Generic E. coli is found in the intestinal track of both man and animals. Thus, the finding of generic E. coli in ready-to-eat foods is an indication of fecal contamination. Fecal contamination in turn indicates that other harmful organisms, whether they be bacterial (Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter), viral (hepatitis A, norovirus, rotovirus), […]

Over the past three months, the nation has been told by the FDA not to eat certain types of fresh tomatoes due to an outbreak of Salmonella saintpaul; which now totals over 1,000 confirmed individual cases in 42 states and the District of Columbia at last count. Neither the CDC nor the FDA, the […]

Much has been in the news in the past 30 days about Mad Cow Disease, a/k/a BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy), with the confirmation of the first positive finding in an indigenous cow in the United States. As you may remember, in December 2003, a cow, which was of Canadian birth, was found to be […]