Items Tagged with 'E. coli'

Food safety testing is not only required by regulating bodies, it helps prevent contaminated product from getting out the door, harming people and your business.

Leafy greens have had a checkered past in terms of food safety — it’s been suspected that pre-harvest irrigation water may have spread E. coli and Salmonella to these vegetables.

The study sought to better understand the ecology of human pathogens in the environment in the Southwest agricultural region, particularly how pathogens survive, move and possibly contaminate produce prior to harvest

FSIS issued a public health alert due to the company’s ground beef testing positive for E. coli.

As of December 1, 2022, CDC announced that the outbreak is over.

The alert is due to concerns that specific ground beef products may be adulterated with E. coli O157:H7.

The two steps are: release of a report on the investigation into the Fall 2020 outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 illnesses linked to the consumption of leafy greens; and the releasing an updated version of the Leafy Green Shiga-toxin producing E. coli (STEC) Action Plan.

The FDA has announced the launch of a multi-year study to improve food safety through enhanced understanding of the ecology of human pathogens that may cause foodborne illness outbreaks.