The United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that King Soopers, Inc. of Denver, Colorado, was recalling 466,236 pounds of ground beef products due to potential Salmonella Typhimurim DT104 contamination yesterday. The recall was initiated after public health officials from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the
Lettuce recalled for Salmonella contamination
Tanimura & Antle, Inc. recalled one lot of romaine lettuce for Salmonella contamination yesterday after a Wisconsin Department of Agriculture test came back positive for the bacterium. According to a press release on the Tanimura & Antle website:
Within hours of being notified yesterday, Tanimura & Antle, Inc. traced back the entire lot of romaine
Was The Communicable Disease Reporting System Broke Or Just Ignorred In Rock Island County Hepatitis A Outbreak?
In the final analysis, the Milan McDonald’s Hepatitis A outbreak is not simply about who is lying or who is inept in this single instance. It is about whether the public health system for reporting and managing communicable diseases really works.
Like other states, Illinois requires all health care providers to notify local health authorities
FDA Announces Recall of Infant “Teethers” Due to Bacteria
The FDA announced today that Luv N’ Care Ltd. of Monroe, Louisiana is voluntarily recalling gel-filled "teethers" nationwide due to concerns that the gel may be contaminated with bacteria. According to the FDA, the gel was found to contain "bacillus subtilis and Bacillus circulans bacteria." The recalled brands are: "Nuby," "Cottontails," and "Playshcool."
The FDA says that:
Class Action Hepatitis A Lawsuit Against McDonald’s – Ten Thousand People May Have Been Exposed to Hepatitis A at Milan Restaurant
A class action lawsuit was filed today in the Circuit Court of the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit of Rock Island County against McDonald’s Inc., and Kevin Murphy, the owner of the McDonald’s restaurant at 400 West First Street in Milan, Illinois. Marler Clark, the Seattle-based foodborne illness law firm, and the Illinois firm of Foote, Meyers
Opinion – Roy Costa – McDonald’s Hepatitis A Scandal May Involve Health Department
Roy E Costa, R.S., M.S./M.B.A.
In yet another blatant case of disregard for public health and safety by the food industry we have a report that the McDonald’s in Rock Island, Illinois at the center of a hepatitis outbreak lied about their knowledge of an infected employee. Even more disturbing the local health department did
KWQC TV6 Drops a Bombshell – Former Milan Illinois Hepatitis A McDonald’s Employee was Ill in June and Told Employer
TV6 once again digs for the truth in what is quickly turning into both a PR nightmare for McDonalds and the Rock Island Health Department, as well as a growing public health disaster. Those now counted ill are at least 20 with 11 so far hospitalized.
Tonight TV6 interviewed a woman who says she
Illinois Health Department Closes Milan Illinois McDonald’s Due to Hepatitis A – Immune Globulin (IG) Shot to be Given to Customers
Deirdre Cox Baker (Ms. Hepatitis of the Quad-Cities) reports this evening that the Rock Island County Health Department is investigating a connection between a Hepatitis A outbreak and a McDonald’s restaurant in Milan, Illinois.
In fact, the Health Department has ordered the McDonalds closed. There are 19 confirmed cases – 11 requiring hospitalization – of
Marler Opinion – McDonald’s Hepatitis A Problem – How Many Times Does Lightening Need to Strike Before You Wake the Hell Up?
I was “struck” how easy it is to spend a few moments on Google to see what a problem McDonalds seems to have with Hepatitis A infected employees. I really do not get it? Why risk it? The Hepatitis A vaccine is a 2 dose series with the 2 doses given at least 6 months
19 Hepatitis A cases Linked to Milan, Illinois McDonald’s was preventable says Food Safety Advocate and Attorney William Marler
As of Thursday afternoon, there were 19 confirmed cases of Hepatitis A. 13 are in Rock Island County, and six more are being reported in Henry, Mercer, Warren and Woodford Counties. John David reporter for WQAD has reported that: “Lunch customers coming to the Milan McDonalds on Thursday found the doors locked. Drive-up customers