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As the number of new cases of E. coli has virtually halted, experts from Atlanta’s Centers for Disease Control are heading to northeast Oklahoma to determine the source of the bacteria that has claimed one life and sickened over 200 others.
Though they have not found any evidence of E. coli at the Country Cottage Restaurant, near [...]

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The largest outbreak of food poisoning in a decade is officially over, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The outbreak of salmonella, which the FDA still attributes partially to tomatoes early on and then to serrano and jalapeno peppers grown in Mexico and processed in Texas, affected more that 1440 people.

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Now that the CDC, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has announced that tomatoes may not be the only source for the salmonella epidemic that has affected more than 850 people, the search is on for other sources, starting with foods that are commonly eaten with tomatoes (bacon? lettuce? mayo?).
If it turns out not [...]

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Nobody knows why, but the number of people with allergies is growing at a huge rate. That is probably bad news for a lot of parents, but they can take heart that the food industry hears their cries and is responding with a multi-billion dollar allergen-free food sub-industry.
“Intolerance” foods are expected to reach almost $4 [...]

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The Centers for Disease Control has issued a report saying that until 2004 the number of cases of foodborne illness was dropping. In 2004, though, it stopped dropping and has remained fairly steady. That would qualify as good news and bad news. In light of the increased media attention and better surveillance tools, it is [...]

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