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NEW YORK, June 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. (OTC: BNET). Food safety concerns have been in the news again with the recent account of an outbreak of deadly E. coli in Germany, initially identified as coming from bean sprouts. In the Sunday June 12th edition of the NY Times, an article by Elizabeth Rosenthal titled "E. Coli Fallout: My Health, My Salad" directly addressed this issue.
Although E. coli is generally associated with animal rather than vegetable products, the NY Times article correctly demonstrates how the two are linked: "since E. coli live in the guts of mammals, farm animals and fresh vegetables are normally kept far apart to prevent contamination. Risk exists every time that separation breaks down" and as a result "large vegetable purchasers will reject produce from fields that have been recently flooded..." Produce from 'flooded fields' is avoided because, as the article continues, "...the risk of E. coli contamination is generally higher where organic material (like cow manure) is used as fertilizer..."See the full content of this document
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Bion Responds to Food Safety Issues
While "E. Coli Fallout: My Health, My Salad" is primarily focused on the recent E. coli outbreak in Germany, food safety remains a critical concern in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention every year at least 76 million cases of food-borne disease occur in th...
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