Skip to content
Sponsored by Marler Clark
Sponsored by Marler Clark
Food Safety News logo

Food Safety News

Breaking news for everyone's consumption

Menu

HomeOutbreaksRecallsDirectoryEventsAbout UsMedia KitContact Us
Search
Close

Food Safety News

E. coli O121:H19

Subscribe to E. coli O121:H19
recalled frozen Aldi falafel
Recalled products

New E. coli outbreak traced to frozen falafel sold at Aldi stores

By Coral Beach on October 7, 2022

State and Federal officials announced today that they are investigating a multi-state outbreak of E. coli O121:H19 infections related to Earth Grown frozen falafel sold by Aldi stores.

As of this afternoon, the Food and…

Continue Reading New E. coli outbreak traced to frozen falafel sold at Aldi stores
e. coli illustration
E. coli representation

Scientists study diversity of big six E. coli strains

By News Desk on April 20, 2020

Scientists from a university in Singapore have found strains of foodborne E. coli have different tolerances towards acidic conditions.

E. coli O157:H7 is widely recognized due to the severity of illnesses it causes. There are…
Continue Reading Scientists study diversity of big six E. coli strains

Government Newswire Feeds

FDA
USDA
CDC
CFIA

Publisher’s Platform: Non-O157 E. coli – An Alphabet Soup of Illness

By Bill Marler on June 10, 2012

E. coli O157:H7, O26, O111, O103, O121, O45 and O145 – it can get a bit(e) confusing. As of June 8, 2012, the CDC and various State health Departments report that there are 14 cases…
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: Non-O157 E. coli – An Alphabet Soup of Illness

Letter From The Editor: E. Coli Credit

By Dan Flynn on September 18, 2011

We’re not sure what more we could have served up during this past week, the first of our third year serving the food safety community.

There was no better package out there on the Obama…

Continue Reading Letter From The Editor: E. Coli Credit

The Big Six: USDA's Newest Banned Bugs

By Gretchen Goetz on September 13, 2011

Ever since the Jack in the Box outbreak of 1993, E. coli O157:H7 has been understood as a major public health threat. It was declared illegal by the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following year,…
Continue Reading The Big Six: USDA's Newest Banned Bugs

Publisher's Platform: A Bit(e) of E. coli History

By Bill Marler on September 4, 2011

According to the CDC, E. coli O157:H7 causes 73,000 illnesses and 50 deaths every year in the United States. Another six E. coli strains – O26, O45, O111, O121, O145, and O103 – are considered…

Continue Reading Publisher's Platform: A Bit(e) of E. coli History

Publisher's Platform: More 411 Information

By Bill Marler on March 20, 2011

Last week I talked about Marler Clark’s nearly two-decade effort to provide information about food safety.  Here’s another example of the informational websites we’ve created to help keep consumers informed:

cdiff-featured.jpg

The Centers for Disease Control…
Continue Reading Publisher's Platform: More 411 Information

A Gift for Everyone on Your List

By Suzanne Schreck on December 18, 2009

shigella.jpgA 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 (pictured, left).  Soon thereafter, my Shigella were joined…
Continue Reading A Gift for Everyone on Your List

Lawyers Petition USDA on E. coli Issue

By Dan Flynn on October 6, 2009

All Shiga toxin-producing E. coli–not just E. coli O157:H7–should be declared as adulterants under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA), says a petition filed today with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety & Inspection…

Continue Reading Lawyers Petition USDA on E. coli Issue

USDA Should Declare non-O157 E. coli an Adulterant

By Alex Ferguson on October 5, 2009

Why Should the Food Safety and Inspection Service Declare Enterohemorrhagic non-O157 E. coli to be an Adulterant?



It seems that any serious discussion of E. coli O157:H7 always has to start with one event: the…

Continue Reading USDA Should Declare non-O157 E. coli an Adulterant

Post navigation

Older Posts 

FSN Editors Show/Hide

  • Dan Flynn
  • Coral Beach
FSN Writers & Contributors​

Stay Connected

RSS Facebook Twitter Subscribe LinkedIn

Subscribe by email

Events Calendar

Food Recalls

  • Pindjur vegetable spread recalled in Canada over glass in product
  • 2.5 million pounds of Kroger, Great Value, Goya, and more brands of canned meat recalled over packaging defect
  • Jambalaya and gumbo products recalled over lack of inspection
  • Ready-to-eat sausages recalled after inspection finds Listeria on production surfaces
More Recalls

Editorials & Guest Opinions

A new day: IFT weighs in on the future of the FDA

By Guest Opinion on February 1, 2023

Letter to the Editor: We don’t need an upheaval of USDA and FDA to make a single food safety unit

By Guest Contributor on January 31, 2023

Letter from the Editor: An independent food safety board is far better than anything FDA Commissioner does on his own

By Dan Flynn on January 29, 2023
More Op-Eds
Letters to the Editor

Latest from Twitter

Tweets by @foodsafetynews

Food Safety Guides

  • Cooking Temperatures
  • Cross-Contamination
  • Foodborne Pathogens
Find Your Health Department
Restaurant Inspections
eFood Alert Blog
Marler Blog
Marler Clark logo
1012 First Avenue
Fifth Floor
Seattle, Washington 98104-1008
RSS Facebook Twitter Subscribe LinkedIn
  • Consumer Education
  • Enforcement
  • Events
  • Food Policy & Law
  • Food Recalls
  • Food Safety Guides
  • Foodborne Illness Investigations
  • Nutrition & Public Health
  • Opinion & Contributed Articles
  • Science & Research
  • Sustainability
  • Technology
  • Victim Stories
  • World
  • Foodborne Illness Outbreaks
  • For Foodies
  • Government Agencies
  • Lawsuits & Litigation
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Local Food
  • Media Kit
Copyright © 2023, Marler Clark. All Rights Reserved.
Privacy PolicyLegal StatementAdvertise
Law blog design & platform by LexBlog LexBlog Logo