A second E. coli lawsuit was filed against Crocetti’s Oakdale Packing Co. in Plymouth County Superior Court in Massachusetts yesterday. The lawsuit was filed by Lincoln, RI resident Barry Santos on behalf of his 11-year-old daughter Lynn.
According to the lawsuit, Lynn Santos ate a hamburger produced by Crocetti’s
Political and legal ramifications of the now nationwide E. coli O157:H7 outbreak came into focus yesterday. Twenty-eight people from 12 states infected with matching strains of E. coli O157:H7 are at the center of an ongoing investigation by state and federal health officials.
On the political side, the new U.S.
An outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 associated with a Massachusetts meat packer is spreading across New England, Food Safety News has learned.
Seattle food safety attorney Bill Marler was called to New England by parents of children who were sickened by the dangerous E. coli bacteria. Late Thursday, he said
Yesterday a meat packing plant in Brockton, Massachusetts issued a ground beef recall after the Massachusetts Department of Health (DPH) confirmed a positive sample for E. coli O157:H7.
The DPH found the E. coli in samples taken from Camp Bournedale in Plymouth, Rhode Island during its investigation into the illnesses
Neither the Rhode Island nor Massachusetts health departments have yet told the public why 15 sixth graders came down with diarrhea, including two who tested positive for E. coli O157:H7.
But Arnie Gerson, who owns Camp Bournedale in Plymouth, MA, said health officials told him the outbreak was traced to
Two of 15 Rhode Island sixth graders who came down with diarrhea after attending a three-day camp in Massachusetts have tested positive for E. coli O157:H7 and are being treated in the hospital.
Sixth graders from Rhode Island’s Lincoln Middle School returned last Friday from the long planned three-day visit
