attributed to household transmission, based
Researchers at two universities have made advancements in E. coli testing technology, with one of them having received a patent.
At Kansas State University a new digital approach to a tried and true testing method has become a reality. At Purdue Univ
A foodborne source is one route being investigated as part of an increase of E. coli in Europe.
Between 2017 and 2019, the National Reference Centre for multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria and German health officials detected an increase in ox
Federal officials connected some of the dots in their investigation of an E. coli outbreak yesterday when they declared the outbreak over. It was one of three concurrent outbreaks linked to romaine lettuce in late 2019.
A total of 167 people infected
Like last year, shoppers are probably going to avoid romaine lettuce and maybe other leafy greens like spinach just ahead of Thanksgiving due to fears over yet another expanding multistate outbreak of E. coli O157: H7.
Officially, the federal Centers
People not washing their hands after going to the toilet, rather than undercooked meat, is behind the spread of a key strain of E. coli.
Experts looked at thousands of blood, faecal and food samples.
They found human-to-human transmission was respons
Public Health England is investigating a number of E. coli O157 infections linked to the Isle of Wight.
Public Health England (PHE) is working with environmental health officers from the Isle of Wight Council to find the source of the outbreak.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Connecticut has announced that Memet Beqiri, 32, owner and general manager of New England Meat Packing, LLC, and Debbie Smith, 60, the company’s former Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) coordinator/qual
Beef products are one of the main sources of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli infections around the world, according to a report published by the FAO and WHO. Fresh produce was also a significant source.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the Unit
Along with feedlot dust blowing in the wind and surface irrigation water flowing adjacent to feedlots, flies captured in leafy greens plots near feedlots are capable of transferring E. coli from animal operations to produce fields.
Shiga-toxin producing E. coli and Salmonella both caused six outbreaks last year in Scotland, according to figures from Health Protection Scotland.
Data comes from ObSurv, a surveillance system established in 1996 for general outbreaks of infectious
Ice cream production and contact with calves has been stopped while investigations continue into an E. coli outbreak in Iceland, according to one of the owners of the farm.
A cluster of Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) O26:H11 infections have bee
Starting the development of guidelines to control Shiga toxin-producing E. coli in certain foods was one of the decisions made by the Codex Alimentarius Commission at its annual meeting in Geneva this week.
The work will cover Shiga toxin-producing E
Seagulls all over Australia are carrying superbugs resistant to antibiotics, scientists say.
They found more than 20% of silver gulls nationwide carrying bacteria such as E. coli, which can cause urinary tract and blood infections and sepsis.
The San Diego Country Fair, which ended its run with plenty of fireworks on July 4th, has turned out to be something of a warning shot to the many upcoming state and country fairs and rodeos about the danger of exposing farm animals to children.
Scientists have shown how a bacterial protein senses changes in temperature to slacken DNA strands and boost gene expression in some foodborne pathogens.
The approach may open new avenues to control pathogenic multi-drug resistant bacteria, according