E.Coli

State and federal authorities have linked a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 21 people in five states to alfalfa sprouts and spicy sprouts, said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As of Monday, the 21 people sickened with salmonella enteritidis included three that had to be...

Palmyra Bologna Co. Inc. recalled about 23,000 pounds of Seltzer's Beef Lebanon bologna that has been linked to an e.coli outbreak in three states, said the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service. Four consumers in New Jersey, North Carolina and Pennsylvania were...

Creekstone Farms Premium Beef recalled 14,158 pounds of ground beef because it may be tainted with the e. coli bacteria, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said. So far, there have been no reports of illnesses from people eating the beef, which was shipped in...

Bacteria that cause food poisoning but are resistant to drugs pose a serious health hazard, say food regulators, and should be a national priority since these "super bugs" have not been effectively controlled. At a one-day conference in Washington, D.C., co-sponsored by the nonprofit consumer...

One Great Burger of New Jersey recalled 226,400 pounds of possibly spoiled ground beef sent to prisons in California and Oregon, said the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service. Company spokesman Frank Tobin said the privately-held company is continuing to search for a...

Organic beef recalled last week after a test sample showed it was tainted with e. coli was sold at stores in 20 states and Washington, D.C. including some Costco, Harris Teeter and Price Chopper stores, said the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service released...

Whole Foods Market recalled gourmet raw milk cheese it sold in three states and Washington, D.C., because it may be contaminated with e. coli and thought to be a possible source of an outbreak that has sickened eight people, said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The cheese -- cut and...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned consumers nationwide not to eat gourmet raw milk cheeses made by Sally Jackson Cheese of Oroville, Wash. because they may be contaminated with e. coli. Authorities are investigating the cheese as a possible source of an e. coli outbreak that has...

One in six Americans -- about 48 million people -- get sick from a food-borne illness each year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control said in new estimates released yesterday (Wednesday, Dec. 15). Another 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die every year from tainted food, CDC said. The agency...

Hold that Eggnog. Whole Foods Market recalled packages of its ground nutmeg nationwide because of possible salmonella contamination, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Iowa's Frontier Natural Products Co-op packaged the non-organic nutmeg for Whole Foods brand as well as its own...