COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Salmonella cells have hijacked the protein-building process to maintain their ability to cause illness, new research suggests. Scientists say that these bacteria have modified what has long been considered typical cell behavior by using a beta form of an amino acid – as opposed to an alpha form – during the act of making proteins.

OTTAWA -- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and My Country Delicatessen Limited are warning the public not to consume the ready-to-eat meat products described below because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

The Lions Junction Family Water Park in Temple, Texas, has been linked to 10 cases of cryptosporidiosis, but the park has been disinfected, inspected and is safe and open for business, health officials said Friday. The Bell County Health District says it sent personnel to the water park on Tuesday, when it was closed for disinfection.

The outbreak of illness from turkey contaminated with antibiotic-resistant salmonella is reviving a debate over whether federal regulators need to curtail the use of antibiotics in livestock.

Nurses forced to repeatedly wash their hands to prevent the spread of hospital superbugs are suffering a painful skin condition, it has emerged. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said problems with dermatitis had been reported by its members across Scotland, leading them to develop guidance to help avoid the condition.

Montreal, Quebec, August 12, 2011: On May 16, 2011, at the Quebec City Courthouse, Eskimo Express Inc., located in Saint-Arsène, pleaded guilty to two counts of violating the Meat Inspection Regulations, 1990 which occurred on June 4 and August 4, 2008. The Court of Quebec ordered the company to pay a $3,000 fine.

Fresh Food Concepts, Inc. of Buena Park, CA is voluntarily recalling various Layer Dip products containing guacamole because the avocado has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.

WASHINGTON, August 12, 2011 - Aliments Prince, S.E.C., an establishment from Ontario, Canada, is recalling approximately 380,000 pounds of diced bacon products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

William Keene, senior epidemiologist with Oregon Public Health, told Lynne Terry of The Oregonian that 10 percent of the samples collected over the weekend from Jaquith Strawberry Farm tested positive for E. coli O157:H7.

Those samples included deer feces, which he initially suspected caused the outbreak. Now it seems certain they were the culprit.