Swedish authorities are investigating a national outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 with at least 50 cases.
Folkhälsomyndigheten (Public Health Agency) and Livsmedelsverket (National Food Agency) said it appears to be one of the biggest outbreaks of infections from the potentially deadly pathogen that the country has ever had. Sweden usually
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French officials have allowed a dairy company to resume operations at a site linked to a deadly E. coli outbreak earlier this year.
The dairy, Chabert, was permitted to restart the marketing of raw milk reblochon cheese from its site in Cruseilles, a town in the Haute-Savoie department of the
Continue Reading French firm allowed to restart cheese sales from site linked to E. coli outbreak
We’ve been reporting on the E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce since federal officials first announced it on April 13. Actually, though romaine hadn’t been connected to it yet, we started reporting on the outbreak April 4. A day earlier New Jersey health officials had alerted the
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More people are sick, more people have died, and more states are reporting E. coli infections in an ongoing outbreak linked to romaine lettuce. As the CDC was releasing the new numbers Friday, growers were promising to figure out what happened and take action.
Outbreak investigators have been trying to
Continue Reading E. coli claims 4 more lives; growers promise changes
An E. coli outbreak in Canada that was initially linked to a restaurant in Edmonton, Alberta, has grown to include people who do not have any connections to Mama Nita’s Binalot, and one of them has died.
Described as “extremely complex” by Dr. Chris Sikora, medical officer of health for
Continue Reading Canadian officials still searching for source of E. coli outbreak
An E. coli outbreak in New Jersey has a 100 percent hospitalization rate and is possibly linked to eating at Panera Bread, based on patient interviews.
Although state health officials did not specifically name Panera Bread in an undated statement posted this weekend, local officials have told media in New
Continue Reading All victims in New Jersey E. coli outbreak admitted to hospitals
For the third time since 2005, researchers have parsed data from an E. coli O157: H7 outbreak traced to raw milk gouda cheese. For the third time, they have concluded the “60-day rule” isn’t long enough to ensure dangerous bacteria in unpasteurized gouda have died.
This time around the scientists
Continue Reading Scientists urge regulators to revisit 60-day rule for raw gouda
Almost three weeks after a public health warning about E. coli contamination of Rogers brand flour, the company Rogers Foods Ltd. is recalling the flour from Costco locations in British Columbia.
The recall notice dated June 7 and posted Thursday on the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s website names the same
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Despite instantaneous communication technology, word of a recall of flour linked to an E. coli outbreak in Canada did not reach Hong Kong until after all of the implicated exported flour had been sold at retail.
In a May 30 notice, officials with the Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of
Continue Reading Recall information takes days to reach Hong Kong from Canada
An E. coli O157 outbreak, dating back to December and believed to be linked to minced — or ground — meat has taken a life in Germany.
The outbreak has sickened about 30 people since it began. The cause is Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157 with the onset date for
Continue Reading E coli outbreak in Germany sickens 30, half confirmed, 1 dead
