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Article: Smucker's recalls 300 cases of peanut butter for possible Salmonella

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Article: Health warning: Pine nuts may contain salmonella bacteria

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Health warning: Pine nuts may contain salmonella bacteria By Kate Adams BayToday.ca Saturday, November 05, 2011 Canadian Food Inspection Agency News Release  ********************* OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and David Roberts Food Corporation are warning the public not to consume certain David Roberts brand and Sysco brand pine nuts, described below, because the products may be contaminated with Salmonella. The following pine nuts products are affected by this alert: Sysco Plastic bag 1.5 kg 00734730026268 Lot 1323  David Roberts Plastic tubs 90 g 0 67261 24656 1 Lot 1323 Best Before Aug 17, 2012  David Roberts * Plastic bags 1.5 kg None Lot 1323  None* Plastic tubs Variable 90-100 g None Pack date: AU 17, 2011  * Sold only at David Roberts Food Corporation retail store: 426 Watline Avenue, Mississauga, ON. These products have been distributed to food service accounts in Ontario and sold at the David Roberts Food Corporation retail store located at 426 Watline Avenue, Mississauga, ON. There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of these products. Food contaminated with Salmonella may not look or smell spoiled. Consumption of food contaminated with this bacteria may cause salmonellosis, a foodborne illness. In young children, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems, salmonellosis may cause serious and sometimes deadly infections. In otherwise healthy people, salmonellosis may cause short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, vomiting, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Long-term complications may include severe arthritis. The importer, David Roberts Food Corporation, Mississauga, ON, is voluntarily recalling the affected products from the marketplace. The CFIA is monitoring the effectiveness of the recall. For more information, consumers and industry can call one of the following numbers: David Roberts Food Corporation at 905-502-7700; CFIA at 1-800-442-2342 / TTY 1-800-465-7735 (8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern time, Monday to Friday). For information on Salmonella, visit the Food Facts web page at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/fssa/concen/cause/salmonellae.shtml For information on all food recalls, visit the CFIA�s Food Recall Report at: http://active.inspection.gc.ca/eng/corp/recarapp_dbe.asp. To find out more about receiving recalls by e-mail, and other food safety facts, visit: www.foodsafety.gc.ca. Food and consumer product recalls are also available at http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca. ********************* Print View | Send to a Friend News Response | Sports Response

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Article: Number of confirmed St. Louis area E. coli cases rises to 27

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Are Gut Bacteria In Charge? - Discovery News

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Are Gut Bacteria In Charge?

27 October, 2011 4:07:00 AM

Jessica Marshall)

The bacteria in our gut may be controlling our lives more than we ever realized.

In the latest findings, published today in Nature, researchers report a link between gut bacteria and the development of multiple sclerosis in mice. Studies in mice have also examined gut bacteria in relation to obesity, depression and much more.

More human studies are emerging hinting at the role the bacteria in our guts may play well beyond helping us to digest our food.

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"What has been observed in humans with regard to obesity is that there seems to be a difference in the number of kinds of bacteria in the gut," said Rob Knight of the University of Colorado, Boulder. "That number is much lower in obese people than in healthy people."

Researchers have also seen differences in bacteria between mice bred to be obese versus those of normal weight. In one experiment, researchers found that an obese mouse's gut microbes extracted more of the calories from a given parcel of food than did those of non-obese mice.

This caused the obese mice to gain more body fat than the non-obese mice did.

But even stranger, in a type of mouse with a different mutation that leads to obesity, transferring gut microbes from the obese mice into other mice led the non-obese mice to eat more.

"They're not any better at extracting energy from the food. They're just hungrier apparently," Knight said. "There are more microbial cells in your body than there are brain cells. They may be outvoting you when it comes time to order (at the restaurant)."

If gut microbes can tell mouse brains to eat more, could they have other effects on the brain? Researchers are finding that the answer is yes.

"We're now starting to see direct impacts of the gut microbial community on host behavior," Knight said.

Experiments have shown that mice with no gut microbes show differences in how much they move and in their anxiety-like behavior than mice with normal gut bacteria. Mice treated with "probiotic" Lactobacillus bacteria showed a different gene expression in the brain, reduced anxiety behavior and stress hormone levels than untreated mice.

The effects may extend to diseases that are seemingly unrelated to the digestive system. In the work published today, researchers studied mice bred to develop a disease similar to multiple sclerosis.

Those raised in an environment with no bacteria never developed symptoms. Once typical gut bacteria were introduced, the mice began to show signs of the disease.

"I think what our study really shows is the importance of the gut microbiota in the initial phase of the disease," said Gurumoorthy Krishnamoorthy of the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Freiburg, Germany who led the study with colleague Hartmut Wekerle.

Of course, it's impossible for humans to live a microbe-free lifestyle, but the findings suggest the microbial community may play a role in human multiple sclerosis. The team will now look for specific microbes that may be responsible for triggering symptoms.

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If a healthy gut microbial community proves important for different aspects of our health, what could we do to encourage the bacteria that would prevent obesity or disease?

One option might be to take probiotics, eat a particular diet, or minimize antibiotic use, Krishnamoorthy said.

But others are investigating transferring gut bacteria from the other end-through "fecal transplants" from healthy people to those with illness. "The potential is very high, but the actual amount of research is relatively low," Knight said.

In trials of patients with Clostridium difficile infections -- a gut-wrenching intestinal problem -- more than 90 percent of patients have been cured, and their microbial communities restored to normal.

In preliminary work with huge public health implications, a study last year showed improved insulin sensitivity among patients with metabolic syndrome who received stool transfers from lean individuals.

"Then the question is which other conditions are there that could also benefit from stool transplants," Knight said.

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Article: FDA to launch major Salmonella screening of pet foods in 2012

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Article: Recalls & Withdrawals

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Article: FDA begins testing pet food products for salmonella

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ABCNews.com: St. Louis E. Coli Probe Focuses on Grocery Salads

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Article: E. coli outbreak in Missouri investigated

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Article: And Now, an E. coli Bacterium That's Fifteen Feet Long

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Article: States vary widely in reporting foodborne illnesses

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