The following is a highlight list of outbreaks in recent years that were caused by E. coli O103 and E. coli O121.
E. coli O121 outbreaks
2017 Outbreak of STEC O121 at an Athletic Center,
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STEC found in beef and lamb in Iceland
Shiga toxin producing E. coli has been detected in 30 percent of lamb samples and 11.5 percent of beef samples tested, according to the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority (MAST).
It is the first time
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CDC says E. coli outbreak ‘over’ with 209 patients and counting
Declaring that the outbreak “appears to be over,” the CDC today reported that multiple suppliers, distributors and or brands of ground beef are likely behind an E. coli O103 outbreak this spring that sickened more
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CDC says danger remains as not all outbreak sources accounted for by recalled beef
The rapidly evolving investigation into the outbreak of rare E. coli O103 is looking beyond the two previously announced ground beef recalls into additional sources for the contamination, the federal Centers for Disease Control and
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The E. coli O103 Outbreak Recalls Begin
Grant Park Packing, a Franklin Park, Ill. establishment, is recalling approximately 53,200 pounds of raw ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O103, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection
113,424 pounds of raw ground beef recalled after testing positive for E. coli O103
- 156 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O103 have been reported from 10 states – Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Mississippi, Georgia and Florida.
- After, unopened, intact ground beef collected
Outbreak linked to ground beef spreads to more states; traceback inconclusive
Federal officials report the number of confirmed cases of E. coli O103 infections, suspected to be linked to ground beef, have more than doubled since the outbreak was initially reported.
Since April 5 when the
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CDC suspects ground beef as source of expanding O103 outbreak
Ground beef, consumed at home or in restaurants, and possibly purchased in large packages from grocery stores just might be the source of the now six-state E. coli O103 outbreak, according to CDC.
In an
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72 infected in five-state outbreak of rare E. coli O103, says CDC
The Kentucky-centered outbreak of the rare E. coli O103 strain infects 72 people in five states, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta.
Eight people with the outbreak strain
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Kentucky-centered multi-state outbreak of rare E. coli O103 doubles in size
In less than a week, that Kentucky-centered outbreak of the rare E. coli O103 has exploded to 44 cases in the Bluegrass State and spread to Tennessee, Ohio, and Georgia, the Minneapolis-based Center for Infectious
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20 E. coli O103 cases reported in Kentucky, Others possible in OH, IN and TN – No Source Named
The Kentucky Department for Public Health (DPH) late Friday said 20 Kentuckians have tested positive with a strain of E. coli O103. Kentucky public health officials did not comment on reports of at least three
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