The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to warn consumers not to eat any fresh spinach due to the number of rising outbreaks (over 100) in 19 states (with Wisconsin reporting the most) for illnesses caused by E. Coli-tainted spinach. The national alert has grocery stores pulling fresh spinach from their shelves.

Natural Selection Foods LLC recalled several brands of their spinach (both naturally grown and organic now). The prepackaged spinach and all salads that include the spinach by Natural Selection Foods that are distributed to all locations in the United States (U.S.), Canada and Mexico have been stopped as a precaution. This spinach is also sold under several labels: Hy-Vee, Fresh N' Easy, and Farmers Market

Cranberry juice contains substances that could remedy or cure a wide variety of ailments, such as kidney infection, gastroenteritis, or tooth decay.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) scientists believe that the cranberry may even be a substitute for antibiotics. This can be especially helpful in cases where E. coli bacteria have become resistant to common modes of treatment

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Ray's Wholesale Meats, from White, Georgia, is issuing a recall of ground beef which tested positive for E. coli bacteria.

According to the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), this is a Class I recall, meaning, "there is a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death

Worldwide fast-food giant McDonald's has been fined almost $385 in Hong Kong for selling ice cream to customers that had over 600 times the legal limit for bacteria, according to local health officials.

Food and Environmental Hygiene Department spokeswoman Emily Mak says, during a routine check in May, health officials found that out that an ice cream sundae from a McDonald's outlet at a popular tourist spot had a bacterial count of 240,000 per gram (8,400 per ounce)

According to survey results, the number of Americans eating risky foods like undercooked ground beef, raw fish, oysters and runny eggs dropped by a third over a four-year period.

The survey led researchers to conclude that media reporting and public health education efforts on risky eating habits and food-borne illnesses may be working