News tagged with undercooked meat
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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Though acidic, salsa can still be a risk if handled improperly, researcher says
Just because salsa is acidic, don't assume it can't make you ill. A University of Florida researcher's study shows that salmonella and staphylococcus can both survive long enough to pose risk in the often ...
Jul 29, 2010 |
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Feral pigs exposed to nasty bacteria
A North Carolina State University study shows that, for the first time since testing began several years ago, feral pigs in North Carolina have tested positive for Brucella suis, an important and harmful bacteria that can be ...
Apr 10, 2012 |
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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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Parasite uses the power of sexual attraction to trick rats into becoming cat food
(PhysOrg.com) -- Could it be love? Rats infected with the parasite Toxoplasma seem to lose their fear of cats – or at least cat urine. Now Stanford researchers have discovered that the brains of those ...
Aug 17, 2011 |
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Biologists shed light on a puzzling parasite
Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite that infects about one-third of the world’s population, comes in several strains. Some can have severe consequences such as encephalitis, while others produce no noticeable ...
Jun 20, 2011 |
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Many ways food can get tainted from farm to fork
(AP) -- On the path from farm-to-fork, there are many ways that foods can pick up nasty germs like the E. coli bug sickening more than 1,600 people across Europe. But there are steps consumers can take to avoid getting infected.
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Jun 02, 2011 |
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Suspected deadly E. coli outbreak in Germany
German authorities reported Tuesday three suspected deaths from a strain of the E. coli bacterium and warned more were likely because of a "scarily high" number of new infections.
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May 24, 2011 |
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Keeping oysters, clams and mussels safe to eat
Eating raw or undercooked mollusks may pose a safety hazard if they are harvested from waters polluted with pathogenic microbes, so U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are studying ways to enhance the food safety ...
Apr 19, 2011 |
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Study helps explain how pathogenic E. coli bacterium causes illness
Scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, have shown how the O157:H7 strain of Escherichia coli causes infection and thrives by manipulating the ho ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Trichinosis parasite gets DNA decoded (w/ Video)
Scientists have decoded the DNA of the parasitic worm that causes trichinosis, a disease linked to eating raw or undercooked pork or carnivorous wild game animals, such as bear and walrus.
Feb 20, 2011 |
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On the trail of a stealthy parasite
About one-third of the human population is infected with a parasite called Toxoplasma gondii, but most of them don’t know it.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 04, 2011 |
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