For Camp Shenandoah head cook Annette Bess, food safety vigilance is a constant, especially with a recent E. coli outbreak at a similar, but larger, camp near Goshen.

GOSHEN — The pencil-thin Boy Scout instructor standing atop the picnic table was stern in his warning: Any errant Scout caught using the sharp-toothed bow saw as a toy would be dealt with in a manner to make a prison warden appear the model of affability.