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  • MAINE: Maine woman says meat caused E. coli sickness

    Posted: November 21st, 2009 - 2:07pm

    Date Published: 
    21.nov.09
    Source Title: 
    WBZTV

    PORTLAND, Maine -- An Augusta woman who says she contracted an E. Coli infection after eating meat produced by New York-based Fairbank Farms has filed a lawsuit against the company. Last month, Fairbank Farms of Ashville, N.Y., recalled almost 546,000 pounds of fresh ground beef that had been distributed in September to stores from North Carolina to Maine.

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  • US: Fairbury packer's recalled beef tests negative for E. coli

    Posted: November 21st, 2009 - 2:06pm

    Date Published: 
    21.nov.09
    Source Title: 
    Journal Star

    Private lab tests of ground beef recalled this week by a Fairbury packer came back negative for E. coli, contradicting an Agriculture Department test that caused the recall.

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  • COLORADO: E. coli at Stock Show came from kids' area

    Posted: November 21st, 2009 - 1:51pm

    Date Published: 
    20.nov.09
    Source Title: 
    Denver Post

    Exposure to animals at Denver's National Western Stock Show was the likely cause of an E. coli outbreak that occurred in the Denver area in January and February, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment said today.

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  • US: Jolley: Five minutes with Jim Hodges, President, American Meat Institute Foundation

    Posted: November 21st, 2009 - 1:46pm

    Date Published: 
    20.nov.09
    Source Title: 
    Cattle Network

    Weigh the newspaper and magazine coverage and you might think the meat industry has little concern about food safety issues.

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  • NEBRASKA: Neb. company says it's recovered recalled beef

    Posted: November 19th, 2009 - 2:03pm

    Date Published: 
    18.nov.09
    Source Title: 
    Associated Press

    FAIRBURY, Neb. -- A Nebraska company says it has recovered the 90 pounds of ground beef listed in a federal recall report because of possible E. coli contamination. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says Fairbury Steaks is recalling 10-pound packages of bulk fresh ground beef.

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  • US: Food poisoning: Source of E. coli illness often can't be found

    Posted: November 18th, 2009 - 3:24pm

    Date Published: 
    18.nov.09
    Source Title: 
    Chicago Tribune

    The thick, black binder that Paula Gillett keeps charts her son Jack's battle last year against a food-borne illness caused by E. coli. Filled with medical records, meal calendars and other papers, the binder documents Jack's initial illness, the kidney failure that struck next and his eventual recovery.



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  • NEBRASKA firm recalls fresh ground beef products due to possible E. coli O157:H7 contamination

    Posted: November 18th, 2009 - 10:58am

    Date Published: 
    17.nov.09
    Source Title: 
    USDA

    Recall Release CLASS I RECALL FSIS-RC-063-2009 HEALTH RISK: HIGH Congressional and Public Affairs (202) 720-9113 Atiya Khan

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  • Effect of organic acids and plant extracts on Escherichia coli O157:H7, Listeria monocytogenes, and Salmonella typhimurium in broth culture model and chicken meat systems

    Posted: November 18th, 2009 - 10:46am

    Date Published: 
    17.nov.09
    Source Title: 
    Journal of Food Science, Volume 74 Issue 9, Pages M515 - M521

    ABSTRACT

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  • AUSTRALIA: Hygiene threatens kangaroo meat industry

    Posted: November 18th, 2009 - 7:16am

    Date Published: 
    18.nov.09
    Source Title: 
    Sydney Morning Herald

    The kangaroo meat industry's failure to adhere to hygiene regulations is placing public health at risk, a former senior food safety bureaucrat says.

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  • UK: Further E. coli cases confirmed

    Posted: November 17th, 2009 - 12:48pm

    Date Published: 
    17.nov.09
    Source Title: 
    BBC News

    Two further cases of E. coli have been confirmed in people who bought food from a bakery in Gateshead. So far nine adults have been confirmed as having the O157 strain of the infection, with a further six people currently undergoing tests. The Health Protection Agency (HPA) said two people were receiving hospital treatment, with the remainder recovering at home.

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