A man who was sickened by contaminated sprouts on a Jimmy John’s sandwich has been given permission by a Utah judge to seek punitive damages in a case related to his 2020 illness.
Travis Knorr
Continue Reading Jimmy John’s franchisee could have to pay punitive damages in E. coli case
The FDA has initiated traceback efforts in an investigation of an E. coli outbreak and updated the patient toll in a Cyclospora outbreak.
The agency did not name a commodity in the traceback announcement
Continue Reading Few details add little understanding about E. coli, Cyclospora outbreaks
The table below shows outbreak investigations being managed by FDA’s CORE Response Teams. The investigations are in a variety of stages. Some outbreaks have limited information with investigations ongoing, others may be near completion
Continue Reading Four open outbreak investigations listed by FDA; one investigation closed
PHOENIX — As milling and baking industries work with government agencies and other groups to address a growing number of foodborne illness outbreaks linked to flour, researchers are seeking the best ways to treat wheat
Continue Reading IAFP panel addresses progress, hurdles in keeping flour free of pathogens
The Maquoketa, IA, Sentinal Press, today is reporting the first news since about June 8 about three children in Jackson County with E. coli infections.
While families of the three children shared their stories
Continue Reading Three Iowa children who were victims of HUS return home
The CDC is working with other public health agencies to investigate an 11-state outbreak of E. Coli O121 infections.
As of July 15 a total of 15 patients had been confirmed with infections, a CDC
Continue Reading CDC confirms investigation of multi-state outbreak of E. coli O121 infections
The table below shows outbreak investigations being managed by FDA’s CORE Response Teams. The investigations are in a variety of stages. Some outbreaks have limited information with investigations ongoing, others may be near completion
Continue Reading FDA outbreak investigations ongoing; three new illness clusters identified
Federal officials are investigating three new foodborne illness outbreaks involving three different pathogens, but virtually no details are being released.
At least 55 people total are already confirmed as patients in the three outbreaks, with
Continue Reading Agencies not releasing details about three new foodborne illness outbreaks
The table below shows outbreak investigations being managed by FDA’s CORE Response Teams. The investigations are in a variety of stages. Some outbreaks have limited information with investigations ongoing, others may be near completion.
Continue Reading CDC declares one outbreak over; others remain under investigation
Registration is now open for UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine’s one-day conference titled, “Eat, Drink and Be Wary: Modern Foodborne Infections and Food Safety for Savvy Clinicians” set for Sept. 25, 2021.
The
Continue Reading UCLA offers food safety course for doctors, public health professionals
Researchers have found a wide distribution and high diversity of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) in German flour. Recent outbreaks associated with contaminated flour and undercooked dough have been reported in the United States and
Continue Reading Study uncovers many strains of pathogenic E. coli in German flour
