Thermal pasteurization techniques have been around since Louis Pasteur, and there is no question they’re effective.

Brown Packing Company of South Holland, IL, has issued a recall of an undetermined amount of veal trimmings that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 and non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), according to USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).

Niagara Bottling LLC has issued a voluntary recall for 14 brands of its bottled water produced at two Pennsylvania plants because of concerns once of its spring sources is contaminated with E. coli.

An Oregon county has opened an investigation into two cases of E. coli that killed one child and hospitalized another.

The UK’s Food Standards Agency has issued an update to the E. coli O157 control of cross-contamination guidance to take into account research on the effectiveness of disinfecting complex equipment and the views of industry and local authority stakeholders.

A June 10, 2011 report on Deutsche Welle states “bean sprouts are the likely source of an E. coli outbreak in Germany that has killed 31 people and made nearly 3,000 ill since May [2011].” This information was attributed to Reinhard Burger, president of Germany’s federal infectious disease laboratory, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI). 

Approximately 181,620 pounds of ready-to-eat salads and sandwich wrap products are included in the recall.