Six people in Western Kentucky are hospitalized with a specific strain of E. coli in an outbreak that Public Health investigators have not been able to identify the food source, but believe it is due to some sort of food distribution.
The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services Saturday
Continue Reading Ten in Western Kentucky infected with E. coli O157:H7 — source unknown
Seattle-King County Public Health is investigating an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 that is potentially associated with four Evergreens restaurants in Seattle.
The four restaurants are located in Seattle’s Pioneer Square, University District, the downtown area and in the International District.
Public health does not yet have conclusive results about
Continue Reading Evergreens restaurant infections are likely separate from national E. coli outbreak
Tennessee State Sen. Richard Briggs, R-Knoxville, is not giving up on his bill to eliminate the cow-share loophole and regulate raw milk sales in the state.
His bill to do that, however, is hung up a subcommittee of the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee. Senate Bill 0015 has not received
Continue Reading Tennessee state senator still working on closing herd-share loophole
The new investigative report about romaine lettuce contamination drew comments Wednesday from both FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb and Deputy Commissioner Frank Yiannas. The report looks at the most recent romaine E. coli outbreak, which was declared over on Jan. 9 after confirmation of 62 illnesses in 16 states and the
Continue Reading New FDA report blames on-farm water for latest romaine contamination
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention year’s declared this year’s largest E. coli O157: H7 outbreak over on June 28.
And that’s true for the disease phase of the outbreak.
But it’s also fair to say no outbreak of foodborne disease is truly over until food safety attorney
Continue Reading Year’s largest E. coli outbreak enters litigation phase for victims, businesses
Chopped romaine lettuce grown in the Yuma, AZ area is the likely source to date of this year’s only multistate E. coli O157: H7 outbreak, and it is not over.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta Friday updated their report on the 11-state outbreak involving
Continue Reading Yuma area grew romaine lettuce that’s likely causing E. coli outbreak
Alberta Health Services (AHS) Environmental Public Health in Edmonton, Canada, is investigating to determine the source of five confirmed cases of E. coli O157:H7 and Mama Nita’s Filipino Cuisine restaurant is the suspected source of the outbreak.
While the investigation into the exact cause is ongoing, AHS during the past
Continue Reading Edmonton eatery linked to E. coli illnesses; food source unclear
Two days before Christmas, Scotland’s troubled Errington Cheese Ltd. recalled all batches, all sizes, and all date codes of its Dunsyre Blue cheese because the product contains Listeria monocytogenes.
The recall notice puts Errington’s Dunsyre Blue back in the news just two months after the Crown decided not to prosecute
Continue Reading Listeria is the latest pathogen to rock Scotland’s Errington Cheese
CORRECTED CONTENT: State and federal officials have traced two cases of E. coli O157:H7 infection to ground beef from Vermont Livestock Slaughter and Processing LLC. The company recalled 133 pounds of their ground beef today, according to USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
The ground beef was produced and
Continue Reading CORRECTED: Ground beef recalled because of E. coli O157:H7 illnesses
Infected farm animals followed by person-to-person contamination were the likely cause of an E coli O157:H7 outbreak that killed two children and sickened ten other people in a remote community on the Utah-Arizona border.
Public health officials say the outbreak was likely caused by animal manure containing E. coli O157:H7
Continue Reading Deadly Utah-Arizona E. coli outbreak blamed on farm animals
