An E. coli O157 outbreak thought to be linked to fresh organic produce is spreading in Washington State, having infected people in four counties as of this afternoon.
“The outbreak currently includes six confirmed cases
Continue Reading UPDATED: Washington E. coli outbreak spreads; children in 4 counties involved
Fooda, a brokered food stand at 605 5th Avenue in Seattle was shut down on Oct 25 by King County Public Health. It was closed down for the following food safety violations:
following food safety
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Public Health —Seattle & King County is investigating an outbreak of gastroenteritis with abdominal cramping and diarrhea associated with Xi’an Noodles in Seattle. Xi’an Noodles is at 5259 University Way NE in Seattle.
The investigation
Continue Reading Public Health in — King County links bacterial toxin illnesses back to Seattle noodle shop
The portal is a little cranky, and there are no bells and whistles, but restaurant inspection reports are now available online for Washington State’s third-largest county.
The independent Snohomish Health District has made about 5,000
Continue Reading Health district launches portal for restaurant inspection reports
The number of people ill with the same strain of E. coli associated with the now-closed Matador restaurant in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood has doubled, and the outbreak may be more far-flung than first reported. At
Continue Reading E. coli strain associated with Seattle restaurant goes traveling
Open government consultant and food safety advocate Sarah Schacht sat down with Food Safety News at the 2015 Food Safety Summit in Baltimore, MD, last month to talk about how data from restaurant inspections can
Continue Reading Schacht Interview: Using Restaurant Inspection Data to Improve Public Health
When Sarah Schacht walked through the doors of an Ethiopian restaurant in Seattle in February 2013 to grab a meal with a friend, the only accessible information she had about the place was its Yelp
Continue Reading Seattle’s King County Venturing into Uncharted Territory with New Restaurant Grading System
King County, WA, residents are being warned not to consume raw or undercooked shellfish after more than twice the usual number have been sickened this summer by Vibrio parahaemolyticus infection. There were 14 confirmed or
Continue Reading Doubling of King County Vibrio Cases Potent Reminder to Adequately Cook Shellfish
