State health officials said they are investigating an E-coli outbreak,13 cases were reported. Six of the victims drank raw milk from an unnamed Howard County dairy farm. KRCG's Daniel Winn spent the afternoon at one of Cole County's oldest family owned dairies and explains the difference between raw milk, and the milk you buy at the store.

Olive oil fraud is rampant. That’s the compelling case made by Tom Mueller in his new book Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil. Good virgin olive oil is difficult, time-consuming and expensive to make, but easy, quick and cheap to adulterate.

They’re being called the next frontier in the fight against pathogens. Pre-harvest interventions, including probiotics and vaccines, have proven to be effective at cutting levels of E. coli as well as Salmonella.

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M.E. Thompson, Inc. is expanding the recall of its Anytime Deli Turkey & Ham Footlong, to include Italian Footlong, and Classic Cuban, because the products have 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.

Lab tests confirmed Tuesday what Oregon health officials suspected: Raw milk from Foundation Farm near Wilsonville was contaminated with a deadly strain of E. coli. The tests found E. coli O157:H7 in the milk, manure and the cows themselves, said Christine Stone, spokeswoman for Oregon Public Health.

When all else fails, resort to posture: the rock-star pose with Townsend-inspired exaggerated guitar, sexual imagery in TV sitcoms, public relations rather than public information. I can’t wait to be plied by the PR types at Argyle Communications about the safety of California leafy greens.

Norovirus was the cause of some cases of nausea, diarrhea and chills that afflicted players and staff at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament in March. The Riverside County Department of Disease said Monday the illness knocked several top players out of the world-class BNP event at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.