Read more E. coli stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/253/e-coli.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:50:51 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73186/e-coli-outbreak-in-northeast-ground-beef-kills-2.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA person each from Maine and New York has died in what authorities believe may be an outbreak of E. coli in ground beef that is suspected of sickening dozens of consumers. The suspect beef was produced by New York company Fairbank Farms, which has recalled more than half a...http://www.newser.com/story/73186/e-coli-outbreak-in-northeast-ground-beef-kills-2.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 5:42:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70909/ground-beef-rife-with-e-coli-risk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA nausea-inducing feature in the New York Times tells you more than you wanted to know about what's actually in commercially produced hamburger, and why it's especially vulnerable, despite FDA regulation and several fatal outbreaks in recent years, to E. coli contamination. The Times follows the case of a 22-year-old...http://www.newser.com/story/70909/ground-beef-rife-with-e-coli-risk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 04 Oct 2009 8:19:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69837/uk-petting-zoos-skittish-after-e-coli-outbreak.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish officials are considering cracking down on petting zoos after 10 children were hospitalized with E. coli contracted from touching animals, reports the Telegraph . Parents were urged yesterday to "think very hard" about taking young children to petting zoos. Four petting zoos have been shut following the E. coli outbreak...http://www.newser.com/story/69837/uk-petting-zoos-skittish-after-e-coli-outbreak.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 20 Sep 2009 10:10:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65983/after-e-coli-outbreaks-food-industry-looks-to-tracing-tech.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn the wake of health scares like the 2006 E. coli outbreak traced to tainted spinach, the food industry is scrambling to reassure the public—and hoping to head off a congressional response, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Voluntary efforts are under way to make tracing easier. For example, one...http://www.newser.com/story/65983/after-e-coli-outbreaks-food-industry-looks-to-tracing-tech.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 03 Aug 2009 13:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63159/feds-confirm-e-coli-in-cookie-dough.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe FDA has confirmed the presence of E. coli in cookie dough from Nestle's Virginia plant, reports the Washington Post . The plant's refrigerated cookie dough was the prime suspect in an outbreak of E. coli-related illness that sickened 69 people in 29 states. But investigators remain confounded as to how...http://www.newser.com/story/63159/feds-confirm-e-coli-in-cookie-dough.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Jun 2009 3:07:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62429/cow-e-coli-in-cookie-dough-stumps-feds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFeds are scouring Nestle's Virginia plant for clues as to how E. coli 0157, which is found in cow intestines, ended up in cookie dough products the company recalled last week, the Washington Post reports. “It's a fascinating outbreak," said one of the bacterial mystery. "By just looking at package...http://www.newser.com/story/62429/cow-e-coli-in-cookie-dough-stumps-feds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 21 Jun 2009 10:34:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62344/e-coli-fears-prompt-recall-of-toll-house-cookie-dough.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNestle is voluntarily recalling Toll House refrigerated cookie dough products after a number of illnesses were reported by those who ate the dough raw. The FDA and CDC are investigating reported E. coli illnesses that might be related, the company said. Sixty-six reports of illness in 28 states have come...http://www.newser.com/story/62344/e-coli-fears-prompt-recall-of-toll-house-cookie-dough.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 19 Jun 2009 10:43:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56632/minnesota-may-have-saved-your-innards.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen it comes to salmonella and other food-borne illnesses, federal agencies are rightly putting money into preventing future outbreaks, but few agencies are focused on detecting them. That task falls mostly to state and local officials, which means the ability to connect several sick citizens and call it a salmonella...http://www.newser.com/story/56632/minnesota-may-have-saved-your-innards.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 20 Apr 2009 8:16:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/47523/e-coli-biofuel-can-go-right-in-the-tank.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists have genetically engineered the E. coli bacteria to produce a carbon-rich alcohol molecule equivalent in energy to gasoline, Popular Mechanics reports. The “long-chain” alcohol does not occur in nature, but with six to eight atoms of carbon, it is far more efficient than ethanol, which has only two. “Long-chain...http://www.newser.com/story/47523/e-coli-biofuel-can-go-right-in-the-tank.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 11 Jan 2009 13:19:41 CST