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The Cost Of Chipotle’s E. Coli Outbreak, Measured In Burritos
Although the cause still remains a mystery, Chipotle’s E. coli outbreak has been declared officially over by the CDC. But just what does an unexplained, months- long food-poisoning outbreak do to the line of customers waiting at your counter?
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America’s Food Safety Issues Will Make Your Stomach Turn
“We need bodies in the streets before we get it.” Yikes! That’s never what you want to hear from a food safety expert — but in a new episode of Retro Report, we learn just how realistic that statement is when it comes to food contamination in the US.
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This Smartphone Spoilage Sensor Knows If Your Meal Is Tainted
That taco you just ate may not have smelled suspect but if it harbored e coli you could be in for a few days of food poisoning. A new phone-based imaging device could one day spot the gut-busting bugs before they make you sick.
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Caffeine-Eating Bacteria May Fix Your Broken Heart
Everyone loves a good cup of joe, including our friendly neighbourhood bacteria Pseudomonas putida CBB5. This microbe can consume caffeine with the best of us, a talent that could help heart arrhythmia and asthma patients.