Local NBC affiliate WBIR in Knoxville, Tennessee is reporting tonight that the Knox County Health Department is investigating an unusually large spike in confirmed Hepatitis A illnesses in the area.
“In the past week we’ve received reports of 7 cases, which is really a significant increase,” Dr. Martha Buchanan, of Knox County’s Health Department said.
Phyllis Entis at efoodalert.com gives a nice summary of recalls and FDA Warning Letters issued recently. Looks like the FDA is cracking down a bit, especially on seafood processors found to have deficiencies in their HACCP plans. Notably, in addition to these warning letters, the FDA recently issued its warning letter to Tiny Greens
Irish Hills Meat Company of Michigan, a Tipton, Mich., establishment is recalling approximately 900 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The following ground beef products are subject to recall: 10-lb. clear polybags with the
A well-done and comprehensive article on Der Spiegel online by Veronika Hackenbroch, Samiha Shafy and Frank Thadeusz confirmed a few things but also raised more questions.
By the numbers: This E. coli O104:H4 outbreak is the third largest that I have found (behind Japan’ E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in 1996 and Canada’s E. coli
Dangerous Strains Make Foodborne Illnesses Harder to Treat, Says CSPI
Ground meat and poultry found to contain antibiotic-resistant strains of Salmonella should be recalled from the marketplace or withheld from commerce, according to a regulatory petition filed today by the Center for Science in the Public Interest. The nonprofit food safety watchdog group wants the
Der amerikanische Anwalt und Lebensmittelsicherheitsfachmann William (Bill) Marler bietet den deutschen Anwälten, welche die Opfer des jüngsten EHEC-Ausbruchs vertreten, bei dem Hunderte von Menschen erkrankten, seine Hilfe an. Marlers Kanzlei in Seattle, Marler Clark, ist führend bei der Vertretung von Opfern von E.-coli-Bakterien und anderen Fällen von Lebensmittelvergiftungen in den USA.
Der Ausbruch von
CDC is collaborating with public health and agriculture officials in many states and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) to investigate a multistate outbreak of human Salmonella serotype Altona infections. As of May 25, 2011, a total of 25 individuals infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Altona have been
With 1,000 sickened, 300 with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome and nine deaths, the ongoing E. coli outbreak in Germany (and several other European Countries) will be quickly joining the list of the most severe outbreaks in history. Here is the list since I began litigating E. coli cases in 1993 as of today
News reports on the number of sickened and dead, in what is quickly becoming one of the largest E. coli outbreaks that I have seen in nearly two decades of litigating E. coli outbreaks, have varied. As of this morning, the press is reporting that the latest victim was an 84-year-old woman, who died on
In the last month a total of 276 Hemolytic Uremic syndrome (HUS) cases had been confirmed in Germany. Over 600 people (mostly women) have been sickened with five deaths. E. coli O104:H4 illnesses have also been reported in Britain, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland and the Netherlands. German authorities have identified organic cucumbers from Spain as a