Not yet linked to 34 sickened.
The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced today the voluntary recall of the 12-ounce packages of Smiling Hara unpasteurized soybean tempeh. The company says anyone with packages marked with a best-by date of 7/11/12 through 10/25/12 should return the product. Dozens of people have become sick
November 22, 2006 – BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. and a meat supplier last week agreed to pay $ 11 million to the family of a New York girl who became ill after eating contaminated hamburgers.
Attorneys for KK, who suffered life-threatening injuries including hemolytic uremic syndrome, sued the store for selling adulterated meat that was
May 27 1998 – The California company whose apple juice was linked to a massive E. coli outbreak in Washington and other states has agreed to pay more than $12 million to five families whose children were sickened, including three in Seattle.
Neither the company, Odwalla Inc., nor lawyers for the families would disclose the
March 2 1995 – A Washington state court approved the settlement of a lawsuit under which a 12-year-old girl who nearly died after eating a tainted hamburger will get $ 15.6 million. Under the settlement Foodmaker Inc., operator of Jack-in-the-Box restaurants, meat processor Von Stores Inc. and various slaughterhouses will pay the sum to Brianne
September 30, 2005 – A lawsuit filed by a man who needed a liver transplant after he got hepatitis A from a Chi-Chi’s restaurant has been settled for $6.25 million. A federal judge approved a $4.1 million trust to pay for the ongoing care of Richard Miller, 58. The rest of the money will go
As many as three Stanford Kentucky Elementary School kindergarten students may have contracted E. coli according to the Lincoln County Public Schools. State and local health officials are investigating and have examined the elementary school cafeteria without finding a cause. Two of the 5-year-olds became ill within the last few days and are being treated
The hunt for “Typhoid Mary.”
According to the CDC, humans are one of the only known reservoir sources of Salmonella paratyphi B. Salmonella paratyphi B is most often acquired through consumption of water or food that has been contaminated by feces of an infected person or a chronic, asymptomatic carrier. The most famous example of
200 Ill: New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maryland and Wisconsin lead states with numbers of Salmonella Bareilly and Nchanga illnesses linked to Moon Marine tuna scrape.
Acute hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)
Post-diarrheal hemolytic uremic syndrome (D+HUS) is a severe, life-threatening complication that occurs in about 10 percent of those infected with E. coli O157:H7 or other Shiga toxin- (Stx-) producing E. coli.
The chain of events leading to HUS begins with ingestion of Stx-producing E. coli (e.g., E. coli O157: H7)
The Buncombe County Department of Health (BCDOH) is currently investigating an outbreak of Salmonella Paratyphi B infection in Buncombe County.
Communicable Disease Nurses and Environmental Health Specialists are conducting interviews with people who currently have or have had the infection, reviewing laboratory reports and inspecting food sources that may be linked to the outbreak.
Communicable