A collection of stories tagged 'coli' from NPR. http://www.reverbiage.com/ Copyright 2006 Reverbiage.com. Reverbiage is not affiliated with NPR nor its member stations. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:26:40 EST Computer logic usually consists of electronic switches, but recently, scientists have been exploring alternative means for conducting calculations. Scientists report that they have created specially-modified E. coli bacteria capable of performing a specific type of calculation. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/49798 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90769103&ft=1&f=1007 Fri, 23 May 2008 10:00:00 EDT Scientists all over the world are matter-of-factly amending, changing and rearranging living creatures for all kinds of reasons, some silly, some profound. Take the case of the MIT team that made the icky-smelling bacteria E. coli and gave it a wintergreen-scented twist. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/48412 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90014997&ft=1&f=1007 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:01:00 EDT The Topps Meat Company recalled 21 million pounds of ground beef last week after samples from a New Jersey facility tested positive for a dangerous strain of E. coli. Science correspondent Joe Palca asks whether one E. coli outbreak is enough to warrant that kind of response. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/40145 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14886464&ft=1&f=1051 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 07:17:00 EDT Farms that produce California's leafy greens start a new voluntary inspection program a year after the Food and Drug Administration warns consumers not to eat fresh spinach because it might be contaminated with E. coli. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/39380 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14412359&ft=1&f=1001 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:38:00 EDT Spinach is back in California's Salinas Valley for the first time since last fall's deadly E. coli outbreak. But while the state's largest spinach growers will follow new safety guidelines, many smaller ones may not. Federal and state health officials say they're concerned. But they aren't sure mandatory regulations are feasible. Ben Adler of member station KAZU reports. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/33273 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9533550 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:00:00 EDT Growers of fresh greens are struggling to comply with competing regulations and safety standards in the aftermath of E. coli contaminations. Ben Adler of member station KAZU reports. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/32069 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7859097 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:00:00 EDT America gets much of its winter lettuce from the fields of Yuma, Ariz. But unlike the country's other big lettuce region -- California's Salinas Valley -- Yuma's crops haven't been hit with E. coli contamination. Produce companies are learning new lessons about avoiding future outbreaks. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/30421 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7085652 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:03:00 EST Following a series of E. coli outbreaks, produce growers in California are working with scientists and state officials to create new safety guidelines. Growers are hoping the new rules will calm fears about the safety of their crops and revitalize the industry. Ben Adler of member station KAZU reports. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/29259 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6709290 Tue, 02 Jan 2007 06:00:00 EST Taco Bell is trying to reassure consumers that its food is safe after an outbreak of E. Coli. The bacteria has been linked to illness in at least 67 customers in the Northeast. No one has become ill for at least a week, but it's still not clear what caused the outbreak. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/28563 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6618344 Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:45:00 EST Tests that show green onions could be to blame for an E. coli outbreak that has sickened at least three dozen people in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania leads the Taco Bell chain to stop serving the vegetables. Nine people remain hospitalized. Brad Linder reports. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/28334 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6588685 Wed, 06 Dec 2006 16:00:00 EST The source of the E. coli bacteria that tainted spinach crops in Central California, leading to three deaths and hundreds more made seriously ill, has been traced to cows at a ranch near the spinach fields outside the town of Salinas. John Sepulvado from member station KAZU reports. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/24703 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6260993 Fri, 13 Oct 2006 13:56:00 EDT Spinach, tainted by E. coli bacteria, has reportedly made about 200 people in two dozen states sick. At least three people are said to have died from the outbreak. Lawmakers and advocates are demanding federal authorities do more to eliminate the contamination. Farai Chideya talks to William Marler, a Seattle attorney representing more than 90 people affected by the outbreak and Marler's client Ken Costello who recently lost his mother-in-law to E. coli poisoning. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/26216 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6260599 Fri, 13 Oct 2006 00:00:00 EDT A company in California's Salinas Valley, where a recent E. coli contamination of spinach originated, has recalled Foxy brand lettuce after irrigation water tested positive for the bacterium. So far, the lettuce does not appear to have caused any illnesses. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/24527 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6226313 Mon, 09 Oct 2006 16:00:00 EDT Regaining consumer confidence will be an uphill task for spinach growers because of the publicity surrounding the E. coli outbreak. It will require reassuring consumers that the industry is actually doing what it can to prevent future outbreaks. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/24473 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6215794 Sat, 07 Oct 2006 11:24:00 EDT In the wake of the E. Coli outbreak and an FBI investigation of produce plants in central California, farmers in the Imperial Valley of Southern California are struggling to figure out whether or not there will be a market for millions of pounds of fresh spinach, due to be planted within a week. Andrew Phelps reports from member station KPBS. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/24448 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6211219 Fri, 06 Oct 2006 16:00:00 EDT E. coli tainted spinach from California is causing problems for farmers in New Jersey. The east-coast state is the nation's fourth-largest producer of spinach. The crop is ready, but growers say consumers are now wary of all spinach. Nancy Solomon reports. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/24269 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6179974 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 06:00:00 EDT It's too early to say exactly what caused the ongoing E. Coli spinach contamination -- but consumers shouldn't shy away from spinach grown in places other than the Salinas Valley, says a food safety expert. Michele Norris talks with Carl Winter, Director of the FoodSafe Program. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/24063 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6147469 Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:40:00 EDT One likely source of the recent E. coli outbreak in spinach is cattle waste. At the University of Nebraska, researchers are working on a vaccine that would be given to cattle to destroy E. coli before it harms your food. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/24070 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6138682 Tue, 26 Sep 2006 10:53:00 EDT The spinach industry in California was booming, until an outbreak of E. coli bacteria contamination put a halt to the sale of raw spinach. But the industry does not expect the scare to permanently damage the foods popularity. Lynn Neary speaks to James Bogart, president of the Grower-Shipper Association in Salinas, California. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/23871 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6115766 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 06:00:00 EDT The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has expressed doubts that it will ever pinpoint the source of the recent E. Coli outbreak. In Central California's Salinas Valley -- the so-called "salad bowl of America" -- spinach farmers are plowing under their crops and laying off field hands. Tamara Keith of member station KQED reports. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/26347 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6117533 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EDT Barbara Damrosch of Four Season Farm in Maine speaks to Alex Chadwick about the methods farmers use to avoid E. Coli contamination in spinach. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/23819 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6103603 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:00:00 EDT E. coli O157 -- the kind that has affected spinach this week -- is a very virulent strain. There are typically a few hundred cases of E. coli-caused illnesses a year, but only 25 or so represent cases where there are multiple victims from a single source. Dr. Patricia N. Griffin, acting chief of the Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, offers a primer on E. Coli. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/23779 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6098944 Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:34:00 EDT The California produce company that's been linked to a widening nationwide E. coli outbreak is at odds with the FDA over what's causing the illness. Natural Selection Foods says its organic spinach has been cleared as the source of the outbreak. But government health inspectors say nothing has been ruled out yet. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/23776 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6098858 Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:41:00 EDT The concern over E. coli in spinach has broad economic implications for spinach growers, even those whose crops have not been linked to the outbreak. Dale Huss, vice president of production at spinach grower Ocean Mist, discusses his company's plans for its crop. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/23765 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6097415 Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:47:00 EDT Health officials say recently purchased raw, packaged spinach should not be eaten. It is the likely source of an E. coli bacteria outbreak that has killed one person, and made at least 49 other people sick. Cases have been reported in eight states, from Connecticut to Oregon. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/23679 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6081523 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:19:00 EDT