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 outlines foodborne outbreak investigations in weekly table
The FDA is launching a new, temporary testing program for the romaine lettuce from commercial coolers in the Yuma, AZ, growing region. Romaine from the area has been linked to several foodborne illness outbreaks in
Continue Reading Feds plan to begin testing research program with romaine lettuce in Arizona
Cattle feces from a lot uphill from produce growing fields were contaminated with E. coli that matches the strain from outbreaks in the falls of 2019 and 2020 that were linked to leafy greens.
Federal
Continue Reading FDA tests show cattle lot implicated in leafy greens E. coli outbreak
Forty confirmed cases of E. coli O157:H7 sent 20 people to hospitals in 19 states in an outbreak linked to leafy greens. But the specific type or brand remains unknown and the outbreak is over,
Continue Reading E coli O157:H7 outbreak likely caused by leafy greens of unknown origin is over
Even though the outbreak strain was identified in lettuce, federal officials continued to say today that the source of an E. Coli O157:H7 outbreak is unknown. The CDC declared the outbreak is over.
“Laboratory testing
Continue Reading CDC says E. coli outbreak from mystery source has ended with patients in 9 states
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Researchers have shed more light on the first recorded enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC) outbreak in Sweden.
The outbreak in the county of Halland in 2017 had 83 self-reported infections and one secondary case attributed to
Continue Reading First recorded EIEC outbreak in Sweden linked to leafy greens
Top FDA administrators say the agency’s new plan for the safety of leafy greens specifically addresses problems, but a key part of the conversation is getting little more than lip service according to some observers.
Continue Reading FDA leafy greens safety plan skimpy on details about feedlot contamination
Step by step, FDA officials are tackling the link between E. coli outbreaks and leafy greens. They released their new plan today with many steps repeating their walk thus far, but new footprints are planned
Continue Reading FDA reveals 2020 plan to increase food safety of leafy greens
Environmental factors impacting the risk of produce becoming contaminated in the Yuma growing region of Arizona are the subject of a new study.
University of Arizona (UA) Cooperative Extension scientists are partnering with the U.S.
Continue Reading Extension scientists to conduct new environmental study on Yuma’s produce region
Along with feedlot dust blowing in the wind and surface irrigation water flowing adjacent to feedlots, flies captured in leafy greens plots near feedlots are capable of transferring E. coli from animal operations to produce
Continue Reading Researchers confirm flies can transfer E. coli from feedlots to produce fields
