News tagged with foodborne disease
Mobile phone scanner detects harmful bacteria
(PhysOrg.com) -- A mobile phone that could detect whether leftovers in your fridge are safe to eat could be heading to an app store near you. A device has been developed that attaches to mobiles and can detect ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 07, 2012 |
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Recipe for safe food: Clean, cook, chill, separate
(AP) -- Clean. Cook. Chill. Separate. That's the message of a new U.S. government campaign to raise awareness of safe food handling in the wake of a European E. coli outbreak that has killed almost 50 people.
Jun 28, 2011 |
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Germany 'really worried' by E. coli outbreak
Germany's consumer minister expressed deep concern Wednesday at an outbreak of poisoning by dangerous bacteria believed to have killed three women and left hundreds ill.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 25, 2011 |
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1 in 6 Americans sickened by food each year
About one in six Americans, or 48 million people, get sick from tainted food each year, according to new figures that US officials said Wednesday provide the best data yet on foodborne pathogens.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 15, 2010 |
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Salsa and guacamole increasingly important causes of foodborne disease
Nearly 1 out of every 25 restaurant-associated foodborne outbreaks with identified food sources between 1998 and 2008 can be traced back to contaminated salsa or guacamole, more than double the rate during the previous decade, ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 12, 2010 |
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Foodborne illness costs US $152 billion annually, report estimates
A new study by a former U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) economist estimates the total economic impact of foodborne illness across the nation to be a combined $152 billion annually.
Mar 03, 2010 |
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USDA approves shot for cows aimed at E. coli
(AP) -- A Minnesota company has won federal approval to become the first in the U.S. to market an E. coli vaccine for cattle, a new weapon against a foodborne disease that can cause serious illness in people and even death.
Mar 13, 2009 |
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