Bakery and Snacks reported this morning that in November, General Mills recalled over 400,000 products, after fearing that the E. coli O157:H7 strain found its way into pepperoni meat used on Totino and Jeno pizzas. General Mills said nine of 21 people in 10 states reported having eaten Totino's or Jeno's pizza with pepperoni topping at some point before becoming ill, although all recovered from the illness later on

The International Food Safety Network’s Safe Food Café campaign has returned with a new video aimed at petting zoos. E. coli outbreaks have been linked to petting zoos in recent years that have resulted in hundreds ill. This has resulted in safety measures being stepped up around the animals

Yesterday, Bill Marler listed the top 20 E. coli-in-beef outbreaks and recalls in the U.S. for 2007. Apparently, most of that meat is either eaten, or never recovered.That's what Julie Schmit and Barbara Hansen concluded in USA Today today, after a review of recall data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture

Murray's Cheese in New York City perpetuates poop.At Murray's, we take pride in the quality of our products and strive to provide our customers not only with exceptional food but also the knowledge to become a happy, healthy eater.The latest blog post from Murray's -- and some past ones would be hilarious except that their BS has serious public health consequences -- regurgitates crap about E

The Sydney Morning Herald reports that five people from Newcastle and Tamworth and two from Sydney -- including three children -- have been diagnosed with Shiga toxigenic E. coli. Four of the sufferers had been seen by GPs and were recovering at home, while the three children were admitted to the Sydney Children's Hospital at Randwick; one has been discharged

Demonstrating that E. coli does not discriminate against the less fit, This Is North Scotland reports that 23-year-old bantamweight boxer, James Ancliff of Fettercairn, is now preparing for the biggest fight of his professional career after contracting the potentially fatal infection in October. Ancliff said,"When I first got ill I carried on training as I thought it would pass but as soon as they found out it was E

In October, Topps Meat Company, founded in 1940, went out of business. That was after Topps had recalled nearly 22 million pounds of frozen hamburger contaminated with E. coli and 40 people across the U.S. had become ill.  Tort deformers decried the “tragedy” that is this Topps’ collapse - that a business went under and employees had lost their jobs