FSIS to Declare "The Big Six" Non-O157 STECs Adulterants
Last year, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) was petitioned to declare six additional disease-causing and potentially life-threatening strains of E. coli, those...
Confronting (and Detecting) the Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli (STEC) Problem
By now readers of this site are well versed in Marler Clark’s ongoing efforts to have non-O157 shiga toxin-producing strains of E. coli (STECs) declared...
E. coli O145 and foodpoisoning lawsuits
The country became conscious of E. coli in 1993 after an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak struck West Coast Jack in the Box restaurants. 700 people...
The time is ripe to regulate non-O157 strains of STEC E. coli
Currently, there are at least two outbreaks nationally that involve dangerous strains of E. coli that are not E. coli O157:H7. Michigan and Ohio are...
Washtenaw County E. coli Cluster: is it an outbreak?
The Washtenaw County Public Health is investigating 10 cases of a food-related illness possibly caused by E. coli, health officials said Monday. "We are in...
Risk Posed by Non-O157 E. coli Greater Than Recognized
According to the results of a study recently published by the CDC, the incidence of dangerous and under-reported non-O157 E. coli infection is on the...
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