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 News Item (Source/Date Posted on Source)

E.COLI, ESBL - UK (ProMED Mail/ 11/06)

E. COLI O157, FROZEN PIZZA - USA (02): CDC (ProMED Mail/ 11/02)

E. COLI O157 - NETHERLANDS, ICELAND (ProMED Mail/ 11/01)

FSIS Provides Update on Topps Meat Company Recall Investigation (FSIS/USDA/ 10/26)

FSIS Takes Aggressive Actions To Combat E. Coli O157:H7 (FSIS/USDA/ 10/23)

A Tiny Pinch from a 'Z-Ring' Helps Bacteria Cells Divide (Johns Hopkins University/ 10/11)

E. COLI O157, GROUND BEEF - USA (MULTISTATE) (03): CDC REPORT (ProMED Mail/10/03)

Maryland Firm Recalls Ground Beef Products Due to Possible E. Coli O157:H7 Contamination (USDA/FSIS/ 9/29)

An outbreak of Escherichia coli O157 in Aberdeen, Scotland, September 2007 (Eurosurveillance/ 9/27)

E. coli vaccine used commercially for first time (MeatPoultry.com/ 9/25)

USDA Awards More Than $14 Million in Food Safety Grants (CSREES/USDA/ 9/25)

Child's Kidneys Fail As E. coli Outbreak Continues (WLKY News / 9/24)

New York Firm Recalls Ground Beef Products Due to Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination (FSIS/USDA/ 9/05)

Carbon nanotubes could be new pathogen weapon (Food Production Daily/ 8/31)

FSIS Issues Public Health Alert For Ground Beef Products Due To Possible E. Coli O157:H7 Contamination (FSIS/USDA/ 8/30)

Ozone spray kills E.coli in processing plants (Food Production Daily/ 8/30)

An outbreak of Escherichia coli O157 phage type 2 infection in Paisley, Scotland (Eurosurveillance/ 8/23)

SALMONELLOSIS, SUMMER CAMP - ROMANIA (CONSTANTA) (03):E. COLI CO-ETIOLOGY (ProMEDMail/ 8/22)

USDA AWARDS $5.5 MILLION FOR RISK AND PREVENTION RESEARCH OF E. COLI O157:H7 IN FRESH PRODUCE (USDA/CSREES/ 8/21)

E. coli outbreak in Scotland update (Food Standards Agency/ 8/15)

California Firm Expands Recall of Ground Beef for Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination (USDA/FSIS/ 6/09)

Texas Firm Recalls Ground Beef Products Due to Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination (USDA/FSIS/ 6/08)

E. COLI O157, RESTAURANT - CANADA (ONTARIO) (ProMED Mail/6/06)

Learning from animals (International Food Safety Network/KSU/ 6/05)

How E. coli evolves to adapt to changing acidity (EurekAlert!/ 5/29)

"Beach Sand and Sediments are Temporal Sinks and Sources of Escherichia coli in Lake Superior" (ACS PressPac/ Environmental Science & Technology/pdf / 5/28)

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli infection in Japan as of April 2007 (IASR/ May,2007)

Equipping E. coli with a "chemo-navigation" system (Journal of the American Chemical Society/Press Pac/pdf / 5/21)

Still no answers in '06 lettuce E. coli outbreak (CNN Health/ 5/18)

Bacteraemia Routine Data Reports-Escherichia coli bacteraemia in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, 2002 to 2006 (Health Protection Agency/ 5/18)

Who’s Watching What We Eat? (The New York Times/ 5/16)

Michigan Firm Recalls Beef Products Due To Possible Contamination With E.coli O157:H7 (USDA/FSIS/ pdf/ 5/11)

E. coli O157:H7 In Minnesota Cases linked to ground beef (International Food Safety Network/ KSU/ 5/09)

Scientists Look to Vaccines in the War on E. Coli (The New York Times/ 5/01)

Company blames suppliers for E. coli (MeatNews.com/ 4/24)

AP: U.S. food safety strained by imports (USA Today/ 4/23)

E. coli fears spur California and Pennsylvania beef recalls (CNN Money/ 4/21)

California Firm Recalls Ground Beef Products for Possible E. coli O157:H7

(USDA/FSIS/ pdf/ 4/20)

Pennsylvania Firm Recalls Beef Products for Possible E.coli O157:H7 (USDA/FSIS/ pdf/ 4/20)

Food contamination: time for action (Food Production Daily/ 4/16)

