A deadly outbreak of infections from Listeria is under investigation by state and local officials in Washington.
As of late today five patients had been identified. All five required hospitalization and three have died, according
Continue Reading Breaking news: Listeria outbreak sickens 5, kills 3 in Washington
Federal officials as well as officials in Oregon and Washington are investigating Salmonella illnesses linked to Papa Murphy’s raw cookie dough products.
“Cookie Dough has been an ongoing Salmonella risk to consumers,” said William Marler, food safety
Continue Reading Papa Murphy’s raw cookie dough linked to Salmonella outbreak in 6 states
Connoisseur’s Kitchen, a Surrey, British Columbia establishment, is recalling 880 pounds of frozen ready-to-eat (RTE) chicken entree products because of possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
Continue Reading Ready-to-eat chicken products recalled after testing finds Listeria
Pure Eire Dairy in Washington state has closed down for good. State officials linked the dairy to an outbreak of E. Coli infections beginning in May.
As of June 24 there were 17 confirmed patients
Continue Reading Pure Eire Dairy closes in wake of E. coli outbreak
Washington state has initiated a recall of live oysters harvested from the Samish Bay growing area in the Puget Sound area. The recall is in response to multiple cases of Vibrio parahaemolyticus illnesses associated with
Continue Reading Oysters recalled amid Washington’s largest ever Vibrio outbreak
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
Continue Reading Another patient confirmed in E. coli outbreak linked to local, organic yogurt
State officials report they have not found E. coli in samples tested in relation to an outbreak linked to Pure Eire Dairy in Washington.
Fifteen people are confirmed sick, including nine who have been
Continue Reading State reports no E. coli found yet in investigation of dairy linked to outbreak
More patients are being identified by investigators working on an E. coli O157 outbreak that has been limited to Washington State. However, today Arizona officials confirmed there is a child in that state with an
Continue Reading Additional patients identified in outbreak tied to organic yogurt; one in Arizona
At least seven children are sick with E. Coli infections in a new outbreak involving an unknown source. All of the sick children are younger than 14, with three of them younger than five years
Continue Reading New E. coli outbreak hits children; investigation ongoing with no source yet
California in 2020 is scheduled to begin implementing more stringent animal confinement standards for in-state and out-of-state producers who sell certain animal products the state.
The new law was overwhelmingly approved in 2018 by California
Continue Reading California animal confinement law will touch sales from out-of-state
