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Salmonella Fears Prompt Romaine Lettuce Recall

A Salinas, CA company is issuing a romaine lettuce recall because of fear it may be contaminated with salmonella. The recall is limited to one lot of lettuce, but that amounts to 22,000 cartons.

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Salmonella Survives Feeding Glucose

For the first time UK scientists have shown what the food poisoning bug Salmonella feeds on to survive as it causes infection: glucose.

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Researchers uncover secrets of salmonella's stealth attack

A single crafty protein allows the deadly bacterium Salmonella enterica to both invade cells lining the intestine and hijack cellular functions to avoid destruction, Yale researchers report in the April 17 issue of the journal Cell.

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How Salmonella survives in environment

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have demonstrated how a single-celled organism, living freely in the environment, could be a source of Salmonella transmission to animals and humans.

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Bankruptcy Filing For Peanut Butter Salmonella Company

Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), the company responsible for the contaminated peanut butter and peanut paste that has sickened hundreds and may be responsible for nine deaths, as a result of salmonella, has filed for bankruptcy.

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Emails Show Peanut Butter Exec Knew of Issues

Stewart Parnell, owner of the Peanut Corp. of America company at the heart of the salmonella outbreak and peanut butter product recall in the U.S., testified before Congress on Wednesday. Sort of.

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Relief Meals to Kentucky Had Recalled Peanut Butter

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The Agriculture Department shipped possibly contaminated peanut butter and other foods to schools in at least three states under a contract with the Georgia company blamed for a nationwide salmonella outbreak.

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Special K Bars, Keebler's Cookies Recalled by Kellogg's

More fallout from the salmonella outbreak, which is a result of contamination at the Peanut Corp. of America plant in Georgia: Kellogg's has issued a voluntary recall of some Keebler Cookies and Special K Meal Bars.

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ISU researchers develop technique for quick detection of Salmonella

In the hours following an outbreak of salmonella, there are many questions. And answers can be hard to find.

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U.S. Army Joins Peanut Butter Recall's Sticky Situation

Never one to stay out of a sticky situation, the U.S. Army has joined the parade of those in the peanut butter recall, removing some peanut butter items from warehouses in Europe.

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FDA to Recall Peanut Corporation's Products Back to 2007

The peanut butter recall has just gotten worse, without Peanut Corporation of America, the manufacturer at the center of the outbreak, doing a thing. The FDA, however, has expanded the recall of the company's products all the way back to 2007.

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ALDI Grocery Chain Issues Peanut Butter Product Recall

ALDI, short for "ALbrecht DIscount," has its Cambridge cheese crackers with peanut butter and Grandessa peanut butter cookies as a precautionary measure against salmonella.

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