Recently in E. Coli O157:H7 Category

Book Review Of “Poisoned: The True Story Of The E. Coli Outbreak That Changed The Way Americans Eat”

I’ve been wanting to read Jeff Benedict’s “Poisoned: The True Story of the Deadly E. Coli Outbreak That Changed The Way Americans Eat,” since I heard Benedict interviewed on this RadioBoston episode on the E. Coli outbreak in Germany. Monday’s New York Times carried a review of “Poisoned” by Dr. Abigail Zuber that got me [...]

Bookmark and Share
Also posted in Contaminated Food, Food poisoning, Foodborne Illness, Tainted Food Products

Europe’s E. Coli O104:H4 Outbreak: Facts And Lessons

Although the story’s been in the news for nearly two weeks, I’ve hesitated blogging about the outbreak of E. Coli O104:H4 contamination in Europe because it seemed like every time I turned around, there was some new update rendering the previous theories and hypotheses null and void. At this point, it seems that this much [...]

Bookmark and Share
Also posted in Contaminated Food, Food poisoning, Foodborne Illness, Tainted Food Products