Another child has been added to the list of patients in an E. Coli outbreak linked to local, organic yogurt. Some production at the implicated dairy, Pure Eire, remains shut down.
The Washington Department of Health reported to Food Safety News that the state has confirmed 16 people are sick.
Continue Reading Another patient confirmed in E. coli outbreak linked to local, organic yogurt
Washington State public health officials today announced a likely link between PCC Community Market brand organic yogurt and an E. Coli outbreak that is hitting children hard. The yogurt is produced by Pure Eire Dairy.
“The outbreak now includes 11 confirmed cases, including six children under the age of 10,
Continue Reading Public health officials urge consumers to check for yogurt linked to outbreak
Sometimes it takes more than a sudden jolt to realize that something needs to be improved. And more times than not it takes some fine tuning, bolstered with a great deal of thought, time and persistence to get the necessary improvements into place.
And so it is with making rules
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You could say lab rats know what to expect because they know the history.
“Laboratory Review of Foodborne Disease Investigations in Washington State 2007-2017” is all about using the past to prepare for the future.
In Washington State, the Public Health Laboratories located in Shoreline, WA, expect to see about
Continue Reading 11 years of work becomes baseline for Washington Public Health Laboratories
State and federal officials are beginning to identify retailers that received recalled Jennie-O brand ground turkey that is implicated in a 35-state outbreak of Salmonella Reading.
Washington state’s Department of Health reports four chains with stores statewide received the recalled ground turkey products — Walmart, Safeway, Fred Meyer and
Continue Reading Walmart, Safeway among retailers that received recalled turkey
At least 17 people became sick after two events catered by the same Seattle caterer on March 3, spurring an outbreak investigation by the county and state health departments.
Laboratory tests have confirmed Shigella infection in one of the sick people. One person is hospitalized, according to an outbreak notice
Continue Reading Health departments investigate caterer in shigellosis outbreak
Most of Vashon Island is now closed to recreational shellfish harvesting because of unsafe levels of paralytic shellfish poison, which acts quickly and can cause paralysis of the respiratory system and death.
The Seattle-King County Public Health Department posted an alert Friday evening citing information from the Washington State Department
Continue Reading Paralytic shellfish poison levels force recreational harvest ban
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 least 10 people have been sickened to date, up from the original five, according to
Continue Reading E. coli strain associated with Seattle restaurant goes traveling
A rogue caterer who has been operating without proper permits since at least 2012 has been named in a rare move by public health officials in Tacoma, WA. Operating as Mr. Rick’s Catering, Rick Stevenson’s food is the suspected vehicle in a Salmonella outbreak that could impact 175 people in
Continue Reading Caterer without permit linked to Salmonella outbreak
Nov. 13 update: The latest update from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) puts this outbreak at 50 total illnesses: 31 people in Washington state and 19 in Oregon. That is an increase of one more case of E. coli infection reported from Washington. The Oregon Health
Continue Reading CDC Update: 50 Illnesses Now Reported in E. Coli Outbreak Linked to Chipotle
