Harmful pathogens need to be cooked to be eliminated, as heat kills them, said Detwiler. A big issue with lettuce is it’s usually eaten raw, not cooked, “making it challenging to reduce the risk of ...

The FDA is under fire for not publicly warning about deadly E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce that sickened 89 ...

A foodborne illness linked to lettuce ripped across 15 states last November, sickening dozens of people and killing one. But the federal government chose not to publicize it.

Local reports say two more beaches on the popular Spanish island have closed as "a preventive step" after tests of the water ...

Two more beaches on the popular Spanish island of Tenerife have been forced to close due to contamination, according to local ...

coli started coming in, Dr. Amanda Brzozowski sensed something was very wrong. It was early November, and all three were E. coli 0157:H7 — an especially ... sickened with E.coli after eating ...