Federal officials connected some of the dots in their investigation of an E. coli outbreak yesterday when they declared the outbreak over. It was one of three concurrent outbreaks linked to romaine lettuce in late 2019.
A total of 167 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7
Continue Reading Largest of three romaine-related outbreaks sickened 167 people in 27 states
Another round of romaine-connected E. coli outbreaks is over, according to the Food and Drug Administration and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Before the end came, infections of E. coli O157: H7 in 217 people saw every other person admitted to the hospital. Unlike other romaine-linked E.
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Even though state officials have found E. coli in romaine lettuce in an unopened package of Ready Pac salad, the federal CDC says their investigation has not determined the source of an eight-state outbreak.
If it is the romaine, it will be the fifth outbreak linked to that specific leafy
Continue Reading New E. coli outbreak linked to romaine; patients spread across country
At least 20 people in Wisconsin have E. coli infections that could be linked to an outbreak in Maryland that has been traced to ready-to-eat romaine lettuce salads. Some officials, however, say a specific cause of the Wisconsin outbreak has not yet been determined.
In a Twitter post the head
Continue Reading Officials name romaine in E. coli outbreak in Maryland; other patients in Wisconsin also ate salad
Ready Pac Foods Inc. is recalling almost 30 tons of single-serve salad bowls because they contain cheese that the lead company’s supplier has recalled because of Listeria monocytogenes.
The 59,225 pounds of Ready Pac’s “Puro Picante Blazin’ Hot” chicken salad bowls have “use-by” dates through March 4, causing concern that
Continue Reading Ready Pac recalls 30 tons of salad; Listeria risk in cheese
Irwindale, CA-based Ready Pac Foods Inc. Saturday recalled about 30 package fruit products containing mangoes, distributed through Aug. 30, 2012, for potential Salmonella Braenderup contamination. The package fruit products contain Daniella Brand mangoes previously recalled by Splendid Products, the supplier. The Ready Pac recall is part of an ongoing food
Continue Reading Ready Pac Recalls Package Fruit With Daniella Brand Mangoes
California’s Ready Pac Foods Inc. has recalled 702 cases of Spinach Temptations, a variety of baby spinach, in 6 oz. bags.
Ready Pac, based in Irwindale, said the baby spinach products might be contaminated with dangerous E. coli O157:H7 bacteria.
The recalled spinach, with use by dates of July 4
Continue Reading Another Spinach Recall for E. coli Contamination
Federal Judge S.W. Lew Tuesday could accept a schedule agreed to by Taco Bell, its produce supplier, Ready Pac Foods Inc., and their insurance companies that will culminate in a trial sometime in 2011.
At issue is who ultimately pays up to $76 million in costs incurred from a 2006