Fresh Express Funds Nine Innovative Research Projects Totaling $2 million to study E. coli O157:H7 in lettuce and leafy greens (Chiquita.com / 4/12)

New Report Highlights Growing Foodborne Illness Challenges E. coli O157, Salmonella and Vibrio among Notable Concerns (CDC/MMWR/ 4/12)

New CDC Data Show Increases in E.coli, Salmonella and Vibrio (Center for Science in the Public Interest/ 4/12)

Bacteria Control How Infectious They Become, Study Finds (Newswise/Ohio State University/ 4/12)

Restaurant tied to E. coli outbreak closed pdf file (Food Safety Network/KSU/ 4/11)

Drug combinations may be better than sum of their parts (Boston Globe/ 4/09)

Communications/Newsletter Spring 2007 (Food Research Institute/University ofWisconsin–Madison /pdf/ 4/05)

Most O.C. E. coli victims were minors (Los Angeles Times/ 4/04)

7 who dined at O.C. eatery get E. coli (Los Angeles Times/ 4/03)

Ark.company develops food safety test (USA Today/ 4/02)

The Claim: You Can Disinfect a Kitchen Sponge in the Microwave (The New York Times/ 3/27)

FDA Finalizes Report on 2006 Spinach Outbreak (FDA/ 3/26)

Probe can't pinpoint how E. coli got into spinach (CNN Health/ 3/23)

F.D.A. Offers Guidelines to Fresh-Food Industry (The New York Times/ 3/13)

Infection Detectives Use Disease ‘Fingerprints’ to Track Common Infections in Children (newswise/ 3/13)

Voluntary rules ask growers to combat food poisoning (CNN Health/ 3/12)

How a medical producer avoids E. coli (CNN Health / 3/08)

Poultry plants testing food-safety technology (MeatNews / 3/08)

Tyson recalls ground beef on E. coli fears (MeatNews/ 3/06)

Tyson unit recalls ground beef on E.Coli risk: USDA (Reuters Health/ 3/05)

Washington Firm Recalls Ground Beef for Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination (USDA/FSIS /3/02)

Rule change for E.coli testing (MeatNews.com/ 3/02)

E. coli bacteria migrating between humans, chimps in Ugandan park (University of Illinois / 2/22)

Zambezi Grapples With Infections (allAfrica.com/ 2/12)

Lettuce Processor Funds E. Coli Studies (U.S. News and World Report/1/17)

New technology accurately identifies E. coli for food safety (Purdue University /1/17 )

FDA and States Closer to Identifying Source of E. coli Contamination Associated with Illnesses at Taco John's Restaurants (FDA / 1/12)

Lettuce probable cause of Taco Bell E. coli: FDA (Reuters / 12/14)

Combination of technologies works best against E. coli (Eurek Alert / 12/12)

FDA Investigating E. Coli O157 Infections Associated with Taco Bell Restaurants in Northeast (FDA / 12/6)

Connecticut Firm Recalls Ground Beef Products For Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination (FSIS / 10/23)

Nationwide E. Coli O157:H7 Outbreak: Questions & Answers (FDA / 10/20)

New Hope For E. coli Treatment (Tufts University / 10/19)

FDA Statement on Foodborne E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak in Spinach (FDA / 10/12)

Genetic Link Identified in Human and Avian E. coli May Suggest Zoonosis (American Society for Microbiology / 10/12)

Did You Know: Penn State center houses top library of E. coli strains (Pennsylvania State University / 10/9)

Iowa Firm Recalls Ground Beef Products for Possible  E. coli O157:H7 Contamination (FSIS / 10/6)

FDA Statement on Foodborne E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak in Spinach (FDA / 10/6)

After the scare, it's time to take charge (LA Times / 10/2)

FDA says spinach safe but has bigger concerns (Reuters Health / 10/2)

Fresh Produce Contamination : UM Expert (University of Maryland / 10/2)

Foodborne pathogens hard to remove from produce, research is ongoing (Eurek Alert / 10/2)

Expert says E. coli spinach outbreak may be hard to solve (Pennsylvania State University / 10/2)

Spinach Growers Take Stock of Industry (ABC News / 10/1)

Two contiguous but unconnected outbreaks of Vero cytotoxin-producing E coli O157 infection in South East London (CDR Weekly / 9/28)

With spinach, it may be what’s on the inside that counts (University of Florida / 9/27)

Ongoing Multistate Outbreak of Escherichia coli serotype O157:H7 Infections Associated with Consumption of Fresh Spinach --- United States, September 2006 (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / 9/26)

