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4 more products test positive for listeria at Maple Leaf's Toronto plant
Source: CBC

Four product tests at a Maple Leaf plant in Toronto have come up positive for listeria, the deli meat producer at the heart of a deadly nationwide listeriosis outbreak said Wednesday.

The Farm Bill and Your Health
Source: foodandwaterwatch.org

Read it and weep.

Gourmet Boutique chicken, meat recalled
Source: United Press International

More than 143 tons of meat and poultry products from a Jamaica, N.Y., firm were being recalled Sunday after federal officials warned of possible contamination.

Meijer recalls 2,184 pounds of frozen entrees in 4 states
Source: The Detroit Free Press

Meijer is recalling more than 2,000 pounds of the frozen entree "Discover Cuisine Red Curry Chicken & Jasmine Rice" due to possible Listeria contamination.

Michigan Firm Recalls Frozen Chicken Entrées For Possible Listeria Contamination
Source: fsis.usda.gov

Consumption of food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, an uncommon but potentially fatal disease.

Food-Related Illness and Death in the United States
Source: Center for Disease Control

According to the CDC, More than 200 known diseases are transmitted through food.

Legionella, Listeria, and Tuberculosis Infection Animation Clips
Source: News at Nature

Advanced narration and microscopic animations of how these three pathogens infect human cells. Amazing animation! Nature Reviews Microbiology Animation of Intracellular Microbial Pathogens: "Microbiology In Motion"

Milk showdown: could raw milk kill you?
Source: HealthTalk

Since 1987 it has been illegal to sell milk that has not been pasteurized via interstate commerce.

Kraft issues recall over Listeria concerns
Source: Chicago Tribune

Kraft Foods Inc., in what officials called "a precautionary measure," this morning issued a recall for meat products made at a certain production facility because of concerns about possible contamination with Listeria.

FDA OKs Viruses to Treat Food
Source: Wired News

There it is: bacteriophages, pathogen-eating viruses, have legally entered the world of meat-preservation. Luddites will whinge about it, but we're never going back to the 7th Century.

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