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Do I really need to worry about food poisoning? You do if you want to avoid those nasty bouts of cramps, diarrhea, and vomiting. The fact is that most every time you have a "stomach flu" or even a stomachache, food poisoning bacteria are the likely culprits. What's more, you may never know what hit you, since symptoms can take anywhere from several hours to days to appear. Even mild complaints li...

You wouldn't think that a can of "hot dog chili sauce" would be particularly dangerous. Unappetizing, maybe, but not dangerous. Yet in the summer of 2007, at least eight people in Texas, Indiana, and Ohio became extremely ill after eating sauce made by Castleberry's Food Company. Tests showed that the condiment contained botulinum toxin, a nerve poison produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulin...

In its natural habitat -- the digestive tracts of humans and other animals -- Escherichia coli is just another bacterium in a sea of mostly harmless germs. There are actually hundreds of strains of this bacterium, and the vast majority are not dangerous. But when the disease-causing version O157:H7 shows up in our food supply, E. coli becomes a huge threat. According to the Centers for Disease Co...

In an ideal world, you'd never have to worry about your food becoming contaminated by animal waste. But unfortunately, conditions in factories and on farms can be less than sanitary, and we all have to live with the consequences -- including the threat of salmonella bacteria. These germs, found in the intestines of infected humans and animals (and spread through the fecal matter of many animals), ...

What is shigellosis? There are some types of germs that you definitely don't want to find in your next meal or glass of water. Add Shigella bacteria to the list. These highly contagious germs cause shigellosis, an illness marked by severe bouts of diarrhea. Shigellosis is a major threat -- especially in the developing world. According to the World Health Organization, the disease strikes about 12...

Humans aren't the only creatures who love juicy hamburgers, fresh fruit, chicken, potato salad, and other foods of summer. In fact, we have plenty of competition from the likes of E. coli, campylobacter, and salmonella bacteria. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, food-borne germs cause 48 million illnesses, 128,000 hospitalizations, and more than 3,000 deaths in the ...