On episode #4 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Cliff, Margaret, and Michael review foodborne bacterial illness in the context of outbreaks associated with cantaloupes and Lebanon bologna.

Right click to download TWiM #4 (51 MB .mp3, 75 minutes).
Links for this episode:
- CDC statement on Salmonella outbreak
- CDC statement on E. coli outbreak
- CIDRAP summaries of cantaloupe and bologna associated outbreaks
- ProMedMail summary of Salmonella outbreak
- Summary of food related illness in US (pdf)
- Food safety and irradiation (CDC)
- Geosmin (thanks, Atila!)
- Letters read on TWiM #4
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