Food safety experts launch battle against E. coli bacteria (FoodProductionDaily.com / 9/5)

Tennessee Firm Recalls Ground Beef for Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination (FSIS / 8/5)

Georgia Firm Recalls Ground Beef For Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination (FSIS / 7/31)

Child dies from E.coli infection (BBC News / 7/27)

Maryland Firm Recalls Ground Beef For Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination (USDA FSIS / 7/17)

Outbreak of Vero cytotoxin-producing E. coli (O157 VTEC) associated with a producing butcher in Leeds (CDR Weekly / 7/12)

E. COLI O157, ASYMPTOMATIC DOGS, CATS - ARGENTINA (BUENOS AIRES) (ProMed Mail / 7/12)

Drug-resistant E. coli likely started in poultry (Reuters Health / 7/10)

More taken ill in E.coli outbreak (BBC News / 7/10)

New Finding About E coli Could Block Infections, Lead to Better Treatments (NewsWise.com / 6/26)

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli infection in Japan as of May 2006 (Japan Infectious Disease Surveillance / 6/14)

E. coli O157 infections in the UK (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 6/1)

Sorbitol-fermenting Vero cytotoxin-producing E. coli O157 (VTEC O157) (CDR Weekly / 5/25)

E. COLI O157, DAY CARE - UK (SCOTLAND) (ProMed Mail / 5/11)

New study reveals structure of E. coli multidrug transporter protein (Eurek Alert / 5/4)

A national increase of Vero cytotoxin-producing E. coli O157 (VTEC O157) during the first quarter of 2006 (CDR Weekly / 4/27)

Plant-based vaccine protects mice against toxin (Reuters Health / 4/17)

E. COLI VTEC NON-O157 - NORWAY (ProMed Mail / 3/29)

E.coli bacteria found in cured sausage (Norway Post / 3/23)

E. coli outbreak from ground beef suspected in child's death (FoodProductionDaily.com / 3/14)

An outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome associated with minced beef, Norway, January-February 2006: preliminary report (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 3/2)

VTEC infections and livestock-related exposures in Scotland, 2004. (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 2/23)

Surveillance of Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli in Australia (Australia Communicable Disease Intelligence Report / 2/23)

Slugs May Spread E. coli to Salad Vegetables (American Society for Microbiology / 1/24)

UNITED STATES: Researchers report that microbial supplements reduce E. coli load in the feces of beef cattle up to 35 percent. (MeatNews.com / 1/9)

MBL leads effort to update E. coli genome (Eurek Alert / 1/9)

FSA Wales response to E.coli report (UK Food Standards Agency / 1/6)

National increase of Vero-cytotoxin producing E. coli O157 phage type 8 – Case-control study (CDR Weekly / 1/5)

Food Safety Authority Warns of Possible Contamination of Camembert Cheese (Food Safety Authority of Ireland / 12/28)

Outbreaks of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Associated with Petting Zoos --- North Carolina, Florida, and Arizona, 2004 and 2005 (CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / 12/23)

Large E. coli O157 outbreak in Ireland, October-November 2005 (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 12/22)

Camembert recalled over bug fears (BBC News / 12/20)

Update on Camembert cheese withdrawal (UK Food Standards Agency / 12/20)

5 more cases of E. coli linked to dairy's raw milk (ProMed Mail / 12/19)

FDA Warns Consumers to Avoid Drinking Raw Milk (FDA / 12/16)

HOW E. COLI BACTERIUM GENERATES SIMPLICITY FROM COMPLEXITY (University of California, San Diego / 12/15)

UNITED STATES: FSIS reports previous numbers on E. coli O157:H7 declines in raw ground beef are accurate. (MeatNews.com / 12/16)

Increase in Vero cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 PT8 infections in England (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 11/24)

A private nursery in Brecon in Powys has been closed following the emergence of E.coli among children there (BBC News / 11/13)

New protein discovery may have implications for treating deadly E. coli infection (Queen's University / 11/8)

Georgia Firm Recalls Ground Beef for Possible E. Coli O157:H7 (USDA / 11/3)

Outbreak of E. coli 0157:H7 infections associated with a brand of beefburgers in France (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 11/3)

FSIS Announces Quick and Efficient Method of Detecting E. coli O157:H7 (USDA / 11/2)

Meat processor battles for survival after E. coli death (FoodProductionDaily.com / 11/2)

Pennsylvania Firm Recalls Frozen Ground Beef Patties for Possible E. Coli O157:H7 (USDA / 11/1)

Family's call for E.coli lessons (BBC News / 11/1)