A drug spray that wards off Salmonella infection in newly hatched chickens has just been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Preliminary tests indicate that the drug, Preempt, also thwarts infection by Campylobacter, Lis-teria, and the deadly Escherichia coli O157:H7, thus holding out the prospect of greatly reducing food poisoning caused by poultry.
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