Nearly three months after E. coli O157:H7 sickened 25 people who attended the North Carolina State Fair, investigators know little more about what caused the outbreak, other than it
From the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Food Safety Epidemiology Capacity in State Health Departments — United States, 2010
December 23, 2011 / 60(50);1701-1704:
…In 2010, a
As an outbreak of antibiotic-resistant Salmonella linked to ground beef unfolds in the Northeast, Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) is asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture why it hasn’t
A Missouri woman who spent 11 days in Mercy Hospital in Creve Coeur with kidney failure, a blood clot in the lung, and atrial fibrillation from being infected with E.
The two-month investigation into the St. Louis E. coli O157:H7 outbreak is over. Although there’s not enough proof to nail down the definitive source, investigators say the evidence
Lawmakers continue to investigate the Listeria cantaloupe outbreak — the deadliest in decades — but no hearing is planned.
It’s been three months since contaminated cantaloupes from a single farm in
Missouri health officials say 32 people in and around St. Louis are now confirmed to have been infected by the same strain of pathogenic E. coli, but a team of
The 21-page case questionnaire used by the North Carolina Division of Public Health to crack an outbreak of E. coli helped investigators to quickly focus on the Kelley livestock building
North Carolina’s E. coli outbreak — mostly connected to the state fair — continued to expand Tuesday.
The North Carolina Division of Public Health said it is investigating nine confirmed and
Death is not a stranger in the West African country of Ghana, but killer beans are being blamed for taking an entire family in a freak food poisoning incident.
According
The place most St. Louis E. coli victims are mentioning in their food diaries — Schnucks — gets A grades almost all the time from restaurant inspectors.
Schnucks, with at least 23
The farm at the center of the nation’s deadly Listeria outbreak did not follow established food safety practices in handling its fresh cantaloupes, federal officials said Wednesday.
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