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It’s the time of year when candy, nuts, and other food becomes more prevalent on side-tables, in buffet-lines, and in office kitchens.
A few years ago I came back from a vacation to find my office covered in Shigella–not microscopic foodborne illness-causing bacteria, but giant, stuffed Shigella from www.GiantMicrobes.com
Three men who worked at Jinqiao Dairy Company in Northern China’s Shaanxi Province were arrested Tuesday for selling more than five tons of melamine-contaminated milk powder in September, according
John Powers was eighty-seven years old when he consumed milk contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes (Listeria), a bacterium that causes foodborne illness, several times over the 2007 Thanksgiving holiday. The husband,
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced yesterday that the agency is collaborating with public health agencies in several states to investigate a Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak associated with
The Washington Departments of health and agriculture recently identified raw milk sold by the Dungeness Valley Creamery of Sequim, Washington, as the source of an E. coli outbreak among three
A lawsuit was filed yesterday in King County Superior Court, Washington, on behalf of Kelly Cobb and her husband Matthew. Kelly was a victim of an E. coli O157:H7
Two more Snohomish County residents filed lawsuits yesterday against the Ixtapa Family Mexican Restaurant in Lake Stevens, Washington.
According to lawsuits filed by Laurie Bunney and Amanda Vest, both women
In 2007 a multi-state public health investigation into a nationwide E. coli O157:H7 outbreak identified a number of people who became ill with E. coli O157:H7 after eating
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced Tuesday that a foodborne illness outbreak had been traced to a church fundraiser held November 13 in Conway, SC.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Tuesday that Fairbury Steaks, Inc. was recalling approximately 90 pounds of fresh ground beef products for
Two women who became ill with E. coli O157:H7 infections during an outbreak traced to the Ixtapa Family Mexican Restaurant in Lake Stevens, Washington, in October of 2008 filed
