Company recalls beef linked to Va. E. coli cases

A food company voluntarily recalled frozen ground beef Thursday that has been linked to 27 confirmed cases of E. coli at a Boy Scout camp in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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E. Coli Lawyer Is Busier Than Ever

A girl fell into a 40-day coma after eating a bad Jack in the Box hamburger. Fifteen years later, she is still suffering ill effects. That doesn't bode well for a toddler who spent six weeks in the hospital in 2006 after eating E. coli-tainted spinach from California.

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USDA Lab Focuses on Deadly E. Coli

Cattle wander among earth-covered bunkers that dot the landscape just west of this tiny rural town. The bunkers are remnants of a Naval ammunition depot that produced bombs during World War II. The depot is now an animal research center where government scientists are working to unlock secrets contained in the genetic makeup of the cattle.

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5M Pizzas Recalled for Possible E. Coli

General Mills on Thursday recalled about 5 million frozen pizzas sold nationwide under the Totino's and Jeno's labels because of possible E. coli contamination.

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E. Coli Scare Blamed on Slaughterhouse

The company that distributed hamburger patties believed to have sickened at least three children with E. coli bacteria is blaming the contamination on the slaughterhouse that processed the meat.

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Spinach E. Coli Traced to Calif. Ranch

The likely source of an E. coli outbreak in spinach that killed three people and sickened more than 200 was a small cattle ranch about 30 miles from California's central coastline, state and federal officials said Friday as they concluded their investigation.

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Consumers Still Worried About E. Coli

September's national spinach recall has shaken consumer confidence in the safety of leafy green vegetables, according to a new national survey.

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Lettuce Suspected in Taco Bell E. Coli

Health officials on Wednesday zeroed in on lettuce as the likely suspect in the E. coli outbreak linked to Taco Bell, though tracing the vegetable's source may prove difficult.

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Taco Bell E. Coli Tests Clear Most Foods

Taco Bell announced Saturday tests have ruled out all its ingredients except one — scallions — as a possible source of a harsh strain of E. coli that has sickened more than 60 people in the Northeast.

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Taco Bell Removes Green Onions

Taco Bell ordered scallions removed from its 5,800 U.S. restaurants Wednesday after tests suggested they may be responsible for the E. coli outbreak that has sickened at least three dozen people in three states.

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E. Coli Threat May Have Passed in N.J.

New Jersey's top health official is describing a recent spate of E. coli sickness as "a serious outbreak," but says the threat seems to have passed.

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E. Coli Infections Rise to 19 in N.J.

An outbreak of E. coli bacterial infections in central New Jersey has grown to 19 confirmed cases, a health official said Monday.

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Schoolkids Sent E. Coli Instead of Bugs

Maybe the science teachers at Broken Arrow Elementary School can teach a lesson on life being full of surprises.

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In 1988, an associate professor started growing cultures of Escherichia coli.

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The frozen hamburgers that the Smiths ate, which were made by the food giant Cargill, were labeled "American Chef's Selection Angus Beef Patties." Yet confidential grinding logs and other Cargill records show that the hamburgers were made from a mix of slaughterhouse trimmi …

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"Ground beef is not a completely safe product," said Dr. Jeffrey Bender, a food safety expert at the University of Minnesota who helped develop systems for tracing E. coli contamination.

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Leafy greens -- including lettuce and spinach -- top the list of the 10 riskiest foods, according to a study from a nutrition advocacy group released Tuesday.

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Ms. Smith, 22, was found to have a severe form of food-borne illness caused by E. coli, which Minnesota officials traced to the hamburger that her mother had grilled for their Sunday dinner in early fall 2007.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate 76 million people suffer from foodborne illnesses each year in the US, resulting in 325,000 hospitalizations and more than 5,000 deaths.

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What you need to know to have an emergency-free Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah or winter solstice celebration.

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Twin two-year-old boys with suspected kidney failure are among dozens of victims of a growing E.coli outbreak which started at a petting farm. Both the children are on dialysis and one has undergone a blood transfusion as concern mounts over the scale of the infection.

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The Rhode Island Department of Health issued a boil water advisory for all Bristol County Water Authority customers on Tuesday morning.

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How many times have you eaten raw cookie dough? This woman did and now her life is in jeopardy. Food-borne illness can cause more than just a tummy ache. This is serious and this country needs to get a handle on the safety of the food we eat.

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A team of South Korean scientists have succeeded in engineering the bacterium E. coli to produce the industrial chemical putrescine.

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Improved DNA sequencing technology is making reading genomes faster and cheaper every day. But modifying genes in microbes and other organisms still requires slow and painstaking effort.

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A state agency has acknowledged it withheld for one month a report that showed the Lake of the Ozarks had unsafe levels of E. coli.

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Inspection reports from a Nestlé USA cookie dough factory released yesterday show the company declined several times in the past five years to provide Food and Drug Administration inspectors with complaint logs, pest-control records and other information.

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The USDA has announced a beef recall due to concerns of E. coli after products from the JBS Swift Beef Company were inspected by the US Department of Agriculture's Food and Safety and Inspection Service.

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Associated Press NEW YORK — Inspection reports from a Nestle USA cookie dough factory released today show the company refused several times to provide Food and Drug Administration inspectors with complaint logs, pest-control records and other information. Advertisement

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The Federal authorities are investigating Nestle's Danville, Va., plant that makes refrigerated cookie dough which is believed to be related to a new national outbreak of a bacteria-triggered illness, according to media reports on Monday.

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The next time you tuck into a nice T-bone, reflect that it probably came from a cow that spent much of its life standing in manure reaching above its ankles. That's true even if you're eating it at a pricy steakhouse. Most of the beef in America comes from four suppliers.

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Scientists have shown they can make animals burn more fat by inserting a molecular shunt into the livers of mice.

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We will see more and more e Coli outbreaks. They now feed the cows more than just corn to fatten them up. They get the leftover from making ethanol.

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An Illinois meat producer recalled nearly 96,000 pounds of potentially contaminated beef, the federal government announced Thursday.

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Michigan State University says a researcher has developed a vaccine for a strain of E. coli bacteria that kills 2 million to 3 million children a year.

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Michigan State University says a researcher has developed a vaccine for a strain of E. coli bacteria that kills 2 million to 3 million children a year.

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It smells okay. You don't see any fuzz on it. So what if that bottle of barbecue sauce has been sitting in the back of your fridge since July 4, 2003?

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Interactive: Find the dog breeds that are best suited for your lifestyle

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