Declaring that the outbreak “appears to be over,” the CDC today reported that multiple suppliers, distributors and or brands of ground beef are likely behind an E. coli O103 outbreak this spring that sickened more than 200 people.

Additional patients could be confirmed through laboratory analysis. Also, if recalled meat
Continue Reading CDC says E. coli outbreak ‘over’ with 209 patients and counting

The rapidly evolving investigation into the outbreak of rare E. coli O103 is looking beyond the two previously announced ground beef recalls into additional sources for the contamination, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has disclosed.

“Ill people in this outbreak ate ground beef from many sources,” the
Continue Reading CDC says danger remains as not all outbreak sources accounted for by recalled beef

  • 156 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O103 have been reported from 10 states – Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Mississippi, Georgia and Florida.
  • After, unopened, intact ground beef collected as part of the ongoing investigation from a Tennessee restaurant location, where multiple case-patients reported


Continue Reading 113,424 pounds of raw ground beef recalled after testing positive for E. coli O103