Media reports indicate that the North Carolina Division of Public Health is investigating an E.coli cluster in Wake County, North Carolina. The cluster has sickened at least six children and one adult. Four of the people sickened have required hospitalization, and 2 were treated in intensive care, likely because they had developed hemolytic uremic syndrome
Another of the faces of Cowan’s Gap: Madisyn Myers E. coli infection
The Cowans Gap E. coli O157:H7 outbreak this summer, thought to be associated with swimming at the lake, caused a lot of suffering. At least 15 ill, and according to press accounts, over half of those developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, or HUS.
Two-year-old Madisyn Myers (at left, at the Cowan’s Gap beach) was one of
Food Safety News feature: Meat Industry Told to Brace for ‘Big Six’ Listing
Maybe it was Bill Marler’s $500,000 study on non-O157 STECs (finding non-O157 STEC contamination of retail ground beef in about 1% of samples), or maybe it was his petition to USDA-FSIS to finally call a spade a spade and declare that the “big six” non-O157 STECs are “adulterants.” Whatever the case, the case for outlawing things in our
A history of litigating ground beef E. coli cases
Twenty years is a long time for a law firm to focus exclusively on litigating just food cases, but the food industry seems hell-bent on keeping Marler Clark in business. And with two more late-summer E. coli ground beef outbreaks to contend with (McNees Meats in Michigan, and JB Meats in Ohio)
E. coli updates: more ground beef cases in Michigan; more Cowans Gap cases in PA
Michigan now counts 9 people from Lapeer, Genesee, Isabella, and Sanilac counties as victims of the ground beef E. coli O157:NM outbreak associated with beef from McNees Meats and Wholesale LLC. The Michigan Departments of Community Health (MDCH) and Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) have issued a public health alert concerning the outbreak. Among the
2 E. coli O157:H7 illnesses prompt ground beef recall
A small cluster of two illnesses from the Cincinnati, Ohio area have prompted JB Meats, also from Cincinnati, to recall 72,800 pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated by E. coli O157:H7. According to press accounts, the products subject to recall are 5 and 10 pound clear packages of ground beef and ground beef patties
E. coli alerts: 18 ill from Oregon strawberries; more cases, and more meat recalled, in Michigan ground beef outbreak
It was a busy day in E. coli outbreak news. Oregon now reports two additional cases of E. coli infection in Clatsop County possibly linked to contaminated strawberries, bringing the case count in the strawberry outbreak to 18. The Oregon Department of Health issued a warning Monday after 16 people in northwest Oregon, including four
E. coli O157:H7 outbreak prompts ground beef recall
Tonight, the USDA announced a recall of 360 pounds of ground beef products because of an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak thought to have been caused by contaminated meat. Three residents of Michigan have been sickened in the outbreak.
McNees Meats and Wholesale LLC., a North Branch, Mich., establishment is recalling approximately 360 pounds of ground
More E. coli O157:H7 and HUS in Pennsylvania
Press reports from today indicate that now as many as 6 children have been confirmed for E. coli O157:H7 infection or hemolytic uremic syndrome in central Pennsylvania. The case count has increased from this morning by 3. Three of the six cases in the cluster have required hospitalization at Chambersburg Hospital, or Hershey Medical Center
Source of European E. coli Outbreak Still Unclear
Despite reports that German officials had finally identified the source of the country’s deadly E. coli outbreak as sprouts from Gaertnerhof organic farm in the northern German village of Bienenbuettel, latest reports now seem to indicate that sprouts might not be the culprit. According to the Lower-Saxony state agriculture ministry, 23 of 40 samples from