Australian Science Teachers Journal Vol. Covers British research showing that the summer increase in food poisoning cases is caused by poor hygiene on farms and abattoirs. A lethal E. coli is now classified in the highest hazard group. The world's first pasteurised fresh eggs on sale in the US in 1998. Eggs in Britain may contain Salmonella .
Spices safeguard against foodborne pathogens.
A vaccine against a bacteria that causes food poisoning is being tested. New blueprint for Britain's Food Standards Agency. Deadly E. coli strains may have come from South America. Blames an outbreak of food poisoning in Britain on squalid conditions on intensive farms. High pressures can be used to kill food contaminants.