ST. LOUIS — The International Association for Food Protection is bringing more than 3,000 professionals to St. Louis this week for more than 900 technical papers, posters and symposia dealing with current information on the
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St. Louis Grocery Chain Sued for E. coli Romaine Outbreak
A Missouri woman who spent 11 days in Mercy Hospital in Creve Coeur with kidney failure, a blood clot in the lung, and atrial fibrillation from being infected with E. coli O157:H7 is suing St.
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Letter From The Editor: Is That All There Is?
Peggy Lee always sang girl songs with an edge. Consider the one that included these lyrics:
Is that all there is, is that all there is
If that’s all there is my friends,
then let’s
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CDC Says Romaine Likely Cause of St. Louis Outbreak
The two-month investigation into the St. Louis E. coli O157:H7 outbreak is over. Although there’s not enough proof to nail down the definitive source, investigators say the evidence points to one lot of romaine lettuce
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St. Louis E. Coli Victims Are Home for Holidays
It’s been nearly a month since Missouri issued a health alert over an increase in reported Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) illnesses in the St. Louis area, and the one positive development is that none
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32 Cases in St. Louis E. Coli Outbreak
Missouri health officials say 32 people in and around St. Louis are now confirmed to have been infected by the same strain of pathogenic E. coli, but a team of experts has still not been
30 Cases in St. Louis E. Coli Outbreak
An outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 in the St. Louis area now includes 30 confirmed cases, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS).
And the investigation into the cause of the
E. Coli in University Town Connected to St. Louis Outbreak?
Two of four confirmed cases of E. coli O157:H7 involving residents of Boone County, Missouri could be related to the St. Louis outbreak, the Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health said Friday.
Columbia/Boone health officials
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Source of St. Louis Outbreak Remains a Mystery
Sampling many more food items has not yet produced a source for the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in the St. Louis area, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) acknowledged late Thursday.
The
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Popular St. Louis Salad Bars Got A Grades
The place most St. Louis E. coli victims are mentioning in their food diaries — Schnucks — gets A grades almost all the time from restaurant inspectors.
Schnucks, with at least 23 salad, seafood, and
Store Salad Bars Implicated in St. Louis Outbreak
According to the Saint Louis Post-Dispatch, federal health investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are in St. Louis to help determine the source and scope of the E. coli outbreak that has
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