Two years into suing the State of Montana over food safety gaps, Jeffrey P. Havens has learned that state District Court Judge Christopher D. Abbott has dismissed his case “with
The First Judicial District Court in Montana is the venue for the ongoing dispute that pits a former state commercial food safety officer against several assistant attorney generals. It may
Jeffrey P. Havens, the former president of the Montana Environmental Health Association, is an expert in food safety who is relatively new to the legal arena. Michael D. Russell, an
Montana is one of five states that ban the manufacture and sale of lab-grown meat, and the state is aggressively enforcing its ban.
Beef production is huge in Montana, with
About half the states have adopted so-called “Food Freedom” laws in the past few years. These laws generally recognize the right of individuals to produce and sell homemade foods without
A Montana school district has suspended the use of all fresh produce and fruit in response to a Salmonella outbreak.
The Great Falls Public Schools district is replacing fresh produce
Montana public health officials are investigating an outbreak of infections caused by Salmonella.
The Cascade City-County Health Department in Great Falls is reporting that six students at Sacajawea and Valley
Officials in Montana have identified restaurants that sold ground beef implicated in an outbreak of E. Coli O157:H7 infections that has killed one.
The Flathead City-County Health Department and
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The Flathead City-County Health Department (FCCHD) and the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) have been working for the last month to investigate an E. coli
A deadly outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections is under investigation in Montana.
At least 13 people have been sickened and one has died, according to the Flathead City-County
THE E. COLI O157:H7 BACTERIA
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A. Sources, Characteristics and Identification
E. coli is an archetypal commensal bacterial species that lives in mammalian intestines. E. coli O157:H7 is
Public health officials have signed off on an outbreak investigation in Montana saying that morel mushrooms were most likely what made dozens of people sick and killed two.
In addition
