Salmonella

Watch videos about Salmonella

• June 10, 2013
  Avoiding Chicken To Avoid Bladder Infections

  Handling chicken can lead to the colonization of one's colon with antibiotic resistant E. coli that may result in bladder infections in women.
• March 22, 2013
  Salmonella in Chicken & Turkey: Deadly But Not Illegal

  Hundreds of thousands of Americans are Salmonella poisoned by poultry every year, yet it remains legal to sell meat proven to be contaminated.
• November 28, 2012
  Yersinia in Pork

  This week Consumer Reports released a study showing the majority of retail pork tested was contaminated with antibiotic resistant strains of the foodborne bacteria Yersinia enterocolitica.
• July 9, 2012
  Antimutagenic Activity of Green Versus White Tea

  The ability of green versus white tea to protect against in vitro DNA damage caused by a cooked chicken carcinogen (heterocyclic amine).
• June 20, 2012
  Zero Tolerance to Acceptable Risk

  The fish and poultry industries propose moving from a zero tolerance policy on certain dangerous foodborne pathogens to an "acceptable risk" policy given how widely contaminated their products are..
• June 14, 2012
  Viral Meat Spray

  Bacteria-eating viruses (bacteriophages) have been approved as meat additives to reduce the risk of Listeria and Campylobacter found in processed meat and poultry products, but there is a concern..
• April 17, 2012
  Meat-Borne Infection Risk from Shopping Carts

  Exposure to meat packaging in the supermarket may lead to food poisoning in children placed in shopping carts.
• April 16, 2012
  Food Poisoning Bacteria Cross-Contamination

  The food-poisoning fecal bacteria found in 70% of U.S. retail poultry is destroyed by proper cooking, but contamination of the kitchen environment may place consumers at risk.